Process information
| Key Data Set Information | |
| Location | GLO |
| Geographical representativeness description | The data used in the analysis provides the best possible representation available with current data. Electricity use for product manufacture is modeled using representative data for Thailand. Surrogate data used in the assessment are representative of global or rest of world operations. Data representative of rest of world operations are considered sufficiently similar to actual processes. |
| Reference year | 2024 |
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Acoupanel - Full Color; Full Color
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| Technical purpose of product or process | primary technical purpose is to absorb and attenuate sound, reducing reverberation and ambient noise in interior spaces such as offices, classrooms, or public buildings, while providing a visually consistent aesthetic. They maintain high acoustic performance across a range of thicknesses and configurations. |
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| General comment on data set | This EPD discloses potential environmental outcomes compliant with EN 15804 for business-to-business communication. Cradle to Gate with modules C1–C4 and module D (A1–A3, C and D) |
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| Copyright | Yes |
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| Data set LCA report, background info | |
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| Data set valid until | 2029 |
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| Technology description including background system | Product Stages Included: A1 Raw material supply • Raw material acquisition, extraction, refining and processing • Electricity generated from all sources with extraction, refining & transport A2 Transport internal and to the factory gate A3 Manufacture of product, co-products and plus packaging • Production of ancillary material • System flows leaving at end-of-waste boundary allocated as coproducts C1 Deconstruction demolition C2 Transport to waste processing C3 Waste processing for reuse, recovery and/or recycling C4 Disposal D Reuse, recovery and/or recycling potentials, expressed as net impacts and benefits. Cut off criteria: In this study, waste transport during the production phase is not considered, as the mass volume of waste is small and the transport distance is less than 100km. In case of insufficient input data or data gaps for a unit process, according to the EN15804 requirement, the cut-off criteria chosen is 1% of renewable and non renewable primary energy usage and 1% of the total mass of that unit process. The total neglected input flows of the cradle to grave stage, e.g. per module A1-A3, A4-A5, B1 B5, B6-B7, and C1-C4 shall be a maximum of 5% of energy usage and mass. In this study, the neglected flow is “Plastic strap”, “OPP Tape”, “Plastic bag”, “Stretch Wrapping”, and the total neglected mass does not exceed 1% of the total mass of the production unit process. Since the system boundary of this study does not include the CONSTRUCTION PROCESS STAGE of A4-A5, the final disposal of the packaging was not considered in the study. Allocations Method: For production stage allocation be distinguished between multi-input and multioutput processes: 1. Multi-input processes: Allocation is based on physical properties and is based on weight. For example, a variety of acoustic products are produced in one factory. The consumption of the Acoupanel Decor (printed)/Acoupanel – Full Colour is obtained by dividing the total annual production weight of each product by the total weight of all the products produced in the factory, obtaining the weight ratio of target product, and then multiplying by the total data. 2. Multi-output processes: Recycled waste from the production process are made for another product, they are still allocated by weight as by-products. Production process generates wastes that are capable of energy recovery, and in this study only the load of its incineration and disposal is considered, conservatively, as for the heat generated by waste incineration, it is not allocated but disclosed in module D. Other outputs, such as other solid waste, etc. follow mass allocation. For reuse, recycling, and recovery allocation, the Cut-off allocation approach is adopted in the case of any recycled content, which is assumed to enter the system burden-free. Only environmental impacts from the point of recovery and forward (e.g., collection, sorting, processing, etc.) are considered. Scenario Modelling Assumption: Stage C - end of life: It is assumed that the Acoupanel - Full color/Acoupanel Decor (printed) be dismantled manually and transported from building site to waste processing is 161 km by diesel-powered truck(unspecified). After the Acoupanel – Full Colour/Acoupanel Décor (printed) been transported, assumes which are broken up by machine and the PET materials in them are recycled1, and the recycling rate is about 5%. It is assumed that the energy consumption of the machine for crushing each square meter of waste products is 0.2 kWh. Stage D – benefits and loads beyond the system boundary: Acoupanel – Full Colour/Acoupanel Decor (printed) in the stage C due to the use of Cut-off allocation method, recycled PET further recycling process and the next life cycle of the original PET substitution credit is not taken into account, and the product production of the "Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate staple fiber" used in the recycled PET raw materials are also considered to be 0 of the environmental impact. In addition, waste generated in the production stage that is capable of heat recovery is assumed to have a calorific value of combustion of 11.74 MJ/kg (based on the calorific value in the Ecoivent 3.10 dataset "treatment of municipal solid waste, municipal incineration"), and substituting the resulting calorific value with natural gas, which has a calorific value of 36 MJ/m³. |
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