Process Data set: SCA Cupper impregnated wood; NTR A (en)

Process Data set: SCA Cupper impregnated wood; NTR A (en) en

Process information

Key Data Set Information
Location	SE
Geographical representativeness description	Main markets are Sweden and Norway.
Reference year	2024
Name	SCA Cupper impregnated wood; NTR A
Use advice for data set	A flowchart showing the system boundary for planed and impregnated wood is shown below.
Technical purpose of product or process	Impregnated planed wood of pine of NTR class A for use in contact with ground and fresh water. The product is manufactured in Bollsta saw mill, Sweden. The product is pressure impregnated with cupperbased impregnation liquid. The products are used for various outdoor applications such as decking, cladding, railing and othter structural elements. Densities of wood products varies depending on raw material species, mostiure content etc. The calculations in for this EPD is based on a density of 560 kg/m3 and an average moisture content of 22% (moisture ratio 29%). This declaration represents an average of impregnation class A and AB. All dimenstions is represented by 1 m3 in this LCA. A recalculation from m3 to m2 can be made with a factor 0,028 m3/m2 for a standard diemension of 28 mm x 120 mm.
Classification	Class name : Hierarchy level EPDNorge: Construction / Solid wood products
General comment on data set	Primary production data is specific data based on actual consumption and emission data for the sawing, planing and impregnation processes collected from SCAs production site and represent production year 2019. Data for forestry are based on EcoInvent 3.6 data but modified with updated CO2 data for Swedish Forestry publihsed by Ågren et. al (2021). Data for the impregnation chemical is supplier specific and taken from a published EPD. All other upstream data and data for treatment of production waste is based on data from EcoInvent 3.6 and GaBi 10.0.0.7 GaBi Software System and databases for lifecycle engineering version 10.0.0.7 from Sphera Solutions has been utilised for modelling and calculations. Environmental impact from forestry operations is allocated to roundwood only and nothin to forestry residues such as branches and tops. The prodcution of sawn timber results in a number of valuable by products i.e. raw wood chips for cellulose pulp production as well as saw dust, bark and dry wood chips sold externally for use as biofuels. Allocation of the environmental impact from the saw mill and planing processes has been allocated between sawn timber and by products based on economic revenue in accordance with EN 15804. The environmental impact from forestry operation including trnsport of round wood to the saw mill has been allocated between sawn timber and saw mill by-products based on physical relationship between them i.e. on a dry weight basis in accordance with EN 15804 and EN 16485. No allocation to by-products from the plaining process has been made. Wood residues from the impregnation process is handled as waste. All major raw materials and energy flows are included. The production process for raw materials and energy flows that represent a very small amount (<1%) is not inlcuded. This cut-off rule does not apply to hazardous materials and dangerous substances.
Copyright	Yes
Owner of data set	SCA Wood Scandinavia AB
Quantitative reference
Reference flow(s)	SCA Cupper impregnated wood; NTR A - 1.0 * 1.0 m3 (Volume)
Biogenic carbon content	Carbon content (biogenic): 218.0 kg Carbon content (biogenic) - packaging: 0.0 kg
Time representativeness
Data set valid until	2029
Time representativeness description	2024-01-11 - 2029-01-11
Publication date	2024-01-11
Technological representativeness
Technology description including background system	Impregnated wood from SCA is delivered in various dimensions depending on market requirements and is produced according to NTR – The wood durability quality system. The average dry mass of Swedish pine is 435 kg/m3 which is used for the calculation of biogenic carbon.

Modelling and validation

Subtype

specific dataset

LCA methodology report

EN15804:2012+A2:2019 Core rules for the product category of construction products

Data sources, treatment and representativeness

Documentation of data quality management

EN15804:2012+A2:2019 Core rules for the product category of construction products

Data source(s) used for this data set

ecoinvent database (all versions)

Original EPDs

NEPD-5773-5064_Cupper-impregnated-wood-from-pine--NTR-A%281%29.pdf

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)	2026-06-21T16:49:11
Data set format(s)	ILCD format EPD Data Format Extensions v1.2
Publication and ownership
UUID	e733ac21-6be8-4876-ab39-9adb84ba229f
Date of last revision	2026-06-19T09:12:52.6799996Z
Data set version	00.02.001
Registration authority	EPD Norway
Registration number	NEPD-5773-5064-EN
Owner of data set	SCA Wood Scandinavia AB
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	Installation A5	De-construction C1	Transport C2	Waste processing C3	Recycling Potential D
Use of renewable primary energy (PERE)	Input	MJ	8.83E+3	51.4	441	0.694	8.2	4.02	7.36E+3
Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials (PERM)	Input	MJ	8.35E+3	0	0	0	0	-8.35E+3	0
Total use of renewable primary energy resource (PERT)	Input	MJ	1.72E+4	51.4	441	0.694	8.2	8.36E+3	7.36E+3
Use of non renewable primary energy (PENRE)	Input	MJ	908	1.5E+2	64.4	2.02	23.9	11	-1.26E+3
Use of non renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials (PENRM)	Input	MJ	38.9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total use of non renewable primary energy resource (PENRT)	Input	MJ	947	1.5E+2	64.4	2.02	23.9	11	-1.26E+3
Use of secondary material (SM)	Input	kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Use of renewable secondary fuels (RSF)	Input	MJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Use of non renewable secondary fuels (NRSF)	Input	MJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.47E+3
Use of net fresh water (FW)	Input	m3	7.75	4.11	0.622	0.0554	0.655	0.302	-99
Hazardous waste disposed (HWD)	Output	kg	1.48	6.31E-10	0.0738	9E-12	1.01E-10	4.7E-11	-3.63E-7
Non hazardous waste dispose (NHWD)	Output	kg	136	0.0189	9.63	0.000255	0.00301	0.00139	-7.35
Radioactive waste disposed (RWD)	Output	kg	0.088	0.0000162	0.0063	0.00000219	0.0000259	0.000012	-0.247
Components for re-use (CRU)	Output	kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Materials for recycling (MFR)	Output	kg	0.724	0	0.146	0	0	0	0
Materials for energy recovery (MER)	Output	kg	0.969	0	32.7	0	0	5.6E+2	0
Exported electrical energy (EEE)	Output	MJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Exported thermal energy (EET)	Output	MJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Core environmental impact indicators

Indicator	Unit	Production A1-A3	Transport A4	Installation A5	De-construction C1	Transport C2	Waste processing C3	Recycling Potential D
Abiotic depletion potential - fossil resources (ADPF)	MJ	8.1E+2	1.5E+2	66.2	2.02	23.9	11	-1.94E+3
Abiotic depletion potential - non-fossil resources (ADPE)	kg Sb-eqv.	0.00219	0.00000529	0.00011	7.15E-8	8.44E-7	3.9E-7	-0.133
Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP)	mol H+ eqv.	0.685	0.111	0.0406	0.00149	0.0176	0.00814	-0.44
Global Warming Potential - biogenic (GWP-biogenic)	kg CO2 eqv.	-826	0.0306	0.0677	0.000413	0.00488	826	826
Global Warming Potential - fossil fuels (GWP-fossil)	kg CO2 eqv.	36.9	9.82	3.18	0.133	1.57	0.723	-204
Global Warming Potential - total (GWP-total)	kg CO2 eqv.	-788	9.91	3.29	0.134	1.58	827	622
Global Warming Potential - land use and land use change (GWP-luluc)	kg CO2 eqv.	0.704	0.0549	0.0384	0.000741	0.00876	0.00404	-0.00364
Global warming potential except emissions and uptake of biogenic carbon (GWP-IOBC/GHG)	kg CO2 eqv.	38	9.879	3.222	0.1336	1.575	1	-204
Eutrophication potential - freshwater (EP-freshwater)	kg P eqv.	0.00637	0.000508	0.000482	0.00000686	0.000081	0.0000374	-0.000406
Eutrophication potential - marine (EP-marine)	kg N eqv.	0.18	0.0596	0.0124	0.000804	0.0095	0.00438	-0.00679
Eutrophication potential - terrestrial (EP-terrestrial)	mol N eqv.	1.73	0.566	0.119	0.00764	0.0902	0.0417	0.0819
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP)	kg NMVOC eqv.	0.502	0.0773	0.0295	0.00104	0.0123	0.00569	-0.0445
Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer (ODP)	kg CFC 11 eqv.	0.00000577	2.27E-7	4.23E-7	2.99E-9	3.53E-8	1.63E-8	-0.00000132
Water (user) deprivation potential (WDP)	m3 world eqv.	244	176	22.3	2.38	28.1	13	-3.85E+3

Additional environmental impact indicators

Indicator	Unit	Production A1-A3	Transport A4	Installation A5	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.	12.3	0.337	0.9	0.00455	0.0537	0.0248	0	-31
Potential incidence of disease due to PM emissions (PM)²	disease incidence	0.0000056	5.93E-7	3.14E-7	8.01E-9	9.46E-8	4.37E-8	0	0.0176
Potential Soil quality index (SQP)²	unitless	8.1E+4	191	5.75E+3	2.58	30.5	14.1	0	-394
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - non-cancer effects (HTP-nc)²	CTUh	0.00000569	3.19E-7	3.03E-7	4.31E-9	5.09E-8	2.35E-8	0	-0.00000247
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - cancer effects (HTP-c)²	CTUh	1.05E-7	5.23E-9	5.56E-9	7.1E-11	8.34E-10	3.85E-10	0	-1.35E-8
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems (ETP-fw)²	CTUe	4.58E+3	262	244	3.53	41.7	19.3	0	-682