TRANSPARENCY BRIEF ACOUSTIC VINYL

Product catalog summary

Lifecycle Impact Categories
The document assesses environmental impacts throughout the product's lifecycle, including raw material extraction, transportation, manufacturing, packaging, use, and disposal.

Global Warming Potential: Refers to long-term changes in global weather patterns caused by increased greenhouse gases.
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential: Occurs when sunlight reacts with hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds to produce smog.
Eutrophication Potential: Excessive nutrients cause algae growth in lakes, blocking sunlight and reducing oxygen, harming aquatic life.
Ozone Depletion Potential: Destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer by human-made pollution, increasing harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Acidification Potential: Human emissions decrease pH and increase acidity in water bodies, polluting groundwater and harming aquatic life.
Depletion of Abiotic Resources (Elements): Reduction of non-renewable resources like metals and gases due to human activity.
Depletion of Abiotic Resources (Fossil Fuels): Decreasing availability of non-renewable carbon-based compounds like oil and coal.

Product Information
Includes company name, product type, product name, product definition, product category rule (PCR), certification period, and declaration number.

EPD Transparency Brief
Material content is measured to 1% and includes component, material availability, mass percentage, and origin. Additional information includes recycling or reuse standards, certifications, pre-consumer and post-consumer recycled content percentages, VOC emissions, water consumption, and additional environmental information.

Manufacturer Contact Information
Includes name, phone, email, and website.

Energy Information
Details on renewable and non-renewable energy percentages and measurements in megajoules (mJ).

Catalog excerpts

ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION EPD Transparency BriefCOMPANY NAME Forbo Flooring SystemsResilient Floor CoveringAcoustic Vinyl Acoustic vinyl is a resilient floor covering complying with EN 651 / ISO 11638: Resilient floor coverings - Heterogeneous PVC flooring on foam specification. The key raw materials include glass fiber, binders (PVC and calcium carbonate), plasticizer and water-based inks. product category rule PCR for Flooring Carpet, Resilient, Laminate, Ceramic and Wood (NSF 2012) lifecycle impact categories The environmental impacts listed below were assessed throughout the product's lifecycle - including raw material extraction, transportation, manufacturing, packaging, use, and disposal at end of life. functional unit The functional unit is one square meter of installed product and the use stage is considered for one year of service life.

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MATERIAL CONTENT Material content measured to 1%. Acoustic vinyl disposal should comply with local regulations. Check with your local Forbo business unit as it pertains to material take back or reclamation. ENERGY sTANDARDs CERTIFICATIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY manufacturer CONTACT INFO NAME - ISO 9001 Quality Management System - ISO 14001 Environmental Management System - OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems - SA 8000 Social Accountability Standard -AgBB/DIBt Requirements -French Act Grenelle: A+ The information presented herein is a summary of content...

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