Environmental Product Declaration-TECU® Alloys
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Owner of the Declaration Programme holder Publisher Declaration number Issue date Valid to ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION as per ISO 14025 and EN 15804 KME Germany GmbH & Co. KG Institut Bauen und Umwelt (IBU) Institut Bauen und Umwelt (IBU) EPD-KME-2012321-E 14.12.2012 13.12.2017 | 13.12.2018 (in renewal process) TECU® copper alloys sheets and strips (TECU® Bronze, TECU® Gold)

1 General information KME Germany GmbH & Co. KG Programme holder IBU - Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V. Rheinufer 108 D-53639 Konigswinter Declaration number EPD-KME-2012321-E This Declaration is based on the Product Category Rules: Building metals, 06-2011 (PCR tested and approved by the independent expert committee [SVA]) TECU® copper sheets and strips (TECU® Bronze, TECU® Gold) KME Germany GmbH & Co. KG Owner of the Declaration KME Germany GmbH & Co. KG Kolsterstrasse 29 49074 Osnabruck Declared product / Declared unit Sheets made of copper. The declared functional unit is 1 kg of copper...

2.6 Base materials / Ancillary materials TECU® Bronze consists to 3,5-4,5 % of Tin and of Cu-DHP according to DIN EN 1172, i.e. oxygen-free phosphorus de-oxidised copper with limited residual phosphorus. TECU® Gold consists to 4-6 % of Aluminium, 0,3 -1,5 % tin, 4-6% zinc and Cu-DHP according to DIN EN 1172 .e. oxygen-free phosphorus de-oxidised copper with limited residual phosphorus. Only internal and external scrap is used for TECU® alloys. Primary copper cathode is not used. Small amounts of Al, ZN and Sn are added. Rolling oil-emulsion: 0.544 g/kg Cu highly refined mineral oil,...

The reusable palettes can be reused. Not reused packing material is incinerated 2.11 Condition of use TECU® Bonze is an alloy consisting of copper and tin. The ingredients are stated in 2.6. The changes in colour of the surface are caused by: Further weathering causes the oxide layer to gradually grow; the thicker and denser it gets, the slower this growth becomes. Green Patina: depending on the building geometry and the local climate, causes the formation of the green patina that is typical for copper. 2.12 Environment and health during use There will be no affects to health if the TECU®...

3.4 Cut-off criteria All material flows that enter the system and are over 1 % of their entire mass or contribute more than 1 % to the primary energy consumption, were taken into consideration on the input page. All material flows that exit the system and whose environmental impact makes up more than 1 % of the total impact in an impact category considered, are covered on the output page. 3.5 Background data In order to model the life cycle for the production and recycling of the copper strips, the GaBi 5 software system developed by PE International was used /Fehler! Verweisquelle konnte...

5 LCA: Results The following tabels show the results oft the LCA Environmental Impact Assessment, the Ressource Use, the waste-flows and other output-flows of 1 kg copper sheet produced by the KME Germany GmbH & Co. KG. The result of the environmental impact assessment is only a relative statement. It gives noch Information about endpoints of the impact assessment, if threshold Values are exceeded, safety margins or risiks. PRODUCT STAGE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS STAGE BENEFITS AND LOADS BEYOND THE SYSTEM BOUNDARYS HWD = Hazardous waste disposed; NHWD = Non hazardous waste disposed; RWD =...

Modul D contains a burden for TECU Bronze and ® TECU Gold. This is is caused by the additional need of primrary material, because of the collection loss in the end-of-life phase. ® In case of the product TECU Bronze, for almost all Impact categories the generation of Energy is the dominant process. In all assest Impact categories generation of energy has a significant contribution. To a lesser extent, the provision of thermal energy from natural gas and the provision of Tin have noticeable contribution to Acidification, Euthropication and the Photochemical Ozone Creating Potential....

Production: 1 kg Copper Sheet TECU® Gold Charcoal Copper cathode Thermal energy Sodium hydroxide Requisite evidence Wheathering Experimental setup: According to ISO 17752 experimental period 2007 – 2010, location Duisburg, ® ® TECU Bronze 0,73 g/m²a und TECU Gold 0,76 g/m². Measuring department: IUTA Institut for Energy and Environment, Mercator University Duisburg. http://www.corrosionscience.se/runoff/ KME Germany GmbH & Co. KG – TECU® copper alloys sheets and

8 References Institut Bauen und Umwelt 2011, General principles for the EPD range of Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V. (IBU), 2011-09. PCR Guidance-Texts for Building-Related Products and Services, Part A: Calculation Rules for the Life Cycle Assessment and Requirements on the Background Report. 2011-09. PCR Guidance-Texts for Building-Related Products and Services, Part B: Requirements on the EPD for building metalls. 2011-06. www.bau-umwelt.de DIN EN ISO 14025:2011-10, Environmental labels and declarations - Type III environmental declarations - Principles and procedures DIN EN...

ft Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V. Publisher Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V. Rheinufer 108 53639 Konigswinter Germany E-mail info@bau-umwelt.com Programme holder Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V. Rheinufer 108 53639 Konigswinter Germany E-mail info@bau-umwelt.com Owner of the Declaration KME Germany GmbH & Co. KG KlosterstraUe 29 49074 Osnabruck Deutschland E-mail: info-tecu@kme.com Author of the Life Cycle Assessment PE International AG HauptstraUe111 - 113 70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen Deutschland E-mail: info@pe-international.com Web: www.pe-international.com