Process information
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| Location | IE |
| Geographical representativeness description | Ireland |
| Reference year | 2022 |
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| Use advice for data set | This LCA covers the Product (A1 - A3), Construction Process (A4, A5), End of Life Stage (C1 - C4) stages, as well as as the benefits and loads beyond the system boundary (D) |
| Technical purpose of product or process | Profiles and frames (without glass) are assembled at the AMS factory site. Aluminium profiles are painted, combined with PVC strips, filled with foam filler insulation, and then cut to size. The completed profiles are then assembled into the designed window/door/facade unit size, with the addition of handles, locks, receivers, etc.. Profiles and frames are packaged in light plastic bubblewrap packaging for dispatch to the customer, where the requisite double or triple glazing unit is fitted. The intended use of the products are as windows in residential, educational and commercial buildings. The windows are manufactured to the requirements of I.S. EN 14351-1:2006 +A1:2010 Windows and doors - Product standard, performance characteristics. A wide variety of frame sizes are manufactured at the AMS production and fabrication sites, each specifically sized to the customers’ specifications. At the customers’ assembly site, the frames are fitted with double or triple glazing. As the weight of the specific glass installed is not determined by AMS, and may vary, the weight of glass in the tables below is indicative. Full technical specifications and performance characteristics for each of the products can be downloaded at www.ams.ie. The relative percentages of materials in the windows is given below. These are based on an averages between the Performace Plus and non-Performace Plus versions, as the differences in the mass of the materials between the two window version types is in the order of 1 to 2%. Extruded aluminium profiles are fed into a powder-coating paint line. After powder-coating, thermal insulation components are added to the profiles (such as foam filling, and application of rubber gaskets). The profiles are then worked on in the fabrication unit, where they are then cut to final size, and the hardware pieces are added. Frames are packaged before dispatch to customers. |
| General comment on data set | The dataset is representative for the production processes used in 2019. The data Quality Level, according to Table E.1 of EN 15804 +A2, Annex E, is ‘very good’. Allocation of electricity types and amounts to the various manufacturing processes has been provided by AMS along with production waste and direct emissions; allocation of impacts to the products is based on the product composition mass. Packaging has been excluded from the LCA, as it is 1% or less of the weight of the product units. The cut-off criteria of section 6.3.6 of EN15804 +A2 have been followed. |
| Copyright | Yes |
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| Data set valid until | 2027 |
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| Technology description including background system | Window type (XT66 and XT66 Performance Plus): Size Aluminium (Profile Extrusions): 22.5 Thermal break, gaskets, insulation strips (plastics): 10.7 Powder Coating: 0.8 Hardware (Handle, Espag locks, hinges, restrictors etc.): 5.3 Double glazing (1.3 m² area): 60.8 Total: 100.0 Additional weight of bubblewrap packaging: +0.8 |
Modelling and validation
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| Compliance |
Compliance system name
EN 15804+A2
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Approval of overall compliance
Fully compliant |
Nomenclature compliance
Fully compliant |
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant |
Review compliance
Fully compliant |
Documentation compliance
Fully compliant |
Quality compliance
Fully compliant |
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Compliance system name
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Approval of overall compliance
Fully compliant |
Nomenclature compliance
Fully compliant |
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant |
Review compliance
Fully compliant |
Documentation compliance
Fully compliant |
Quality compliance
Fully compliant |
| Compliance |
Compliance system name
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Approval of overall compliance
Fully compliant |
Nomenclature compliance
Fully compliant |
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant |
Review compliance
Fully compliant |
Documentation compliance
Fully compliant |
Quality compliance
Fully compliant |
Administrative information
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| Time stamp (last saved) | 2023-06-13T16:01:03 |
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| UUID | 2a01aea5-bc88-4620-b813-605c79c698b7 |
| Date of last revision | 2023-06-13T13:59:34.9236932Z |
| Data set version | 00.03.000 |
| Registration authority |
EPD Ireland
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| Registration number | EPDIE-21-72 |
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| Copyright | Yes |
| License type | Free of charge for all users and uses |
| Access and use restrictions | None |
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Environmental indicators
Indicators of life cycle