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| Location | DE |
| Reference year | 2014 |
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| Use advice for data set | Scope: This Environmental Product Declaration is valid for the following products: Vacupor® NT-B2-S, Vacupor® PS-B2-S, Vacupor® RP-B2-S, Vacupor® XPS-B2-S, Vacupor® TS-B2-S, Vacupor® PIR-B2-S, Vacupor® MW-B2-S, Vacupor® BIT-B2-S, Vacupor® Roof and Vacuspeed® manufactured by Porextherm Dämmstoffe GmbH in its plant in Kempten (Allgäu), Germany. It involves a specific Environmental Product Declaration which is valid for the respective product. This document is translated from the German Environmental Product Declaration into English. It is based on the German original version EPD-POR-20140214-IBC1-DE. The verifier has no influence on the quality of the translation. System boundary: Type of EPD: cradle to plant gate – with options The LCA takes consideration of the raw material and energy supply, actual product manufacturing (Modules A1-A3), transport to recycling/disposal (Module C2), waste processing (Module C3), waste disposal (Module C4), and credits and loads beyond the system boundaries (Module D). |
| Technical purpose of product or process | The vacuum insulation panels (VIP) referred to in this Environmental Product Declaration are used as ultra-efficient thermal insulation on building walls, roofs, ceilings and base plates. As vacuum insulation panels can not be cut to size on site, an installation plan for thermal insulation needs to be drawn up with an exact list of panels to be produced before the order is placed. Floor applications: Vacupor® NT-B2-S, Vacupor® RP-B2-S, Vacupor® XPS-B2-S, Vacupor® TS-B2-S, Vacupor® BIT-B2-S, Vacupor® PIR-B2-S, Vacupor® PS-B2-S, Vacupor® MW-B2-S, Vacuspeed® Wall applications: Vacupor® NT-B2-S, Vacupor® RP-B2-S, Vacupor® XPS-B2-S, Vacupor® TS-B2-S, Vacupor® BIT-B2-S, Vacupor® PIR-B2-S, Vacupor® PS-B2-S, Vacupor® MW-B2-S, Vacuspeed® Roof applications: Vacupor® NT-B2-S, Vacupor® RP-B2-S, Vacupor® XPS-B2-S, Vacupor® TS-B2-S, Vacupor® BIT-B2-S, Vacupor® PIR-B2-S, Vacupor® PS-B2-S, Vacupor® MW-B2-S, Vacupor® Roof, Vacuspeed® |
| Classification number | 2.24.01 |
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| General comment on data set | Vacuum insulation panels comprise a core, made of fumed silica, infrared opacifiers and cellulose fibres which is heat-sealed under vacuum into a metallised high-barrier film. For certain applications such as insulating floors, flat roofs, walls etc., functional layers can be applied to vacuum insulation panels on one or both sides. |
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| Copyright | Yes |
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| Data set valid until | 2019 |
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| Technology description including background system | VACUPOR® and Vacuspeed® Vacuum Insulation Panels were developed especially for use in construction. With a rated value of up to 0.007 W / (m * K) and Vacuspeed® Vacuspeed® exhibit panels on an extremely high level of insulation. Vacuspeed® and Vacuspeed® panels are for thermal insulation in a variety of construction applications in the ground, used in the wall and the roof. The Vacuspeed® and Vacuspeed® panels are available in thicknesses ranging from 10mm to 50mm. Technical data: The technical data refers to the products Vacupor® NT-B2-S and Vacuspeed®. Possible layers of the vacuum insulation panels is not taken into consideration here. The data sheets for the individual products can be viewed at www.porextherm.com/de/produkte/vakuumdaemmung.html. Declared unit: The Declaration refers to the manufacture, recycling and/or disposal of 1 m² unsheathed VIP with a typical thickness of 25 mm and a weight of 4.5 kg. Average density is 181 kg/m³. The sheathing environmental profiles are depicted in section 5 and in the Annex. |
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