Process Data set: Bewi Finland Oy Insulation For Concrete Block (en)

Process Data set: Bewi Finland Oy Insulation For Concrete Block (en) en

Process information

Key Data Set Information
Location	NO
Geographical representativeness description	Finland
Reference year	2025
Name	Bewi Finland Oy Insulation For Concrete Block
Technical purpose of product or process	Expanded polystyrene (EPS) is a common material used for thermal insulation of buildings and constructions. As most of the material is air, EPS provides good insulating properties at a low weight. Other characteristics of the material include low moisture absorption, long service life and high compressive strength. Insulation block for concrete blocks are made by moulding. The EPS is pre-expanded for known density and after pre-expanding it is moulded with small moulding machine where the insulation block gets its own shape. The usual density for insulation blocks is 21 kg/m3. These insulation block are used for insulation of small concrete blocks which are used to build energy effiecent houses. EPS beads are made fully from PS. EPS beads expand up to 40 times when exposed to steam. The expanded polystyrene beads are then fed into a block molding machine, where steam and pressure form insulation blocks of EPS. During these processes, the final density of the product is determined. EPS density is the main contributor to the mechanical and thermal resistances of EPS.
Classification	Class name : Hierarchy level EPDNorge: Construction / Insulation
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. The data quality of the raw materials in A1 is presented in the table below. Allocation: The allocation is made in accordance with the provisions of EN 15804+A2. Incoming energy and water and waste production in-house is allocated equally among all products through mass 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. 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	BEWI ASA, Insulation and Construction
Quantitative reference
Reference flow(s)	Bewi Finland Oy Insulation For Concrete Block - 1.0 * 1.0 kg (Mass)
Biogenic carbon content	Carbon content (biogenic): 1.0 kg Carbon content (biogenic) - packaging: 1.0 kg
Time representativeness
Data set valid until	2030
Time representativeness description	2025-01-15 - 2030-01-15
Publication date	2025-01-15
Technological representativeness
Technology description including background system	CE marking: EPS insulation boards are CE certified according to SFS-EN 13163:2013 + A2:2016 Typical compressive strength: 120 kPa (EN 826) Typical bending strength: 170 kPa (EN 12089) Typical lambda : 0,030 W/mK (SFS-EN 12667)

Modelling and validation

Subtype

specific dataset

LCA methodology report

NPCR 012:2022 Part B for Thermal insulation products

Data sources, treatment and representativeness

Documentation of data quality management

NPCR 012:2022 Part B for Thermal insulation products

Data source(s) used for this data set

ecoinvent database (all versions)

Original EPDs

NEPD-8745-8408_Bewi-Finland-Oy-Insulation-For-Concrete-Block.pdf

Completeness

Validation

Type of review
Independent external review

Reviewer name and institution
Elisabet Amat

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)	2025-05-30T14:31:06
Data set format(s)	ILCD format EPD Data Format Extensions v1.2
Publication and ownership
UUID	511329cb-8a03-4c99-9a06-ad6b4557d79c
Date of last revision	2025-01-14T11:06:59.421123Z
Data set version	00.03.000
Registration authority	EPD Norway
Registration number	NEPD-8745-8408
Owner of data set	BEWI ASA, Insulation and Construction
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	Raw material supply A1	Transport A2	Manufacturing A3	Transport A4	Installation A5	Transport C2	Waste processing C3	Disposal C4	Recycling Potential D
Use of renewable primary energy (PERE)	Input	MJ	0.7767	0.004835	0.727	0.00607	0.00008246	0.0008987	0.005622	0.00008236	-14.58
Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials (PERM)	Input	MJ	1.746	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total use of renewable primary energy resource (PERT)	Input	MJ	0.7566	0.004835	0.727	0.00607	0.00008246	0.0008987	0.005622	0.00008236	-14.58
Use of non renewable primary energy (PENRE)	Input	MJ	39.22	0.3844	23.86	0.4241	0.003266	0.07145	0.1954	0.001413	-2.51
Use of non renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials (PENRM)	Input	MJ	29.23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total use of non renewable primary energy resource (PENRT)	Input	MJ	66.48	0.3844	23.86	0.4241	0.003266	0.07145	0.1954	0.001413	-2.51
Use of secondary material (SM)	Input	kg	0.21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Use of renewable secondary fuels (RSF)	Input	MJ	0.008514	0.0001691	0.01042	0.0002172	0.000002163	0.00003144	0.0001568	0.000002048	-0.001472
Use of non renewable secondary fuels (NRSF)	Input	MJ	0.002712	0.0005669	0.06915	0.0007765	0.000005663	0.0001054	0	0.0003259	-0.9659
Use of net fresh water (FW)	Input	m3	0.04123	0.00004374	0.00797	0.00004535	0.000001727	0.00000813	0.0005526	0.000001299	-0.006453
Hazardous waste disposed (HWD)	Output	kg	0.008492	0.00002103	0.01223	0.00002187	0	0.000003909	0	0.002578	-0.00003654
Non hazardous waste dispose (NHWD)	Output	kg	0.2423	0.03341	0.05644	0.02062	0.01	0.00621	0	0.001277	-0.052
Radioactive waste disposed (RWD)	Output	kg	0.00001279	0.000002625	0.0001667	0.000002889	0	4.878E-7	0	8.524E-9	-0.00001263
Components for re-use (CRU)	Output	kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Materials for recycling (MFR)	Output	kg	0	0	0.01283	0	0.005104	0	0	0	0
Materials for energy recovery (MER)	Output	kg	0	0	0.04975	0	5E-7	0	1	0	0
Exported electrical energy (EEE)	Output	MJ	0	0	0.03001	0	7.682E-7	0	1.762	0	0
Exported thermal energy (EET)	Output	MJ	0	0	0.4541	0	0.00001162	0	26.66	0	0

Core environmental impact indicators

Indicator	Unit	Raw material supply A1	Transport A2	Manufacturing A3	Transport A4	Installation A5	Transport C2	Waste processing C3	Disposal C4	Recycling Potential D
Abiotic depletion potential - fossil resources (ADPF)	MJ	63.09	0.3844	23.8	0.424	0.003266	0.07145	0.1954	0.001413	-2.511
Abiotic depletion potential - non-fossil resources (ADPE)	kg Sb-eqv.	0.000006672	4.217E-7	0.000003493	7.747E-7	4.216E-9	7.838E-8	9.848E-8	8.7E-10	-0.000001094
Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP)	mol H+ eqv.	0.004432	0.0000762	0.005283	0.0000806	9.764E-7	0.00001416	0.0003791	5.466E-7	-0.001447
Global Warming Potential - biogenic (GWP-biogenic)	kg CO2 eqv.	0.007795	0.00001014	0.0065	0.00001161	1.093E-7	0.000001884	0.00002198	8.239E-8	-0.000105
Global Warming Potential - fossil fuels (GWP-fossil)	kg CO2 eqv.	1.847	0.02366	1.758	0.02805	0.000792	0.004398	3.189	0.0001553	-0.1751
Global Warming Potential - total (GWP-total)	kg CO2 eqv.	1.857	0.02368	1.766	0.02807	0.0007922	0.004402	3.189	0.0001554	-0.1815
Global Warming Potential - land use and land use change (GWP-luluc)	kg CO2 eqv.	0.0009006	0.00000721	0.0008327	0.000009982	6.075E-8	0.00000134	0.000003483	2.382E-8	-0.006336
Global warming potential except emissions and uptake of biogenic carbon (GWP-IOBC/GHG)	kg CO2 eqv.	1.838	0.02368	1.785	0.02807	0.0007921	0.004401	3.188	0.0001613	-0.1788
Eutrophication potential - freshwater (EP-freshwater)	kg P eqv.	0.00003259	1.883E-7	0.00001028	2.241E-7	1.63E-9	3.5E-8	2.256E-7	2.099E-9	-0.00001573
Eutrophication potential - marine (EP-marine)	kg N eqv.	0.001067	0.00001669	0.001302	0.00001595	8.932E-7	0.000003101	0.0001824	1.707E-7	-0.00049
Eutrophication potential - terrestrial (EP-terrestrial)	mol N eqv.	0.0116	0.0001861	0.01429	0.0001784	0.000003499	0.00003459	0.001952	0.000001943	-0.005278
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP)	kg NMVOC eqv.	0.004423	0.00007308	0.03492	0.00006834	0.000001151	0.00001358	0.000468	5.362E-7	-0.001457
Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer (ODP)	kg CFC 11 eqv.	2.579E-8	5.706E-9	3.415E-7	6.353E-9	4.8E-11	1.061E-9	2.287E-9	1.7E-11	-0.01349
Water (user) deprivation potential (WDP)	m3 world eqv.	-1.354	0.2947	110.1	0.4102	0.01154	0.05478	0.4333	0.01464	-9.108

Additional environmental impact indicators

Indicator	Unit	Raw material supply A1	Transport A2	Manufacturing 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.	0.0458	0.00168	0.1366	0.001853	0.00001476	0	0.0003122	0.0003266	0.000006706	-0.01443
Potential incidence of disease due to PM emissions (PM)²	disease incidence	3.351E-8	2.173E-9	5.745E-8	1.717E-9	1.8E-11	0	4.04E-10	1.597E-9	7E-12	-9.185E-8
Potential Soil quality index (SQP)²	unitless	5.974	0.4406	4.096	0.2966	0.005701	0	0.0819	0.02326	0.003898	-17.63
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - non-cancer effects (HTP-nc)²	CTUh	3.169E-8	2.72E-10	1.76E-8	3.43E-10	3E-12	0	5.1E-11	5.297E-9	5E-12	-1.31E-8
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - cancer effects (HTP-c)²	CTUh	1.416E-9	0	5.75E-10	0	0	0	0	1.34E-10	0	-2.35E-10
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems (ETP-fw)²	CTUe	291.4	0.2811	14.26	0.3144	0.003117	0	0.05224	0.4712	0.002597	-13.78