Process Data set: Emerald Pearl (en)

Process Data set: Emerald Pearl (en) en

Process information

Key Data Set Information
Location	NO
Geographical representativeness description	The market for block stone is China, Italy, Spain and India.
Reference year	2024
Name	Emerald Pearl
Use advice for data set	A1 is extraction of natural stone. A2 stands for transport of explosives. A3 and A4 are the actual production process with formatting of rough blocks into stone blocks, depositing of masses, as well as transport to the market. A4 is the transport of rough blocks from the quarry to the nearest port. The raw blocks are exported from the production site by ship to larger factories abroad, which are responsible for the further processing.
Technical purpose of product or process	Emerald Pearl is a natural stone produced from an igneous rock of the monzonite (larvikite) type. Natural stone of monzonite (larvikite) is a durable material and is very suitable for facades, monuments, worktops, tiles, crushed stone and environmental stone.
Classification	Class name : Hierarchy level EPDNorge: Construction / Natural stone
General comment on data set	Data quality: Specific data for the product composition are provided by the manufacturer. The data represent the production of the declared product and were collected for EPD development in the year of study. Background data is based on EPDs according to EN 15804 and different LCA databases. Allocation: The allocation is made in accordance with the provisions of EN 15804. Incoming energy and water and waste production in-house is allocated equally among all products through economic allocation. Effects of primary production of recycled materials is allocated to the main product in which the material was used. The recycling process and transportation of the material is allocated to this analysis. The inputs were economically allocated, with 93% going to Emerald Pearl production. Cut-off criteria: All major raw materials and all the essential energy is included. The production processes for raw materials and energy flows with very small amounts (less than 1%) are not included. These cut-off criteria do not apply for hazardous materials and substances.
Copyright	Yes
Owner of data set	Larvik Granite AS
Quantitative reference
Reference flow(s)	Emerald Pearl - 1.0 * 1000.0 kg (Mass)
Biogenic carbon content	Carbon content (biogenic): 1.0 kg Carbon content (biogenic) - packaging: 1.0 kg
Time representativeness
Data set valid until	2029
Time representativeness description	"2024-07-05" - "2029-07-05"
Publication date	2024-07-05
Technological representativeness
Technology description including background system	Petrographic classification: Magmatic rocks - intrusive rock - Syenite (EN 12670)

Modelling and validation

Subtype

specific dataset

LCA methodology report

NPCR 018:2022 Part B for natural stone products, aggregates and fillers

Data sources, treatment and representativeness

Documentation of data quality management

NPCR 018:2022 Part B for natural stone products, aggregates and fillers

Data source(s) used for this data set

ecoinvent database (all versions)

Original EPDs

Completeness

Validation

Type of review
Independent external review

Reviewer name and institution
Martin Erlandsson

Compliance Declarations

Compliance

Compliance system name

EN 15804+A2

Approval of overall compliance

Fully compliant

Nomenclature compliance

Fully compliant

Methodological compliance

Fully compliant

Review compliance

Fully compliant

Documentation compliance

Fully compliant

Quality compliance

Fully compliant

Compliance

Compliance system name

ISO 14025

Approval of overall compliance

Fully compliant

Nomenclature compliance

Fully compliant

Methodological compliance

Fully compliant

Review compliance

Fully compliant

Documentation compliance

Fully compliant

Quality compliance

Fully compliant

Compliance

Compliance system name

ISO 21930

Approval of overall compliance

Fully compliant

Nomenclature compliance

Fully compliant

Methodological compliance

Fully compliant

Review compliance

Fully compliant

Documentation compliance

Fully compliant

Quality compliance

Fully compliant

Administrative information

Data generator
Data set generator / modeller	LCA.no AS
Data entry by
Time stamp (last saved)	2024-12-20T12:35:06
Data set format(s)	ILCD format EPD Data Format Extensions v1.2
Publication and ownership
UUID	399b6773-3ac2-4f00-9be0-d083eab9e598
Date of last revision	2024-12-18T08:07:05.849568Z
Data set version	00.03.000
Registration authority	EPD Norway
Registration number	NEPD-7072-6460
Owner of data set	Larvik Granite AS
Copyright	Yes
License type	Free of charge for all users and uses
Access and use restrictions	None
Publisher	EPD Norway

Environmental indicators

Indicators of life cycle

Indicator	Direction	Unit	Production A1-A3	Transport A4	De-construction C1	Transport C2	Waste processing C3	Disposal C4	Recycling Potential D
Use of renewable primary energy (PERE)	Input	MJ	82.12	0.297	0.3	0.8898	7.945	0.6379	-6.349
Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials (PERM)	Input	MJ	0.09845	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total use of renewable primary energy resource (PERT)	Input	MJ	82.21	0.297	0.3	0.8898	7.945	0.6379	-6.349
Use of non renewable primary energy (PENRE)	Input	MJ	907.3	20.75	55.07	70.74	15.44	41.45	-28.62
Use of non renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials (PENRM)	Input	MJ	1.381	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total use of non renewable primary energy resource (PENRT)	Input	MJ	908.7	20.75	55.07	70.74	15.44	41.45	-28.62
Use of secondary material (SM)	Input	kg	0.008401	0	0	0	0	0	0
Use of renewable secondary fuels (RSF)	Input	MJ	0.2023	0.01062	0	0.03113	0	0.01318	-0.1298
Use of non renewable secondary fuels (NRSF)	Input	MJ	1.789	0.03799	0	0.1043	0	0.0379	-0.1334
Use of net fresh water (FW)	Input	m3	9.694	0.002219	0.002834	0.008049	0.02644	0.04938	-0.9959
Hazardous waste disposed (HWD)	Output	kg	0.1094	0.00107	0.001621	0.00387	0.001542	0	-0.006535
Non hazardous waste dispose (NHWD)	Output	kg	1.915	1.009	0.06521	6.148	0.04872	3E+2	-0.1982
Radioactive waste disposed (RWD)	Output	kg	0.006083	0.0001413	0.0003824	0.000483	0.0001632	0	-0.000215
Components for re-use (CRU)	Output	kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Materials for recycling (MFR)	Output	kg	0.1948	0	0	0	7E+2	0	0
Materials for energy recovery (MER)	Output	kg	0.4236	0	0	0	0	0	0
Exported electrical energy (EEE)	Output	MJ	0.2623	0	0	0	0	0	0
Exported thermal energy (EET)	Output	MJ	3.968	0	0	0	0	0	0

Core environmental impact indicators

Indicator	Unit	Production A1-A3	Transport A4	De-construction C1	Transport C2	Waste processing C3	Disposal C4	Recycling Potential D
Abiotic depletion potential - fossil resources (ADPF)	MJ	908.7	20.75	55.07	70.74	15.44	41.45	-27.11
Abiotic depletion potential - non-fossil resources (ADPE)	kg Sb-eqv.	0.0001825	0.0000379	0.00000614	0.0000776	0.000006308	0.00001137	-0.0001423
Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP)	mol H+ eqv.	1.186	0.003943	0.04186	0.01402	0.004023	0.01254	-0.01443
Global Warming Potential - biogenic (GWP-biogenic)	kg CO2 eqv.	0.05711	0.0005679	0.0007502	0.001865	0.004294	0.001093	-0.03197
Global Warming Potential - fossil fuels (GWP-fossil)	kg CO2 eqv.	67.11	1.372	4	4.355	0.497	1.285	-1.603
Global Warming Potential - total (GWP-total)	kg CO2 eqv.	67.17	1.373	4	4.358	0.504	1.286	-1.636
Global Warming Potential - land use and land use change (GWP-luluc)	kg CO2 eqv.	0.008959	0.0004884	0.0003154	0.001327	0.0006878	0.0002519	-0.001083
Global warming potential except emissions and uptake of biogenic carbon (GWP-IOBC/GHG)	kg CO2 eqv.	67.14	1.373	4	4.358	0.4977	1.286	-1.714
Eutrophication potential - freshwater (EP-freshwater)	kg P eqv.	0.0003477	0.00001096	0.00001457	0.00003465	0.00003141	0.000009588	-0.0000426
Eutrophication potential - marine (EP-marine)	kg N eqv.	0.4547	0.0007802	0.01848	0.003071	0.001179	0.004701	-0.005003
Eutrophication potential - terrestrial (EP-terrestrial)	mol N eqv.	5.886	0.008727	0.2	0.03425	0.01358	0.0518	-0.05879
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP)	kg NMVOC eqv.	1.355	0.003343	0.05574	0.01345	0.003637	0.01482	-0.01552
Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer (ODP)	kg CFC 11 eqv.	0.00001373	3.108E-7	8.64E-7	0.00000105	9.8E-8	6.255E-7	-2.919E-7
Water (user) deprivation potential (WDP)	m3 world eqv.	1222	20.07	11.7	54.23	1704	87.26	-1271

Additional environmental impact indicators

Indicator	Unit	Production A1-A3	Transport A4	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 Human exposure efficiency relative to U235 (IRP)¹	kBq U235 eqv.	3.768	0.09068	0.24	0.3092	0.259	0.1799	-0.2488
Potential incidence of disease due to PM emissions (PM)²	disease incidence	0.00002073	8.4E-8	0.000005066	4E-7	6.44E-8	2.67E-7	-3.073E-7
Potential Soil quality index (SQP)²	unitless	117.1	14.51	6.69	81.09	8.729	151.1	61.54
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - non-cancer effects (HTP-nc)²	CTUh	5.84E-7	1.68E-8	2.8E-8	5E-8	9.8E-9	1.2E-8	-3.43E-8
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - cancer effects (HTP-c)²	CTUh	2.528E-8	0	1E-9	0	7E-10	6E-10	-1.4E-9
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems (ETP-fw)²	CTUe	3.458E+4	15.38	30.1	51.72	10.94	20.5	-27.91