Environmental Product Declaration
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Environmental Product Declaration AN

IMPORTANT NOTICE This EPD provides information about Innowood Australia Pty Limited (ACN 143 723 933) (Innowood) and its composite timber products, and the potential life cycle environmental impact of those products. While the EPD has been prepared with due care as a guide to assist customers, consumers, suppliers, regulators, and others, it is a summary only. Interested persons should make their own inquiries, and obtain the complete information and advice they need for their own particular purposes. To the extent permitted by law, Innowood excludes all implied terms, statutory guarantees,...

COMPANY INNOWOOD PRODUCT PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE OVERVIEW LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY CONTENT DECLARATION ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMME-RELATED INFORMATION AND VERIFICATION REFERENCES CONTENT PROGRAMME THE AUSTRALASIAN EPD® PROGRAMME WWW.EPD-AUSTRALASIA.COM PROGRAMME OPERATOR REGISTRATION NUMBER APPROVAL DATE VALID UNTIL GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, WEST COAST USA, MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE, HONG KONG

ABOUT INNOWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY Established in 2005, INNOWOOD is an Australian company specialised in the design, manufacture and supply of composite timber products. INNOWOOD composite timber products was created as an alternative to natural timber in the face of the rapidly depleting global forests and timber resources. We want to help shape the world we live in by doing our part, and to continue to push the boundaries of our commitment to the environment. We pride ourselves on continuous improvement and innovation resulting in the delivery of high quality products and services for...

INNOWOOD Product CLADDING INNOWOOD Cladding is low VOC formaldehyde emission, 100% recyclable composite wood cladding product that is suitable for residential and commercial applications. CEILING InnoCeil offers Architect & Designers the flexibility to create architectural features, curves, waves and shadows effects while incorporating basic building services such as lighting, ventilation, sprinklers and air vents. SCREENING INNOWOOD Screen System offers an exciting alternative to conventional facade design. They provide a softened timber look to internal and external wall surfaces and...

This EPD covers INNOWOOD’s product range for internal and external cladding, Internal and soffit ceiling, external decking, external screen and external louvers, specifically for the products depicted in Table 1. Table 1 – Product dimensions of products included in this EPD. Product code Weight per meter length (kg) InnoClad, External Cladding InnoClad, External Cladding InnoClad, External Cladding InnoClad, External Cladding InnoClad, External Cladding InnoClad, External Cladding InnoClad, External Cladding InnoCeil, Internal Ceiling InnoCeil, Internal Ceiling InnoCeil, Internal Ceiling...

Table 2 - Product characteristics of INNOWOOD products Product Characteristics Product names InnoClad – Internal & External Cladding - Shiplap, Concealed Clip Fixing and Flat Joint systems InnoCeil - Internal & Soffit Ceiling - Concealed Clip, Shiplap, Slatted and Suspended Click On systems InnoScreen - External Screening - Conceal Snap In, Conceal Lock On, Face and Rear fixing systems InnoShade - External Louvers - Sol ‘ART shading systems InnoDeck - External Decking - Concealed Smart Clip fixing system Moisture Absorption 0.54 % Mass Change (AS/NZS 4266.5:2004) Moisture Movement δ =4.4 x...

Product Life Cycle Overview The life cycle of a building product is divided into three process modules according to the General Program Instructions (GPI) of the Australasian EPD Programme (AEPDP, 2015) and four information modules according to ISO 21930 and EN 15804. The scope of the EPD is “cradle to the grave with options” as defined by EN 15804 – the specific system boundary is shown in Figure 1. The intent of the EPD is to cover all significant Table 3 - System boundary and scope of the study X = module included in EPD MND= module not declared (does not indicate zero impact result) –...

Figure 1 - Life cycle diagram of INNOWOOD products.

INNOWOOD Product Manufacturing INNOWOOD products are manufactured in China. The raw materials are delivered by truck from suppliers in China. The materials and mixed and extruded into granules. The granules are then mixed with scrap and extruded into finished product. The extruded product is cooled down with water, which is internally recycled. After the cooling down process, the material is needed to undergo a proper ageing process at least for 48 hours and then depending on individual specification, the finished product may be subjected to an additional surface treatment such as finishing...

Life Cycle Assessment Methodology This section includes the main details of the LCA study as well as assumptions and methods of the assessment. A summary of the life cycle assessment parameters is given in Table 4. Although the functional unit and sale unit is square meter (m2) or linear meters, there is no direct proportion between product area and life cycle inputs because INNOWOOD commercializes products with a variety of shapes and profiles. As all products have the same composition, ensuring the same volumetric density of raw material, and undergo the same manufacture process, a...

Background Data LCA requires a compilation of the inputs, outputs and environmental impacts of a product system throughout its life cycle. LCA can enable businesses to identify resource flows, waste generation and contribution to environmental impacts (such as climate change) associated with the provision of products and services. Life cycle thinking is a core concept in sustainable consumption and production for policy and business. Upstream and downstream consequences of decisions must be taken into account to help avoid the shifting of burdens from one type of environmental impact to...

Content Declaration Percentage Content (on mass) Wood powder Polyvinyl chloride Calcium carbonate Environmental Performance The potential environmental impacts used in this EPD are explained in Table 6 and the results for INNOWOOD InnoClad, InnoCeil, InnoScreen, InnoShade and InnoDeck are shown in Table 7. The use of energy and fresh water resources is shown in Table 8. Table 9 shows the generation of waste throughout the product life cycle. Some indicators have not been assessed (in the tables as “indicator not assessed – INA”) because the background databases used for this LCA do not...