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Process Data set: SUPERCEL® Building Insulation: Supercel Vitrum (en) en

A more recent version of this data set exists in the database.

Most recent version of this data set:00.03.001

Key Data Set Information
Location IT
Geographical representativeness description Building insulation - construction products - mainly European market
Reference year 2022
Name
SUPERCEL® Building Insulation: Supercel Vitrum
Use advice for data set cradle to gate + options: A1, A2, A3, C1, C2, C3, C4, D
Technical purpose of product or process The SUPERCEL Building Insulation product range is comprised by four types of expanded phenolic foam thermal insulation boards, namely: SUPERCEL VITRUM, SUPERCEL PAPYRUS, SUPERCEL ALUMEN and SUPERCEL FLAMMA. These boards have the same composition, and differ from each other exclusively with respect to the facing. Due to its high insulating value the SUPERCEL Building Insulation range is suitable for internal and external building insulation.
General comment on data set "The data collected relating to mass balance and production process are site-specific. In particular, information regarding weight, quantity, raw materials, waste, etc. are derived from the company's internal management system. All information relating to the type of materials and processes were taken from the database Ecoinvent 3.5. The quality of electricity and gas data takes into consideration that the company is supplied through both the national energy system (the Italian ""Energy mix"" is therefore adopted as from Ecoinvent databases) and it self-produces over 30% of the energy needed from photovoltaic panels installed on the manufacturing facility. With respect to generic data, throughout the analysis the following criteria were applied: • Geographical equivalence: Italian or at most European systems were analysed; • Technological equivalence: comparable technological systems were considered through literature searches; • Equivalence with respect to system boundaries: systems that take into consideration similar inputs and outputs and similar phases were considered. Instead, it was necessary to proceed with the use of proxy data for some items of the mass balance for which it was not possible to accurately model the raw material with the Ecoinvent database. However, proxy data was used for less than 3% of the mass balance." The allocation of all phases has been carried out based on the quantity of product processed in the course of calendar year 2021 for all four product types. This enabled to compute the impact of the declared unit of 0,1 m3 of product. For each value corresponding to a specific phase of the life cycle the total amount of cubic meters processed for each product type eas taken into account. Data collection took place according to the rules and requirements required by the standard. Due to the complexity of the product and the life cycle, some assumptions were made which led to the exclusion of some contributions. In this case it was considered negligible to include the impact of auxiliary resources as they are not quantifiable and have little impact. Furthermore, the polyethylene film containing the slabs was excluded. This was included as a cut-off as a 5% lower incidence was quantified as required by the standard.
Copyright Yes
Owner of data set
Quantitative reference
Reference flow(s)
Biogenic carbon content
  • Carbon content (biogenic): 0.0 kg
  • Carbon content (biogenic) - packaging: 0.0 kg
Time representativeness
Data set valid until 2027
Technological representativeness
Technology description including background system "Thermal conductivity = 0,019 / 0,021 W/m.K Reaction to Fire = B-s1,d0 / C-s1,d0 / F Compressive strength = 150 kPa Dimensional stability (-20) / (70,90) < 1,5% Additional information provided in the technical data sheets of the produts (www.resineisolanti.com)"

Indicators of life cycle

IndicatorDirectionUnit Raw material supply
A1
 Transport
A2
 Manufacturing
A3
 De-construction
C1
 Transport
C2
 Waste processing
C3
 Disposal
C4
 Recycling Potential
D
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
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  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0
  • 0
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  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0
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Output
  • 0
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Output
  • 0
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Output
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Output
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Output
  • 0
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  • 0
  • 0

IndicatorUnit Raw material supply
A1
 Transport
A2
 Manufacturing
A3
 De-construction
C1
 Transport
C2
 Waste processing
C3
 Disposal
C4
 Recycling Potential
D
Abiotic depletion potential - fossil resources (ADPF)
  • 368
  • 1.39
  • 7.15
  • 0
  • 0.192
  • 0
  • 0.946
  • 0
Abiotic depletion potential - non-fossil resources (ADPE)
  • 0.000447
  • 0.00000249
  • 0.00000349
  • 0
  • 3.44E-7
  • 0
  • 4.3E-7
  • 0
Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP)
  • 0.0907
  • 0.00048
  • 0.00131
  • 0
  • 0.0000643
  • 0
  • 0.000343
  • 0
Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer (ODP)
  • 0.00000884
  • 2.05E-8
  • 1.96E-8
  • 0
  • 2.89E-9
  • 0
  • 1.25E-8
  • 0
Eutrophication potential - freshwater (EP-freshwater)
  • 0.00628
  • 0.00000794
  • 0.0000613
  • 0
  • 9.32E-7
  • 0
  • 0.0000123
  • 0
Eutrophication potential - marine (EP-marine)
  • 0.0159
  • 0.000162
  • 0.00028
  • 0
  • 0.000022
  • 0
  • 0.000118
  • 0
Eutrophication potential - terrestrial (EP-terrestrial)
  • 0.157
  • 0.00177
  • 0.00296
  • 0
  • 0.000241
  • 0
  • 0.00128
  • 0
Global Warming Potential - biogenic (GWP-biogenic)
  • -0.235
  • 0.0000364
  • -0.00264
  • 0
  • 0.00000679
  • 0
  • 0.000325
  • 0
Global Warming Potential - fossil fuels (GWP-fossil)
  • 17.9
  • 0.0938
  • 0.308
  • 0
  • 0.0126
  • 0
  • 0.0403
  • 0
Global Warming Potential - land use and land use change (GWP-luluc)
  • 0.204
  • 0.000034
  • 0.000158
  • 0
  • 0.00000445
  • 0
  • 0.000018
  • 0
Global Warming Potential - total (GWP-total)
  • 17.9
  • 0.0939
  • 0.306
  • 0
  • 0.0126
  • 0
  • 0.0406
  • 0
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Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP)
  • 0.0711
  • 0.000503
  • 0.00168
  • 0
  • 0.0000688
  • 0
  • 0.00037
  • 0
Water (user) deprivation potential (WDP)
  • 8.74
  • 0.00451
  • 0.186
  • 0
  • 0.000534
  • 0
  • 0.0409
  • 0

IndicatorUnit Raw material supply
A1
 Transport
A2
 Manufacturing
A3
 De-construction
C1
 Transport
C2
 Waste processing
C3
 Disposal
C4
 Recycling Potential
D
1This impact category deals mainly with the eventual impact of low dose ionizing radiation on human health of the nuclear fuel cycle. It does not consider effects due to possible nuclear accidents, occupational exposure nor due to radioactive waste disposal in underground facilities. Potential ionizing radiation from the soil, from radon and from some construction materials is also not measured by this indicator.
2The results of this environmental impact indicator shall be used with care as the uncertainties on these results are high or as there is limited experiences with the indicator.
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems (ETP-fw) 2
  • 7.6E+2
  • 1.23
  • 2.86
  • 0
  • 0.154
  • 0
  • 0.697
  • 0
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - cancer effects (HTP-c) 2
  • 6.41E-8
  • 3.2E-11
  • 1.8E-9
  • 0
  • 4E-12
  • 0
  • 2.5E-11
  • 0
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - non-cancer effects (HTP-nc) 2
  • 2.97E-7
  • 1.23E-9
  • 2.32E-9
  • 0
  • 1.67E-10
  • 0
  • 5.18E-10
  • 0
Potential Human exposure efficiency relative to U235 (IRP) 1
  • 1.48
  • 0.00648
  • 0.0229
  • 0
  • 0.000988
  • 0
  • 0.00448
  • 0
Potential incidence of disease due to PM emissions (PM) 2
  • 7.74E-7
  • 6.71E-9
  • 1.21E-8
  • 0
  • 9.14E-10
  • 0
  • 6.59E-9
  • 0
Potential Soil quality index (SQP) 2
  • 59.9
  • 0.942
  • 1.36
  • 0
  • 0.132
  • 0
  • 2.26
  • 0