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Process Data set: Foil faced PIR insulation board 150mm (en) en

Key Data Set Information
Location IE
Geographical representativeness description Ireland
Reference year 2021
Name
Foil faced PIR insulation board 150mm
Technical purpose of product or process This EPD is carried out for the Ballytherm PIR insulation panels comprising foil-faced panels 150mm thick. The main raw materials of the insulation board are MDI, polyol, flame retardant, pentane blowing agent, foil sheet facings, and minor amounts of catalysts. The insulation products are manufactured in accordance with BS EN 13165:2012+A2:2016 Thermal insulation products for buildings. Factory made rigid polyurethane foam (PU) products. Specification. These Ballytherm insulation products are used in floors, cavity walls, drylining board, steel and timber-frame walls. The bulk raw chemicals (polyol & MDI) are mixed with various catalysts and additives before being metered onto a moving conveyor. The chemical mix then starts to rise, due to the effects of the blowing agent, to produce the foam. The foam continues to rise until it contacts the top layer of facer material as it enters the double- belt laminator, where it is then cured under heat to produce the rigid, thermoset foam board. The board exits the lamination oven and then reaches a cross-cut saw which cuts the board into shorter mother boards. Each mother board then enters a cooling zone before entering a multiblade cutting area which removes side trims and cuts the boards to the required length. There is a minor amount of additional cutting to produce specialty boards. Finished boards are stored in the warehouse before despatch to customers. Off-cuts from the cutting and trimming are sent to landfill.
General comment on data set Data flows have been modeled as realistically as possible. Data quality assessment is based on the principle that the primary data used for processes occurring at the production site is selected in the first instance. Where this is not available, other reference data is selected from appropriate sources. The dataset is representative for the production processes used in 2019. Methodology and reproducibility The process descriptions and quantities in this study are reproducible in accordance to the reference standards that have been used. The references of all sources, both primary and public sources and literature, have been documented in the LCA report. In addition, to facilitate the reproducibility of this LCA, a full set of data records has been generated which can be accessed via the EcoChain tool. This data portfolio contains a summary of all the data used in this LCA, and correspondingly, in the Ballytherm insulation Ecochain account.
Copyright Yes
Owner of data set
Quantitative reference
Reference flow(s)
Time representativeness
Data set valid until 2026
Time representativeness description "19.04.2021" - "19.04.2026"
Technological representativeness
Technology description including background system A1. Raw materials supply This module considers the extraction and processing of all raw materials and energy which occur upstream to the Ballytherm Insulation manufacturing process, as well as waste processing up to the end-of waste state. A2. Transport of raw materials to manufacturer This includes the transport distance of the raw materials to the manufacturing facility via road, boat and/or train. A3. Manufacturing This module covers the manufacturing of Ballytherm Insulation and includes all processes linked to production such as, mixing, packing and internal transportation. Use of electricity, fuels and auxiliary materials used during production is taken into account as well.

Indicators of life cycle

IndicatorDirectionUnit Raw material supply
A1
 Transport
A2
 Manufacturing
A3
Use of renewable primary energy (PERE)
Input
  • 31.2
  • 0.121
  • 0.735
Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials (PERM)
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Total use of renewable primary energy resource (PERT)
Input
  • 31.2
  • 0.121
  • 0.735
Use of non renewable primary energy (PENRE)
Input
  • 438
  • 11.8
  • 0.621
Use of non renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials (PENRM)
Input
  • 135
  • 0
  • 0
Total use of non renewable primary energy resource (PENRT)
Input
  • 573
  • 11.8
  • 0.621
Use of secondary material (SM)
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Use of renewable secondary fuels (RSF)
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Use of non renewable secondary fuels (NRSF)
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Use of net fresh water (FW)
Input
  • 0.545
  • 0.00182
  • 0.000122
Hazardous waste disposed (HWD)
Output
  • 0.000473
  • 0.00000706
  • 7.12E-7
Non hazardous waste dispose (NHWD)
Output
  • 2.11
  • 0.519
  • 0.0574
Radioactive waste disposed (RWD)
Output
  • 0.00118
  • 0.000075
  • 0.00000386
Components for re-use (CRU)
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Materials for recycling (MFR)
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Materials for energy recovery (MER)
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Exported electrical energy (EEE)
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Exported thermal energy (EET)
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

IndicatorUnit Raw material supply
A1
 Transport
A2
 Manufacturing
A3
  • 544
  • 11
  • 0.584
  • 0.000118
  • 0.00000215
  • 1.74E-7
  • 0.137
  • 0.00206
  • 0.000312
  • 0.0348
  • 0.000304
  • 0.0001
  • 26.7
  • 0.722
  • 0.0725
  • 0.00000463
  • 1.33E-7
  • 6.89E-9
  • 0.0324
  • 0.000366
  • 0.00169