b7234d1e-3459-4380-9cc7-49bd7f096c99 Aluminium Louvered Systems The dataset is representative for the production processes used in 2023. The data Quality Level, according to Table E.1 of EN 15804 +A2, Annex E, is as follows: • Time Representativeness is considered to be good • Geographical Representativeness is considered to be very good • Technical Representativeness is considered to be very good Allocation of energies, electricity types and amounts to the various manufacturing processes has been provided by QEF, along with production waste; allocation of impacts to the products is based on the product mass The cut-off criteria of section 6.3.6 of EN15804 +A2 have been followed. 1 2024 2029 2024-02-12 Ireland Ecochain version 4.3.0 Ecoinvent version 3.8 This EPD is for one tonne of installed QEF aluminium louvered systems. The louvered systems are manufactured from bespoke extruded aluminium profiles, which are initially cut to prcise lengths, and then powder coated and assembled in to 1.1 x 1.1 m2 panels, for installation on building facades. The QEF aluminium louvered systems are used as facades on buildings. The Representative Product of this EPD is 1,000 kg of powder coated aluminium profiles assembled in a louvered system, with a mean aluminium element thickness of 1.8 5mm, and powder coating thickness of 70 micron on both faces. This Representative Product is based on production at QEF where 90% of aluminium material used is 1.8 mm thick, and 5% each is 3.0 mm and 1.6 mm thick. The aluminium is extruded aluminium alloy 6063 T6. The powder coating is polyester. The manufactured systems are tested, and comply to, EN 13030:2001 Ventilation for buildings. Terminals. Performance testing of louvres subjected to simulated rain. The manufacturing process comprises receiving lengths of extruded aluminium profiles from the supplier. Upon receipt of the profiles they are cut for assembly as a louvered system. Before final assembly, the cut profiles are powder coated. After powder coating they are assembled into the final louvered systems for installation on the building facade. The assembled louvres are loaded onto a lorry at the manufacturing plant site, where they are supported by and tied to rigid frames, for onward delivery to the customers. There is no packaging used in the supply of these products to the market. The panles are installed manually on to the building facades. Unused aluminium off-cuts are sent off-site for recycling EPD PCR - Part A Implementation and use of I.S. EN 15804:2012+A1 and + A2, and CEN TR 16970:2016 in Ireland for the development of Environmental Product Declarations (issued 05.03.2022), Version 2.1 representative dataset ecoinvent database (all versions) Cradle to gate with options, modules C1–C4, and module D EPDIE-24-131 Kim Allbury EN 15804+A2 Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant ISO 14025 Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant ISO 21930 Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant LCA.no AS 2024-02-13T17:12:02 ILCD format EPD Data Format Extensions v1.2 EPD Data Format Extensions v1.2 EPD-Datenformaterweiterungen v1.2 00.03.000 2024-02-13T16:00:54.0143239Z EPD Ireland EPDIE-24-131 QEF Ltd true Free of charge for all users and uses None EPD Ireland Aluminium Louvered Systems General reminder flow Output 1 1 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured Use of renewable primary energy (PERE) Fornybar primærenergi brukt som energibærer (RPEE) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 43506.098030924380 5.034712811108 540.557679684607 4.940984453589 1335.445848521240 0.000000000000 1.823576190835 215.618851579091 0.000000000000 -47087.377308886570 MJ Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials (PERM) Fornybar primærenergi brukt som energibærer (RPEE) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 MJ Total use of renewable primary energy resource (PERT) Total bruk av fornybar primærenergi (TPE) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 43506.098030924380 5.034712811108 540.557679684607 4.940984453589 1335.445848521240 0.000000000000 1.823576190835 215.618851579091 0.000000000000 -47087.377308886570 MJ Use of non renewable primary energy (PENRE) Ikke fornybar primærenergi brukt som energibærer (NRPE) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 165233.647750018000 373.938345249023 5292.597284685400 366.976949787392 5142.155505894820 0.000000000000 135.440707110818 2135.938869835664 0.000000000000 -125827.622415335400 MJ Use of non renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials (PENRM) Ikke fornybar primærenergi brukt som råmateriale (NRPM) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 MJ Total use of non renewable primary energy resource (PENRT) Total nicht erneuerbare Primärenergie (PENRT) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 165233.647750018000 373.938345249023 5292.597284685400 366.976949787392 5142.155505894820 0.000000000000 135.440707110818 2135.938869835664 0.000000000000 -125827.622415335400 MJ Use of secondary material (SM) Bruk av sekundære materialer (SM) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 kg Use of renewable secondary fuels (RSF) Bruk av fornybart sekundære brensel (RSF) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 MJ Use of non renewable secondary fuels (NRSF) Bruk av ikke fornybart sekundære brensel (NRSF) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 MJ Use of net fresh water (FW) Netto bruk av ferskvann (W) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 242.471027510772 0.039865012081 1.136303350621 0.039122868042 7.141640372068 0.000000000000 0.014439132798 5.311432088535 0.000000000000 -312.083381770187 m3 Hazardous waste disposed (HWD) Avhendet farlig avfall (HW) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.089006148016 0.000919420511 0.261504630262 0.000902304188 0.002970533959 0.000000000000 0.000333014696 1.575374827845 0.000000000000 -0.072230189671 kg Non hazardous waste dispose (NHWD) Avhendet ikke-farlig avfall (NHW) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 3335.032220783867 18.432347828004 33.040943894190 18.089203392170 134.956628634173 0.000000000000 6.676208137667 33.147065609386 0.000000000000 -2282.535692793756 kg Radioactive waste disposed (RWD) Avhendet radioaktivt avfall (RW) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.519776170021 0.002379900586 0.010187604678 0.002335595343 0.015827896448 0.000000000000 0.000862001510 0.006371237945 0.000000000000 -0.779378655061 kg Components for re-use (CRU) Komponenter for gjenbruk (CR) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 kg Materials for recycling (MFR) Materialer for resirkulering (MR) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 kg Materials for energy recovery (MER) Materialer for energigjenvinning (MER) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 kg Exported electrical energy (EEE) Eksportert elektrisk energi(EEE) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 MJ Exported thermal energy (EET) Eksportert termisk energi (ETE) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 MJ Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP) Forsurningspotensial for kilder på land og vann (AP) 0 undefined 0 94.651679984352 0.065969065876 0.657178992119 0.064740957655 2.867044066933 0.000000000000 0.023894037729 0.909429535885 0.000000000000 -46.221330733790 mol H+ eqv. Global Warming Potential - total (GWP-total) Globalt oppvarmingspotensial -totalt (GWPtotal) 0 undefined 0 13448.763826726920 23.260128640962 306.649610213716 22.827108181800 424.590709298703 0.000000000000 8.424833426811 185.872528859543 0.000000000000 -8265.628949430430 kg CO2 eqv. Global Warming Potential - biogenic (GWP-biogenic) Globalt oppvarmingspotensial - biogene kilder( GWP-biogenic) 0 undefined 0 31.331726964694 0.021175959120 1.903551292220 0.020781738448 2.295534161293 0.000000000000 0.007669945897 3.906524854809 0.000000000000 -47.351501220235 kg CO2 eqv. Global Warming Potential - fossil fuels (GWP-fossil) Globalt oppvarmingspotensial - fossile brensler (GWP-fossil) 0 undefined 0 13255.455138995000 23.230415624238 304.518558427129 22.797948315247 417.676440864202 0.000000000000 8.414071353206 181.736063257688 0.000000000000 -8037.496214283247 kg CO2 eqv. Global Warming Potential - land use and land use change (GWP-luluc) Globalt oppvarmingspotensial arealbruk endringer i bruk av arealer (GWP-luluc) 0 undefined 0 163.306832334505 0.009290068824 0.251913198150 0.009117120947 4.661717801803 0.000000000000 0.003364868852 0.242884258755 0.000000000000 -181.198108664784 kg CO2 eqv. Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems (ETP-fw) Økotoksisitet, ferskvann (ETP-fw) 0 undefined 0 313336.233403862800 276.444399995983 2824.914009424529 271.297993333024 10523.219613622670 0.000000000000 100.128337967981 9862.842337502170 0.000000000000 -133698.136616410100 CTUe Potential incidence of disease due to PM emissions (PM) Partikkelutslipp (PM) 0 undefined 0 0.001032376402 0.000001866358 0.000004936854 0.000001831613 0.000032491163 0.000000000000 0.000000675996 0.000008085740 0.000000000000 -0.000590625110 disease incidence Eutrophication potential - marine (EP-marine) Overgjødslingspotensial til hav (EP-marine), hav og jord 0 undefined 0 12.358760883507 0.013109781234 0.147530582054 0.012865723965 0.390150281491 0.000000000000 0.004748371123 0.159909050336 0.000000000000 -5.130781983091 kg N eqv. Eutrophication potential - freshwater (EP-freshwater) Overgjødslingspotensial til ferskvann (EP-freshwater) 0 undefined 0 0.504317413138 0.000165651297 0.002620910545 0.000162567462 0.015906145614 0.000000000000 0.000059999005 0.006323352475 0.000000000000 -0.404558739099 kg P eqv. Eutrophication potential - terrestrial (EP-terrestrial) Overgjødslingspotensial til jord (EP-terrestrial) 0 undefined 0 137.674286967780 0.146126747176 1.649476635384 0.143406389429 4.348154160941 0.000000000000 0.052927201013 1.866624103975 0.000000000000 -57.733857369558 mol N eqv. Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - cancer effects (HTP-c) Toksisitet påvirkning på mennesker, kreft (HTP-c) 0 undefined 0 0.000026976100 0.000000008890 0.000000104696 0.000000008724 0.000001698873 0.000000000000 0.000000003220 0.000000279569 0.000000000000 -0.000023242100 CTUh Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - non-cancer effects (HTP-nc) Toksisitet påvirkning på mennesker, andre effekter enn kreft (HTP-nc) 0 undefined 0 0.000424090778 0.000000279397 0.000002553860 0.000000274195 0.000012936221 0.000000000000 0.000000101198 0.000008109611 0.000000000000 -0.000315292631 CTUh Potential Human exposure efficiency relative to U235 (IRP) Ioniserende stråling, helseeffekt (IRP) 0 undefined 0 534.413164190314 1.529173856029 7.872175383333 1.500706104389 16.427942905371 0.000000000000 0.553867745813 7.159271920530 0.000000000000 -818.938336496071 kBq U235 eqv. Potential Soil quality index (SQP) Påvirkninger knyttet til arealbruksendringer / jordkvalitet (SQP) 0 undefined 0 21724.447321768000 245.492611454528 714.570531547665 240.922416466620 855.967474382398 0.000000000000 88.917580420216 1255.459272384987 0.000000000000 -8080.089046338976 unitless Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer (ODP) Potensial for nedbryting av stratosfærisk ozon (ODP) 0 undefined 0 0.000847108118 0.000005383208 0.000037532558 0.000005282992 0.000025648458 0.000000000000 0.000001949801 0.000014261634 0.000000000000 -0.000849797029 kg CFC 11 eqv. Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP) Potensial for fotokjemisk oksidantdanning (POCP) 0 undefined 0 43.760733878060 0.056165048213 0.494965731227 0.055119455760 1.372466362924 0.000000000000 0.020343016280 0.512652166889 0.000000000000 -21.371871078638 kg NMVOC eqv. Abiotic depletion potential - fossil resources (ADPF) Abiotisk utarmingspotensial for fossile ressurser, fosile brensler (ADP-fossil) 0 undefined 0 155066.784102928700 352.210149328166 4826.246391212583 345.653255213868 4825.514694957747 0.000000000000 127.570740692147 1978.946415820938 0.000000000000 -118596.708255047400 MJ Abiotic depletion potential - non-fossil resources (ADPE) Abiotisk utarmingspotensial for ikke-fossile ressurser, mineraler (ADP-elements) 0 undefined 0 0.025382126702 0.000082360926 0.004418707648 0.000080827659 0.001806900872 0.000000000000 0.000029831180 0.021213771910 0.000000000000 -0.016982279031 kg Sb-eqv. Water (user) deprivation potential (WDP) Utarmingspotensial for vannressurser (WDP) 0 undefined 0 2856.827641535567 1.072068001700 44.999208401093 1.052109927284 91.126385594517 0.000000000000 0.388303713877 203.473053385146 0.000000000000 309.728514354606 m3 world eqv. Global warming potential except emissions and uptake of biogenic carbon (GWP-IOBC/GHG) Globalt oppvarmingspotensial beregnet etter prinsippet om umiddelbar oksidasjon (GWP-IOBC) 0 undefined 0 kg CO2 eqv.