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Environmental Declaration for Bitumen Roof Waterproofing Systems Bitumen Waterproofing Association

Phone: +44 (0)162 343 0574 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bwa-europe.com Address: 19 Regina Crescent, Ravenshead, Nottingham NG15 9AE, UK

CPC code 5453 - ROOFING AND WATERPROOFING SERVICES

Approval date 27/02/2013 Valid 1 year

Revision 1.1

Registration number S-EP-00414

Geographical scope Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and France

Information related to: The 2010 production of the Bitumen Membrane Industry Sector

EPDs from different programmes may not be comparable

Rev. 1.1 Includes changes in pages 2 - 6 - 7 -13

http://www.bwa-europe.com/

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01 BWA

Figure 1- EU countries involved in the EPD

THE BWA

The Bitumen Waterproofing Association (BWA) was created to provide an

authoritative voice for the Bitumen roofing and waterproofing membrane

manufacturing industry across Europe.

The BWA is Europe’s central source of advice and information on all

Bitumen membrane roofing and waterproofing matters, both to the

industry and to its user groups. Sustainable and environmental issues

are, quite rightly, matters of great importance to us all in construction. A

full understanding of ideas once rarely mentioned – like ‘global warming’,

‘waste recycling’ and ‘life-cycle analysis’ – is now core to maintaining our

reputation as a responsible industry.

As the voice of the European Bitumen Waterproofing membrane industry,

BWA represents manufacturers who are committed to ensuring their

industry is sustainable and environmentally and socially responsible. It

represents manufacturers who consider that this document –

Environmental Declaration for Bitumen Roof Waterproofing Systems – is

an important step in achieving that aim. This declaration contains key

information to help anyone involved in construction deal knowledgeably

with the environmental impact of the building materials and systems they

specify and use for bitumen waterproofing – be they architects, project

developers, contractors, legislators, roofers or specifiers. This

commitment to environmental issues can also be seen in BWA’s

involvement with several European platforms, like CEN TC 350

‘Sustainability of construction work’ and the publication of a Product

Category Rules (PCR) document for Environmental Product Declarations

of ‘bitumen waterproofing sheets’ as defined in the present ISO and CEN

standards.

BITUMINOUS MEMBRANE

The principal task of bituminous waterproofing is to protect buildings

against water in its various forms e.g. rain, humidity, snow and hail.

Beyond this, its waterproofing qualities preserve and sustain a building’s

capital value. In fact, its ability to protect thermal insulation from rainwater

penetration ensures those thermal properties – the measure of

sustainable economy – will remain effective. Bituminous waterproofing

can also make the roof accessible to pedestrians, even vehicles, and is

the optimal, durable, solution to creating vegetation systems on the roof

that can help keep a building healthy and support biodiversity.

PARTICIPANTS

Since the environmental impact for the same system is comparable from

one manufacturer and from one factory, to another, BWA decided to

establish a common industry fact sheet that states the average impact

generated by systems that use bitumen waterproofing sheets produced

by BWA members. A total of 42 plants participated to the EPD data

collection phase (see Appendix); the involved counties were: Italy, Spain,

Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway

and France. The EPD may not be representative for BWA

members/production locations from other countries.

PRODUCTION PROCESS

Bituminous waterproofing membranes are produced by a continuous

process as outlined in the Figure below.

Raw materials (bitumen and polymers) are mixed separately at a specific

range of temperature and successively reinforced with polyester fleece or

glass mat (Glass mat, glass grid, glass fabric) by impregnation. After

calendering and cooling, the membrane can be finished for practicality

and aesthetic reasons by means of different alternative materials , such

us polypropylene films, (colored) slates, etc. , Membranes are installed

on many different type of building roofs as waterproofing, either, as a

single or multi-layer, depending on the type of selected product.


02 THE MEMBRANE

Single Layer System

Multilayer System

Fully torched

Mechanically fastened

Ballasted

Depending on roof typology, design and building structural variables,

membranes could be installed in three different modalities:

Fully Torched : by heating the bottom surface of the membrane;

Ballasted: the membrane is torched and covered by ballast;

Mechanically fastened: in which membranes are fixed by stainless

steel fasteners and the joints, together with the top layer, are sealed

by torching,

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

BWA has developed, in close co-operation with Life Cycle Engineering

(LCE, Italy), a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) on-line software tool for all BWA

members, giving them the ability to continuously optimize the

environmental performance of all their bitumen waterproofing products.

Data was collected by means of the customized on-line software tool for

the following six systems.

Membranes roofing systems

(data per m2) Layer

Thickness

(mm)

Mass

(kg) S

ing

le

laye

r System1 Fully torched Single 4,3 5,4

System2 Mechanically

fastened Single 4,4 5,5

System3 With ballast Single 4,2 4,9

Mu

lti l

ayer

System4 Fully torched Top 3,8 4,8

Bottom 3,1 3,7

System5 Mechanically

fastened

Top 3,8 4,8

Bottom 3,0 3,7

System6 With ballast Top 3,6 4,5

Bottom 3,0 3,8

The six membrane systems above represent those commonly used in

the European industry and cover the modified plastomeric/elastomeric

bitumen sheets with polyester/glass reinforcement; with a thickness

between 1,9-5,2 mm; with or without mineral auto-protection and PE film;

or sand as a back finishing. Thickness and mass reported in the table are

representative of the European average.

CONTENT OF MATERIALS AND CHEMICALS

SUBSTANCES

The main materials that are required for the production of an average

(virtual) membrane are listed in the tables below.

Bitumen Filler (Limestone)

Polymers (SBS, PP etc)

System1 50,0% 20,1% 7,4%

System2 49,9% 20,0% 6,8%

System3 55,1% 23,5% 8,4%

System4 top 53,4% 27,3% 6,3%

System4 bottom 52,2% 22,1% 4,9%

System5 top 52,1% 26,1% 6,1%

System 5 bottom 52,5% 22,4% 5,1%

System 6 top 51,8% 29,0% 6,3%

System 6 bottom 56,9% 26,2% 4,7%

Reinforcements

(PET fleece,

glass mat.)

Finishing

(Slate, sand,

talcum flakes)

Other

(additives,

packaging, etc)

System1 4,0% 7,4% 11,1%

System2 3,9% 6,9% 12,6%

System3 4,3% 2,7% 6,0%

System4 top 3,5% 2,6% 6,9%

System4 bottom

3,7% 7,0% 10,0%

System5 top 4,4% 2,3% 9,0%

System 5 bottom

3,2% 7,4% 9,4%

System 6 top 3,5% 1,8% 7,5%

System 6 bottom

4,1% 4,2% 3,9%


03 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

CALCULATION

The environmental impact of the six bitumen membrane systems are

calculated at every point in the lifecycle of the systems studied – from

extraction of raw materials, through manufacturing and installation, to

demolition and end of life treatment.

In this LCA, the end of life treatment scenario is based on 68% to landfill,

24% to incineration (without energy recovery) and 8% to recycling.

DECLARED UNIT

The functional unit is 1 m2 installed roof waterproofing with flexible

sheets for roofing which also takes into account the following details:

the installation and maintenance phases (A5 -B5 in the table next right)

are based on a roof of 1000m2 (40x25 m2) as being representative for flat

roofs larger than 50m2, that fulfills as a minimum the national

requirements of country under the geographical scope of this EPD, with a

reference service life of 90 years. The maintenance, in particular,

requires the installation of a new top layer after 30 and 60 years

respectively, as common maintenance operations. This is considered and

included in the eco-profile calculations. More information about

installation and maintenance are available on page 6 - General

Hypotheses adopted.

SYSTEM BOUNDARIES

The processes belonging to the analyzed system were organized

according to following three phases, in compliance with the requisites of

the EPD system:

1. Upstream processes that include: all the impacts due to the

production of raw materials, such as bitumen and polymers as well

as recycled materials, are allocated to this module.

2. Core process that includes: all burdens of the membrane production,

such as energy, direct air and water emissions are taken into account

in this module. Impacts of waste delivered to final disposal are

considered as well.

3. Downstream processes, from the transportation of membranes to

the roof location, to the installation and reroofing phases. The end of

life of membranes and ancillary materials are also included in these

processes.

The unit processes considered in the study are reported in the hereinafter

table to highlight which activities are accounted in the processes. The EN

15804 module description is also reported.

Process Module description EN 15804 module

Upstream process

raw material extraction and processing, recycling processes for recycled material input,

A1

transport to the manufacturer A2

Core Process Manufacturing A3

Downstream Process

transport to the building site, A4

installation into the building A5

refurbishment (as maintenance)

B5

transport to the product’s waste processing,

C2

waste processing for reuse, recovery, or recycling, recovery and/or disposal

C3

Disposal of waste C4

reuse, recovery or recycling and/or recovery potentials

D


04 ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS The environmental burden of membranes has been calculated by means of the 24 indicators according to EN 15804 requirements. In practice, the EPD is a trade-off of indicators between the EPD, GPI

and the EN 15804 standard . The following table illustrates the indicators required by the EN 15804 and the indicators reported in the following pages.

EN 15804 Indicator name Unit Sources EPD Reported as

En

viro

nm

enta

l im

pac

t

ind

icat

ors

Global warming potential, fossil GWP100; kg CO2 equiv IPCC 2007 Reported Global Warming Potential

Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer, ODP; kg CFC 11 equiv CML Reported Ozone Depletion Potential

Acidification potential of air and water, AP; kg SO2 equiv CML Reported Acidification Potential

Eutrophication potential, EP; kg (PO4)3- equiv CML Reported Eutrophication Potential

Formation potential of tropospheric ozone photochemical oxidants, POCP; kg Ethene equiv CML Reported Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential

Abiotic depletion potential (ADP elements) for non fossil resources kg Sb equivalents CML Reported Abiotic Depletion P. (kg Sb eq.)

Abiotic depletion potential (ADP fossil fuel) for fossil resources MJ Upper calorific value Reported as split energy indicators

Sum of: Resources - Material purposes - Non renewable resources & - Energy purpose - (Oil, Gas and

Coal energy carriers)

Res

ou

rce

Use

Ind

icat

ors

Use of renewable primary energy excluding renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials

MJ Upper calorific value Reported Resources - Material purpose - Renewable

Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials MJ Upper calorific value Reported Resources - Energy purpose - Biomass

Total use of renewable primary energy resources (primary energy and primary energy resources used as raw materials)

MJ Upper calorific value Reported Sum of: Resources - Material purpose - Renewable &

Energy purpose - Biomass

Use of non renewable primary energy excluding non renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials

MJ Upper calorific value Reported as split contributors

Resources - Energy purpose - (Oil, Gas and Coal energy carriers)

Use of non renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials MJ Upper calorific value Reported Resources - Material purposes - Non renewable

resources

Total use of non renewable primary energy resources (primary energy and primary energy resources used as raw materials)

MJ Upper calorific value Reported as split contributors

Sum of: Resources - Energy purpose - (Oil, Gas and Coal) & Resources - Material purposes - Non renewable

resources

Use of secondary material kg Reported Resources - Material purposes - Use of secondary

material

Use of renewable secondary fuels kg Not detected -

Use of non renewable secondary fuels kg Not detected -

Use of net fresh water m3 Reported Resources - Water

Waste Category Indicators

Hazardous waste disposed kg Reported Waste -Dangerous to landfill

Non hazardous waste disposed kg Reported Waste -Not dangerous to landfill

Radioactive waste disposed kg Added in the hazardous waste

Waste - Dangerous to landfill

Output Flow Indicators

Components for re-use kg Not detected -

Materials for recycling kg Reported Waste - To Recycling

Materials for energy recovery (not being waste incineration) kg Reported Waste - To incineration

Exported energy MJ Not reported Not reported


GENERAL HYPOTHESES

ADOPTED ……………………………..

Here the main relevant hypotheses are presented. More details are available on the technical documents mentioned in the references.

UPSTREAM PROCESS ………………………………….

For bitumen, which is the main raw material of the membrane, the Eurobitume Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) was used (available on www.eurobitume.eu). For plastics, Plastics Europe LCI studies were used as reference data. In some other cases, already published EPDs were used (i.e. polyester fleece). No primary data was directly collected from the raw material suppliers.

MEMBRANE PRODUCTION …………………………………………

Primary data was collected from the 42 production plants. Data was collected by means of the BWA on-line tool and checked by industrial experts representative of each country involved (clusters). Data was primarily averaged by each cluster and finally delivered to BWA to produce the European average. Data collected by plants is representative of the average technology of each European country involved in the project. The European electricity mix was used as reference data for each production plant.

INSTALLATION & MAINTENANCE ………………………………………………

In the installation phase, the consumption of membrane, including the end of life treatment of membrane waste, is taken into account. The real membrane consumption and the ancillary materials needed for the installation are listed in the table below. Data comes from industry experts interviewed by BWA who have provided information based on their actual process knowledge.

Single Multilayer

System

1 System

2 System

3 System

4 System

5 System

6

Real membrane

consumption

+ 12% + 16% + 12% + 9% + 10% + 9%

Gas propane [kg/m2]

0,2 0,05 0,05 0,4 0,2 0,2

Mechanical fastener [unit/m2]

- 5* - - 5* -

Ballast [kg/m2]

- - 65* - - 65*

*Only one time for ballast and mechanical fastener

The main phase involved in the downstream process is the reroofing for the renewal stage, in which all activities for the maintenance of the roof are included. This stage was modeled following the hereinafter indications:

The maintenance interval of the systems is every 30 years (re-roofing time). A new layer or top-layer, fully torched on existing system, is placed as renewal processes.

In the System 5, the bottom layer is installed with fasteners regularly placed through the first layer. Top layer is fully torched.

In the System 6, the bottom layer is loose laid and the top layer is fully torched. In case of maintenance the original gravel is re-used without additional treatment.

MEMBRANE END OF LIFE ………………………….………………..

Environmental burden due to waste disposal of membranes is calculated based on an average scenario, which represents the current European situation of this waste typology. The reference scenario considered for the roof membrane end of life waste management is 68% to landfill, 24% to incineration (without energy recovery) and 8% to recycling. For the elaboration of the waste treatment environmental burden, the following hypotheses have been adopted:

Transport to waste treatment: The transportation of membranes to waste treatments were assumed with a lorry 16-32t for the standard average distance of 50 km.

Waste processing for recycling or recovery: for collection of waste fractions it has been considered the transport of waste for 50 km (distance between building site to waste sorting facility). For the waste processing only the electricity consumption of waste sorting facilities has been considered.

Waste disposal: none physical pre-treatment has been considered for roof dismantled membranes but it has been considered their management at the disposal site. Gravel is supposed to be land filled


05 ENVIRONMENTAL RESULTS U = Upstream C = Core D = Downstream

SINGLE LAYER SYSTEMS*

System 1 Fully Torched System 2 Mech. Fastened System 3 Ballasted

U C D Total U C D Total U C D Total

Global Warming Potential (kg CO2 equiv) 3,4E-02 6,6E-03 2,4E-01 2,8E-01 3,3E-02 6,8E-03 2,7E-01 3,1E-01 3,2E-02 6,5E-03 2,3E-01 2,7E-01

Ozone Depletion Potential (kg CFC 11 equiv) 1,3E-09 6,5E-10 8,7E-09 1,1E-08 1,2E-09 6,7E-10 8,1E-09 1,0E-08 9,8E-10 6,9E-10 6,8E-09 8,5E-09

Acidification Potential (kg SO2 equiv) 1,5E-04 1,6E-05 5,0E-04 6,6E-04 1,4E-04 1,6E-05 5,5E-04 7,1E-04 1,3E-04 1,5E-05 4,7E-04 6,2E-04

Eutrophication Potential (kg PO4--- equiv) 1,9E-05 3,6E-06 1,2E-03 1,2E-03 1,9E-05 3,4E-06 1,2E-03 1,3E-03 1,6E-05 3,5E-06 1,0E-03 1,1E-03

Photochemical Ozone Creation P. (kg Ethene equiv) 3,0E-05 5,5E-06 1,1E-04 1,4E-04 2,9E-05 5,6E-06 1,1E-04 1,5E-04 2,8E-05 5,0E-06 1,0E-04 1,3E-04

MULTI LAYER SYSTEM*



Global Warming Potential (kg CO2 equiv) 4,4E-02 1,2E-02 2,3E-01 2,9E-01 4,8E-02 1,2E-02 2,4E-01 3,0E-01 4,1E-02 1,1E-02 2,2E-01 2,7E-01

Ozone Depletion Potential (kg CFC 11 equiv) 2,4E-09 1,2E-09 1,2E-08 1,6E-08 2,5E-09 1,2E-09 1,1E-08 1,4E-08 2,3E-09 1,2E-09 9,8E-09 1,3E-08

Acidification Potential (kg SO2 equiv) 2,1E-04 3,0E-05 4,4E-04 6,8E-04 2,2E-04 3,1E-05 4,6E-04 7,1E-04 1,9E-04 2,6E-05 4,1E-04 6,3E-04

Eutrophication Potential (kg PO4--- equiv) 2,5E-05 5,3E-06 1,2E-03 1,3E-03 2,6E-05 5,8E-06 1,3E-03 1,3E-03 2,2E-05 5,3E-06 1,2E-03 1,2E-03

Photochemical Ozone Creation P. (kg Ethene equiv) 5,2E-05 9,4E-06 1,2E-04 1,8E-04 5,5E-05 9,7E-06 1,2E-04 1,8E-04 5,1E-05 7,9E-06 1,1E-04 1,7E-04

*Results are reported per Functional Unit (1 m2 installed roof waterproofing with flexible sheets for roofing per year, with a reference service life of 90 years.)


06 RESOURCES U = Upstream C = Core D = Downstream




Material purpose

Biomass (MJ) 1,27E-05 2,95E-03 7,00E-03 9,95E-03 1,52E-05 3,79E-03 9,44E-03 1,32E-02 1,38E-05 2,83E-03 6,72E-03 9,55E-03

Non renewable resources (MJ) 1,71E+00 7,43E-03 4,04E+00 5,76E+00 1,70E+00 7,62E-03 4,23E+00 5,93E+00 1,75E+00 5,90E-03 4,14E+00 5,89E+00

Abiotic Depletion P. (kg Sb eq.)** 1,72E-07 5,68E-09 4,23E-07 6,01E-07 6,96E-07 5,71E-09 2,05E-06 2,75E-06 9,09E-08 5,18E-09 2,36E-07 3,33E-07

Use of secondary material (g) 0,00E+00 1,82E-03 4,30E-03 6,12E-03 0,00E+00 1,73E-03 4,29E-03 6,02E-03 0,00E+00 2,00E-03 4,72E-03 6,72E-03

Energy purposes

Renewable (MJ) 6,04E-02 3,64E-02 2,32E-01 3,29E-01 5,51E-02 3,81E-02 2,47E-01 3,40E-01 5,44E-02 3,35E-02 2,37E-01 3,25E-01

Oil (MJ) 2,17E-01 2,93E-02 1,07E+00 1,32E+00 2,15E-01 2,33E-02 8,81E-01 1,12E+00 1,94E-01 2,30E-02 8,15E-01 1,03E+00

Gas (MJ) 1,70E-01 3,88E-02 5,26E-01 7,35E-01 1,64E-01 4,32E-02 5,98E-01 8,05E-01 1,64E-01 4,46E-02 5,30E-01 7,39E-01

Coal (MJ) 1,63E-01 3,33E-02 4,96E-01 6,92E-01 1,54E-01 3,80E-02 6,84E-01 8,76E-01 1,23E-01 3,11E-02 5,45E-01 6,99E-01

Water (m3) 1,87E-04 2,87E-05 6,56E-04 8,72E-04 1,80E-04 3,19E-05 8,31E-04 1,04E-03 1,49E-04 2,61E-05 3,59E-03 3,76E-03

Direct electricity (kWh) 0,00E+00 3,71E-03 8,76E-03 1,25E-02 0,00E+00 4,32E-03 1,07E-02 1,50E-02 0,00E+00 3,53E-03 8,32E-03 1,18E-02

MULTI LAYER SYSTEMS*



Material purpose

Biomass (MJ) 3,04E-05 6,27E-03 7,02E-03 1,33E-02 2,64E-05 5,10E-03 6,82E-03 1,19E-02 2,76E-05 5,03E-03 5,50E-03 1,05E-02

Non renewable resources (MJ) 2,69E+00 1,16E-02 3,25E+00 5,95E+00 2,76E+00 1,34E-02 3,29E+00 6,07E+00 2,63E+00 9,18E-03 3,21E+00 5,85E+00

Abiotic Depletion P. (kg Sb eq.)** 3,05E-07 8,69E-09 6,53E-07 9,66E-07 2,98E-07 7,91E-09 9,93E-07 1,30E-06 7,08E-08 7,21E-09 1,23E-07 2,01E-07

Use of secondary material (kg) 0,00E+00 2,54E-03 3,36E-03 5,90E-03 0,00E+00 2,78E-03 3,56E-03 6,34E-03 0,00E+00 2,44E-03 3,18E-03 5,61E-03

Energy purposes

Renewable (MJ) 6,15E-02 5,89E-02 1,38E-01 2,59E-01 7,41E-02 5,33E-02 1,31E-01 2,59E-01 5,57E-02 4,90E-02 1,43E-01 2,47E-01

Oil (MJ) 3,55E-01 4,59E-02 1,39E+00 1,79E+00 3,71E-01 5,01E-02 1,08E+00 1,50E+00 3,39E-01 4,52E-02 1,08E+00 1,46E+00

Gas (MJ) 2,36E-01 7,44E-02 4,12E-01 7,22E-01 2,48E-01 7,29E-02 4,44E-01 7,65E-01 2,28E-01 7,19E-02 3,97E-01 6,97E-01

Coal (MJ) 1,88E-01 7,02E-02 3,81E-01 6,39E-01 2,09E-01 6,90E-02 5,34E-01 8,11E-01 1,57E-01 5,07E-02 4,29E-01 6,36E-01

Water (m3) 2,82E-04 4,91E-05 6,08E-04 9,39E-04 2,86E-04 4,31E-05 7,64E-04 1,09E-03 2,51E-04 3,91E-05 3,55E-03 3,84E-03

Direct electricity (kWh) 0,00E+00 7,81E-03 8,46E-03 1,63E-02 0,00E+00 7,68E-03 6,89E-03 1,46E-02 0,00E+00 5,31E-03 5,26E-03 1,06E-02


** Abiotic Depletion Potential (ADP elements) for non fossil resources.


07 WASTE U = Upstream C = Core D = Downstream




Dangerous to Landfill [kg] 2,13E-04 8,31E-06 5,24E-04 7,46E-04 1,92E-04 1,74E-05 5,21E-04 7,31E-04 2,11E-04 5,73E-06 5,14E-04 7,31E-04

Not dangerous to landfill [kg] 2,22E-03 6,18E-04 1,54E-01 1,57E-01 2,05E-03 7,18E-04 1,61E-01 1,64E-01 2,32E-03 6,52E-04 1,40E-01 1,43E-01

To incineration [kg] 0,00E+00 2,80E-04 4,75E-02 4,78E-02 0,00E+00 3,06E-04 5,02E-02 5,05E-02 0,00E+00 2,90E-04 4,31E-02 4,34E-02

To recycling [kg] 0,00E+00 2,20E-04 1,52E-02 1,54E-02 0,00E+00 2,97E-04 1,61E-02 1,63E-02 0,00E+00 1,72E-04 1,38E-02 1,40E-02

MULTI LAYER SYSTEMS*



Dangerous to Landfill [kg] 2,21E-04 2,10E-05 2,92E-04 5,34E-04 2,69E-04 2,18E-05 2,12E-04 5,03E-04 2,14E-04 1,71E-05 2,71E-04 5,02E-04

Not dangerous to landfill [kg] 2,57E-03 1,44E-03 1,67E-01 1,71E-01 2,98E-03 1,10E-03 1,67E-01 1,72E-01 2,50E-03 1,02E-03 1,58E-01 1,62E-01

To incineration [kg] 0,00E+00 3,84E-04 5,46E-02 5,50E-02 0,00E+00 4,26E-04 5,51E-02 5,55E-02 0,00E+00 4,30E-04 5,13E-02 5,17E-02

To recycling [kg] 0,00E+00 8,51E-04 1,75E-02 1,83E-02 0,00E+00 7,25E-04 1,76E-02 1,83E-02 0,00E+00 3,28E-04 1,64E-02 1,67E-02



08 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Environmental Declaration published within the same product

category, though originating from different programs, may not be

comparable. This declaration and further information in regard to it

is available at www.environdec.com

REFERENCES

- International EPD Consortium; General Programme

Instructions ver.1 - 29/02/2008 (GPI) (www.environdec.com);

- BDA Group, Study on the Durability/Service Life project of

bitumen waterproofing products and systems, MCE, May

2008;

- EN 15804:2012 Sustainability of construction works –

Environmental product declarations – Core rules for the

product category of construction products Environmental

product declarations.

TECHNICAL REPORT “2010-2012 LCA PROJECT for EPD purposes” by Life Cycle

Engineering (LCE, Italy, www.studiolce.it), Final report dated

17/09/2012. The report has been critically reviewed by an external

Third Party.

INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF THE DECLARATION AND

DATA, ACCORDING TO ISO 14025 Maurizio FIESCHI (Dr.), [email protected]

www.studiofieschi.it Accredited as Individual Verifier by the

International EPD Consortium (IEC).

The reviewer has verified the data management and the model

construction from the collection in each Country to the final

results. No review of data collected at plants have been done, but

a cross check and congruity evaluation have been carried out with

positive results

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09 GLOSSARY .

GWP100: Global warming Potential is a measure of potential

contribution to climate change due to the amount of greenhouse

gases (GHG) released by production chain processes. This

contribution is measured in terms of mass of CO₂ equivalent and

is calculated by multiplying the specific GHG emissions (mainly

CO2, N2O, CH4) by the specific conversion factors defined by the

IPCC (www.ipcc.ch). Many protocols are available for its

calculation.

AP: Phenomenon by which atmospheric rainfall has a pH value

below the normal average. It can provoke damage to forests and

agriculture, as well as to aquatic ecosystems and manmade

structures. It is the result of SO₂, of NOx, and NH₃, that are

included in the Acidification Potential indicator (AP) expressed in

moles of H⁺ produced.

EP: Nutrient enrichment of flowing water bodies, which

determines unbalance in aquatic ecosystems due to excessive

flourishing caused by lack of nutrient limitation. The Eutrophication

potential (EP) especially includes phosphate and nitrogen salts,

and is expressed as grams of oxygen equivalent (g O₂).

ODP: Degradation of the stratospheric layer of the ozone involved

in blocking the UV component of sunrays. Depletion is due to

particularly reactive components that originate from

chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) or chlorofluoromethanes (CFM). The

substance employed as benchmark measure for OPD is

trichlorofluoromethane, or CFC-11.

POCP: Production of compounds that foster oxidation due to

interaction with light, resulting in ozone formation in the

troposphere. The POCP indicator mostly encompasses VOC

(volatile organic compounds) and is expressed as grams of

ethylene equivalent (g C₂H₄).

ADP: Abiotic Resources are natural resources, such as iron ore,

which are regarded as non-living. ADP is derived for each

extraction of elements and is a relative measure with the depletion

of the element "antinomy" as a reference.

ADP for fossil resource: The ADP for fossil resource is the sum of

the overall fossil resources extracted for both, material and energy

purposes. It is measured in MJ. Uranium energy is not taken into

account.


10 APPENDIX

.LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Country Company Address

Belgium

Atab N.V. D'Herbouville 80 B-2020 Antwerpen

De Boer N.V. Metropoolstraat 33 B-2900 Schoten

Iko Sales International B.V. I.Z. Ravenshout 3974 B-3945 Ham

Imperbel SA, Derbigum Chaussée de Wavre 67

B-1360 Perwez

Soprema N.V. Bouwelven 6 B-2280 Grobbendonk

France

Axter Rue Joseph Coste 59552 Courchelettes

Meple ZI du Moulin n°2 BP 162 76410 Tourville La Riviere

Siplast Icopal SAS 30 rue Poterie Cormenon 41170 Mondoubleau

Siplast Icopal SAS ZI Les Blâches 26270 LORIOL Sur Drome

Soprema 14, rue de Saint Nazaire BP 121 67025 Strasbourg

Soprema Sorgues 162 allée de la traille 84700 Sorgues

Soprema val de Reuil Voie du Futur ZA Parc des Affaires des Portes 27100 Val de Reuil

Italy

Copernit S.p.A. Via Provinciale Est, 64 - 46020 Pegognaga (MN)

General Membrane S.p.A. Via Venezia 538 - 30022 Ceggia (VE)

Imper S.p.A. Via Volta, 8 - 10071 Fraz. Mappano-Borgaro Torinese (TO)

Index Construction Systems and Products S.p.A. Via Rossini 22 37060 – Castel D’Azzano (VR)

Italiana Membrane S.p.A. Via Gallopat 134 33087 Pasiano (PN)

Novaglass S.p.A. Via Gattolè, 31040 Salgareda Treviso

Nord Bitumi S.p.A. Via Campagnola 8 37060 Sona (VR)

Pluvitec S.p.A. Via Quadrelli 69, 37055 Ronco all'Adige (VR)

Polyglass S.p.A. Via delle Industrie, 31047 Ponte di Piave (TV)

Valli Zabban S.p.A. Sito produttivo: via del bosco, 27 - 60010 Monterado (AN)

Vetroasfalto S.p.A. Via Pascoli, 3 - 20060 Basiano (MI)

Netherlands

Icopal B.V. Hoendiep 316 - 9744 TC Groningen Groningen

Troelstra & de Vries B.V. Geeuwkade 21 - 8651 AA Ijlst


Country Company Address

Nordic

countries

Icopal AB Lodgatan 10 - 20180 Malmö - Sweden

Isola as N-3945 Porsgrunn - Norway

Icopal Danmark a/s Nygade 13, 7430 Ikast, Denmark

Nordic Waterproofing AB Bruksgatan 42 263 39 Höganäs - Sweden

Nordic waterproofing A/S Vester Alle 1 DK 6600 Vejen - Denmark

Nordic Waterproofing Oy Puistokatu 25- 27, 08150 Lohja - Finland

Katepal Oy Katepalintie 15, PL 33, 37501 Lempäälä - Finland

Spain Asfaltex 8174 - Sant Cugat del Vallés Barcelona

Danosa Poligono ind. Sector 9 19290 Fontanar Guadalajara

Texsa, S.A. C/ Ferro, 7- Polígono Can Pelegrí 08755 Castellbisbal (Barcelona)

Germany

Binné & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG Mühlenstraße 60, 25421 Pinneberg

Georg Börner Chemisches Werk für dach- und Bautenschutz GmbH &

Co. KG Heinrich Börner Straße 31, 36251 Bad Hersfeld

Dapa GmbH Saalestraße 11/12, 39126 Magdeburg

Emder Dachpappenfabrik Arthur Hille GmbH & Co. KG Hessenstraße 6-8, 26723 Emden

C. Hasse & Sohn Inh E. Rädecke GmbH & Co Sternstraße 10, 29525 Uelzen

Icopal Capeller Straße 150, 59368 Werne

Mogat-Werke Adolf Böving GmbH Ingelheimer Straß3 2, 55120 Mainz

Paul Bauder GmbH & Co. KG Korntaler Landstraße 63, 70499 Stuttgart

W.Quandt GmbH & Co. KG Glasower Straße 3-10, 12051 Berlin

Soprema-KLEWA GmbH Mallaustraße 59, 68219 Mannheim

Vedag GmbH Geisfelder Straße 85-91, 96050 Bamberg

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