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| Use advice for data set | Scope: This document refers to the production of 1 kg uncoated "FOAMGLAS® F" cellular glass manufactured in Belgium at the Tessenderlo production facility of Pittsburgh Corning Europe NV. The reference year of production is 2019. The environmental impacts of the coated product "FOAMGLAS® F in boards & blocks" are to be assessed with the help of a markup factor in the amount of 0.8% for Global Warming Potential. Besides FOAMGLAS® F, exclusively for building equipment and industrial applications FOAMGLAS® HLB1600 has the same environmental impacts as F. System boundary: Type of EPD: Cradle to Grave with options, modules C1-C4, and module D (A1-A3, C, D and additional modules) The LCA addresses the life cycle stage of production, installation, end-of-life (EoL) and potential benefits beyond the system boundaries. The product stage comprises of modules A1 (raw material supply), A2 (transport) and A3 (production). The following individual processes were included in the product stage A1- A3 of production: Processes for providing preliminary products and energy Transporting the raw materials and preliminary materials to the plant The manufacturing process in the plant including energy-related expenses, disposal of residual materials and emissions Production of packaging Module A4 takes into account the transportation of product to the construction site. The treatment of the packaging materials is assigned to module A5 . Module C1 takes into accounts the de-construction or demolition of the product before taking it for treatment/disposal through means of transportation (module C2). Module C3 is the waste processing of the product before recycling/recovery/reuse. Landfilling with residual materials is assigned to module C4 . Module D accounts for the potential credits resulting from the thermal and electrical energy generated when burning packaging materials in module A5 (energy substitution). There are 3 EoL scenarios in the study: Landfill, Reuse and Recycling. Module D/2 takes into account potential credits for 100% reuse of material and module D/3 considers potential credits for replacing kaolin in the brick industry. | ||
| Technical purpose of product or process | FOAMGLAS® F products are used for roof, floors, loadbearing, perimeter or specific other insulation. FOAMGLAS® F is also used for building equipment & industrial installations, for which FOAMGLAS® HLB1600 is an equivalent product | ||
| Classification number | 2.6.01 | ||
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| General comment on data set | FOAMGLAS® F is an insulation product for buildings made of cellular glass. It is applied to the desired dimensions in the form of slabs, panels, or other specific elements. The FOAMGLAS® F is in general unfaced as a slab. In some cases, depending on the end-use, the slabs can be faced with bitumen on the top with a PE-foil (e.g. READY, BOARDS) or a white mineral liner (ROOFBLOCK, ROOF BOARDS). Also, on the bottom, the white mineral liner can be applied (cf. BOARDS). The product is declared with a density of 165 kg/m³ (±10%) and is supplied in thicknesses of 40 mm to 180 mm. For the placing on the market of the product FOAMGLAS® F in the European Union/European Free Trade Association (EU/EFTA) (with the exception of Switzerland) Construction Products Regulation (CPR) applies. The product declaration of performance (DOP) is taking into consideration EN 13167:2015 Thermal insulation products for buildings – Factory made cellular glass (CG) products – Specification but also EN14305:2013 Thermal insulation for building equipment and industrial installations - Factory made cellular glass (CG) products – Specification. In addition to the common applications, especially for loadbearing constructions and perimeter insulation, the product also complies with the characteristics declared in European Technical Assessment (ETA) 20/0221:2020 Cellular glass boards as load bearing layer and thermal insulation outside the waterproofing and the CE-marking. For the application and use the respective national provisions apply. | ||
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| Data set valid until | 2026 | ||
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| Technology description including background system | The product is made following the protocol of the company. All glass constituents (recycled glass, sand, sodium carbonate, feldspar, sodium sulfate, sodium nitrate, iron oxide, and FOAMGLAS®-scrap) are melted (at ca. 1250°C) in the furnace and drawn into the shape of a thin-walled tube to enable efficient grinding. Melted glass from the melter furnace is put in grinders to produce fine glass powder. In the grinding process, additives are added so that afterwards, glass foaming processes can be envisaged. In the foaming furnace, cellular glass blocks are made in moulds by heating (sintering towards ca 850°C) the glass powder after the grinding process. After the foaming process, the annealing process starts by moving the foamed blocks on the lehr where they cool according to a precisely determined curve. The cooled blocks are cut into rectangular blocks and if necessary, ground or cut to thinner sizes. The produced material is released, labelled, marked, and packed for commercialisation and various end-use applications (floor, roof, wall and other construction elements). 1 Mixing and batching of the raw materials: Recycled glass, feldspar, sodium carbonate, iron oxide, manganese oxide, sodium sulphate, sodium nitrate. 2 The melting furnace has a constant temperature of 1250°C. 3 Molten glass is drawn out of the furnace. 4 Control room for monitoring the production. 5 The glass is drawn off and falls onto the conveyor band where it cools down before entering the ball mill. 6 Addition of "carbon black". 7 Ball mill grinds all ingredients into a fine powder before putting them into stainless steel moulds. 8 The filled moulds pass through a cellulating oven (foaming furnace) with a temperature of 850°C. This is where the material gains its unique cell structure. 9 Energy recovery of heat. 10 The FOAMGLAS® blocks pass through an annealing oven to allow carefully controlled cooling without thermal stress. 11 The blocks are cut to size and sorted by batch. Production waste is recycled. 12 FOAMGLAS® slabs are then packaged, labelled and palletized. 13 Finished FOAMGLAS® products are stored and prepared for transport. Quality assurance Quality is assured through internal and external monitoring. The product complies with the Declaration of Performance. It also bears the CEN Keymark Technical data: The technical specifications of FOAMGLAS® F within the scope of this EPD and within the CE marking is according to EN 13167, EN 14305 and ETA 20/0221. In addition to the EN13167 declared values, the characteristics declared for service temperature (-265°C – 430°C), thermal conductivity ranges & chloride content are in line with EN 14305. The same for the ETA 20/0221 declared values on the mechanical properities. Performance data of the product in accordance with the declaration of performance with respect to its essential characteristics according to EN 13167. Voluntary data: CEN KEYMARK certificate n°001-BK-516-001; ATG H539; KOMO-CTG100-9; SIA CH672-13; ACERMI 023/253; Natureplus n°Zt-PCE-0406-1101-101 Declared unit: The Declaration refers to the life cycle of 1kg FOAMGLAS® F. The gross density of the product is 165 kg/m³ ± 10% | ||
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| Time stamp (last saved) | 2021-02-24T15:14:06.612 |
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| UUID | f27b04a9-2fa2-4ac2-8c5f-03addd0a643a |
| Data set version | 00.04.000 |
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| Registration number | EPD-PCE-20200301-IBA1-EN |
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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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