3e7908c5-8182-4f17-9b53-6859ccf25cea Medium Voltage Air-insulated switchgear UniSec SDC 12-17,5-24 kV 630A Bygg Elektroniske og elektriske komponenter og produkter Both primary and secondary data are used. The main sources for primary data are the bill of materials and technical drawings, while site specific foreground data are provided by ABB. Furthermore, information and data obtained from other LCA studies are also used. This includes the LCA of GSec (ABB document ID: 2RDA045546, rev. B) and the EPD of the Current Transformer TPU 43.13 (ABB document ID: 1VLG101084, rev. A). For all processes for which primary data are not available, generic data originating from the ecoinvent v3.9.1 database, “allocation, cut-off by classification”, are used. The LCA software used for the calculations is SimaPro 9.5. The utility consumption and waste generation at the ABB manufacturing site is allocated to the production of one reference flow SDC 12/17,5kV by using allocation rules. This is done by allocating electricity to surface area and production volume, heating and waste to surface area. Water is allocated directly to employees of the line involved in the study. For the end-of-life allocation, the “Polluter Pays” principle is adopted according to what is defined in the CEN/TR 16970 standard, as required by the PCR EPDItaly007. This means, waste treatment processes are allocated to the product system that generates the waste until the end-of-waste state is reached. The environmental burdens of recycling and energy recovery processes are therefore allocated to the product system that generates the waste, while the product system that uses the exported energy and recycled materials receives it burden-free. However, the potential benefits and avoided loads from recovery and recycling processes are not considered because it is not required by EPDItaly007. According to PCR EPDItaly007 “Electronic and electrical products and systems”, the cut off criteria can be set to a maximum of 2% of the overall environmental impacts. In this LCA, components like adhesive, glue and grease have been excluded as their weights are negligible. This same applies to packaging, where small parts such as sticking labels are even smaller fraction of the total mass. Surface treatments like tin plating, and painting have been considered in the LCA model. Black oxide and phosphate conversion coating (negligible usage) have been excluded due to the model complexity and unavailability of reference data. Scraps for metal working and copper transformation, considered as waste from the internal transformation process from raw material to finished product, were calculated and included in the LCA model. 1 2024 2029 2024-01-19 - 2029-01-19 2024-01-19 UniSec switchgear is used in medium voltagesecondary power distribution systems. It is ideal for use in transformer substations, for controlling and protecting feeders and power transformers, for infrastructure, airports, etc. UniSec is the ABB solution for a fully automated power distributionnetwork. EPD PCR EPD Italy 007 - Electronic and electrical products and systems specific dataset ecoinvent database (all versions) The life cycle assessment of the reference flow SDC 12/17,5kV, an EEPS (Electronic and Electrical Products and Systems), is a “cradle-to-grave” analysis. The figure below shows the product life cycle stages and the information considered in the LCA. In terms of exclusions from the system boundary, according to Standard/PCR, capital goods such as machinery, tools, buildings, infrastructure, packaging for internal transports, and administrative activities, which cannot be allocated directly to the production of the reference product, are excluded. Infrastructures, when present, such as in processes deriving from the ecoinvent database, have not been excluded. Scraps for metal working and plastic processes are also included when already defined in ecoinvent. NEPD-5917-5146_Medium-Voltage-Air-insulated-switchgear-UniSec-SDC-12-17-5-24-kV-630A.pdf Elisabet Amat EN 15804+A2 Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant ISO 14025 Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant ISO 21930 Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant LCA.no AS 2025-09-29T18:40:03 ILCD format EPD Data Format Extensions v1.2 EPD Data Format Extensions v1.2 EPD-Datenformaterweiterungen v1.2 00.03.000 2025-09-29T07:41:59.5467042Z EPD Norway NEPD-5917-5146-EN ABB Switzerland Ltd, Group Technology Management true Free of charge for all users and uses None EPD Norway Medium Voltage Air-insulated switchgear UniSec SDC 12-17,5-24 kV 630A General reminder flow Output 1 1 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured Use of renewable primary energy (PERE) Fornybar primærenergi brukt som energibærer (RPEE) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 2010.000000000000 3.300000000000 0.272000000000 1240.000000000000 29.500000000000 MJ Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials (PERM) Fornybar primærenergi brukt som energibærer (RPEE) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 6.860000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 MJ Total use of renewable primary energy resource (PERT) Total bruk av fornybar primærenergi (TPE) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 2010.000000000000 3.300000000000 0.272000000000 1240.000000000000 29.500000000000 MJ Use of non renewable primary energy (PENRE) Ikke fornybar primærenergi brukt som energibærer (NRPE) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 13300.000000000000 213.000000000000 9.450000000000 6450.000000000000 301.000000000000 MJ Use of non renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials (PENRM) Ikke fornybar primærenergi brukt som råmateriale (NRPM) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 324.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 MJ Total use of non renewable primary energy resource (PENRT) Total nicht erneuerbare Primärenergie (PENRT) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 13700.000000000000 213.000000000000 9.450000000000 6450.000000000000 301.000000000000 MJ Use of secondary material (SM) Bruk av sekundære materialer (SM) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 90.600000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 kg Use of renewable secondary fuels (RSF) Bruk av fornybart sekundære brensel (RSF) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 MJ Use of non renewable secondary fuels (NRSF) Bruk av ikke fornybart sekundære brensel (NRSF) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 MJ Use of net fresh water (FW) Netto bruk av ferskvann (W) General reminder flow Input 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 9.120000000000 0.030300000000 0.002510000000 5.050000000000 0.137000000000 m3 Hazardous waste disposed (HWD) Avhendet farlig avfall (HW) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.353000000000 0.001350000000 0.000050200000 0.008180000000 0.001140000000 kg Non hazardous waste dispose (NHWD) Avhendet ikke-farlig avfall (NHW) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 361.000000000000 10.400000000000 6.020000000000 17.700000000000 39.900000000000 kg Radioactive waste disposed (RWD) Avhendet radioaktivt avfall (RW) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.016700000000 0.000069100000 0.000005080000 0.047000000000 0.000598000000 kg Components for re-use (CRU) Komponenter for gjenbruk (CR) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 kg Materials for recycling (MFR) Materialer for resirkulering (MR) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 95.600000000000 0.000000000000 5.040000000000 0.000000000000 220.000000000000 kg Materials for energy recovery (MER) Materialer for energigjenvinning (MER) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 0.613000000000 0.000000000000 4.580000000000 0.000000000000 0.757000000000 kg Exported electrical energy (EEE) Eksportert elektrisk energi(EEE) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 2.550000000000 0.000000000000 14.100000000000 0.000000000000 1.860000000000 MJ Exported thermal energy (EET) Eksportert termisk energi (ETE) General reminder flow Output 0 0 0 0 undefined 0 Primary Measured 4.590000000000 0.000000000000 25.300000000000 0.000000000000 3.350000000000 MJ Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP) Forsurningspotensial for kilder på land og vann (AP) 0 undefined 0 18.300000000000 0.061700000000 0.003440000000 1.410000000000 0.124000000000 mol H+ eqv. Global Warming Potential - total (GWP-total) Globalt oppvarmingspotensial -totalt (GWPtotal) 0 undefined 0 1130.000000000000 14.900000000000 9.160000000000 392.000000000000 33.500000000000 kg CO2 eqv. Global Warming Potential - biogenic (GWP-biogenic) Globalt oppvarmingspotensial - biogene kilder( GWP-biogenic) 0 undefined 0 3.100000000000 0.013600000000 5.840000000000 10.300000000000 7.980000000000 kg CO2 eqv. Global Warming Potential - fossil fuels (GWP-fossil) Globalt oppvarmingspotensial - fossile brensler (GWP-fossil) 0 undefined 0 1120.000000000000 14.900000000000 3.320000000000 381.000000000000 25.500000000000 kg CO2 eqv. Global Warming Potential - land use and land use change (GWP-luluc) Globalt oppvarmingspotensial arealbruk endringer i bruk av arealer (GWP-luluc) 0 undefined 0 1.250000000000 0.007280000000 0.000428000000 0.702000000000 0.033300000000 kg CO2 eqv. Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems (ETP-fw) Økotoksisitet, ferskvann (ETP-fw) 0 undefined 0 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 CTUe Potential incidence of disease due to PM emissions (PM) Partikkelutslipp (PM) 0 undefined 0 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 disease incidence Eutrophication potential - marine (EP-marine) Overgjødslingspotensial til hav (EP-marine), hav og jord 0 undefined 0 1.580000000000 0.023500000000 0.004270000000 0.250000000000 0.041300000000 kg N eqv. Eutrophication potential - freshwater (EP-freshwater) Overgjødslingspotensial til ferskvann (EP-freshwater) 0 undefined 0 0.719000000000 0.001050000000 0.000104000000 0.256000000000 0.008440000000 kg P eqv. Eutrophication potential - terrestrial (EP-terrestrial) Overgjødslingspotensial til jord (EP-terrestrial) 0 undefined 0 58.400000000000 0.251000000000 0.014100000000 2.210000000000 0.329000000000 mol N eqv. Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - cancer effects (HTP-c) Toksisitet påvirkning på mennesker, kreft (HTP-c) 0 undefined 0 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 CTUh Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - non-cancer effects (HTP-nc) Toksisitet påvirkning på mennesker, andre effekter enn kreft (HTP-nc) 0 undefined 0 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 CTUh Potential Human exposure efficiency relative to U235 (IRP) Ioniserende stråling, helseeffekt (IRP) 0 undefined 0 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 kBq U235 eqv. Potential Soil quality index (SQP) Påvirkninger knyttet til arealbruksendringer / jordkvalitet (SQP) 0 undefined 0 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 unitless Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer (ODP) Potensial for nedbryting av stratosfærisk ozon (ODP) 0 undefined 0 0.000031400000 0.000000326000 0.000000012500 0.000005040000 0.000000293000 kg CFC 11 eqv. Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP) Potensial for fotokjemisk oksidantdanning (POCP) 0 undefined 0 5.280000000000 0.090300000000 0.004700000000 0.712000000000 0.103000000000 kg NMVOC eqv. Abiotic depletion potential - fossil resources (ADPF) Abiotisk utarmingspotensial for fossile ressurser, fosile brensler (ADP-fossil) 0 undefined 0 13700.000000000000 213.000000000000 9.450000000000 6460.000000000000 301.000000000000 MJ Abiotic depletion potential - non-fossil resources (ADPE) Abiotisk utarmingspotensial for ikke-fossile ressurser, mineraler (ADP-elements) 0 undefined 0 0.084000000000 0.000048100000 0.000002400000 0.000558000000 0.000227000000 kg Sb-eqv. Water (user) deprivation potential (WDP) Utarmingspotensial for vannressurser (WDP) 0 undefined 0 244.000000000000 0.863000000000 0.072000000000 66.000000000000 3.490000000000 m3 world eqv. Global warming potential except emissions and uptake of biogenic carbon (GWP-IOBC/GHG) Globalt oppvarmingspotensial beregnet etter prinsippet om umiddelbar oksidasjon (GWP-IOBC) 0 undefined 0 kg CO2 eqv.