Process Data set: RTU560 560AIR02 analog input module (en)

Process Data set: RTU560 560AIR02 analog input module (en) en

Process information

Key Data Set Information
Location	CH
Geographical representativeness description	Europe
Reference year	2025
Name	RTU560 560AIR02 analog input module
Use advice for data set	The life cycle analysis of the RTU560 module follows a “cradle to grave” analysis and covers the following life cycle stages: manufacturing stage (A1-A2), including the relevant upstream process (e.g. acquisition of raw material, preparation of semi-finished goods, etc.) and the main manufacturing and processing steps (A3); distribution stage (A4); installation stage (A5), including the relevant steps for the preparation of the product for use; use stage (B6), including the required maintenance steps within the reference service life (RSL) associated to the reference product; and end-of-life stage, including the necessary steps until and for the final disposal or recovery of the product system (C1-C4, D).
Technical purpose of product or process	For more information about the EPD or the product, please use our 'Contact Us' page and a member of the Hitachi Energy team will connect with you: https://www.hitachienergy.com/contact-us The RTU560 product line features substation automation products for transmission and sub-transmission. RTU560 represents high-end network interfacing - offering maximum flexibility with the highest number of supported protocols for sub and host communications. Designed to handle the highly complex systems in grid automation and control interfacing. RTU560 connects to all kinds of IEDs, parallel I/Os, serial connected and communication via IEC 61850. All this real time data can then be transmitted to your central SCADA systems for critical actions - protecting your primary equipment from overloading of the grid. Optimize your investments with our long life cycle policy and benefit from our agile migration concepts. The RTU560 product that features in the life cycle assessment is the 560AIR02 analog input module with 8 channels to record up to 8 analog measured values. It occupies one slot in the RTU560 rack. EPDs for other modules are also available.
Classification	Class name : Hierarchy level EPDNorge: Construction / Electronic and electrical components and products
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. Both primary and secondary data were used in the construction of the RTU560 module LCA. Primary product data was collected from the bill of materials, technical documentation and supplier input, and primary assembly site data was collected from Hitachi Energy’s environmental performance database. All production site and technical data was from 2023 and collected during 2024. Secondary data supplemented the primary data for upstream material production and manufacturing, transport, use phase and end-of-life processes, as well as defining resource flows such as electricity mixes. The main database was ecoinvent, supported by other sources and all secondary data was compiled by LCA.no. 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 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	Hitachi Energy Ltd
Quantitative reference
Reference flow(s)	RTU560 560AIR02 analog input module - 1.0 * 1.0 Stück (Number of pieces)
Biogenic carbon content	Carbon content (biogenic): 1.80997847E-4 kg Carbon content (biogenic) - packaging: 0.02402777778 kg
Time representativeness
Data set valid until	2030
Time representativeness description	2025-07-21 - 2030-07-21
Publication date	2025-07-21
Technological representativeness
Technology description including background system	Further information on the general technical features and specifications of the RTU560 product line is available on our website: https://www.hitachienergy.com/products-and-solutions/substation-automation-protection-and-control/products/remote-terminal-units/rtu560-product-line

Modelling and validation

Subtype

specific dataset

LCA methodology report

PCR EPD Italy 007 - Electronic and electrical products and systems

Data sources, treatment and representativeness

Documentation of data quality management

PCR EPD Italy 007 - Electronic and electrical products and systems

Data source(s) used for this data set

ecoinvent database (all versions)

Original EPDs

NEPD-11880-11816_RTU560-560AIR02-analog-input-module.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)	2025-08-10T21:45:07
Data set format(s)	ILCD format EPD Data Format Extensions v1.2
Publication and ownership
UUID	f0e6e2dc-78c7-4100-82ab-2d1ead4f71bd
Date of last revision	2025-07-21T07:48:16.6686328Z
Data set version	00.03.000
Registration authority	EPD Norway
Registration number	NEPD-11880-11816
Owner of data set	Hitachi Energy Ltd
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	Operational energy use B6	Transport C2	Waste processing C3	Disposal C4	Recycling Potential D
Use of renewable primary energy (PERE)	Input	MJ	13.06	0.009972	0.3209	0.01748	0.0001934	88.43	0.0005311	0.02977	0.03523	-0.885
Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials (PERM)	Input	MJ	0.3036	0	0.2165	0	-0.3036	0	0	0	0	0
Total use of renewable primary energy resource (PERT)	Input	MJ	13.34	0.009972	0.1122	0.01748	-0.3034	88.43	0.0005311	0.02977	0.03523	-0.885
Use of non renewable primary energy (PENRE)	Input	MJ	113.3	0.6481	0.603	1.116	0.01175	401.4	0.0345	-0.03322	-0.09677	-9.496
Use of non renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials (PENRM)	Input	MJ	0.3823	0	0.0902	0	0	0	0	1.025	0	-0.2739
Total use of non renewable primary energy resource (PENRT)	Input	MJ	113.8	0.6481	0.538	1.116	0.01175	401.4	0.0345	0.9916	-0.09677	-9.77
Use of secondary material (SM)	Input	kg	0.07871	0	0.000001507	0	0	0	0	0	0.0009221	-0.00002822
Use of renewable secondary fuels (RSF)	Input	MJ	0.002816	0.000003708	0.000001089	0.000006163	0.000006413	0.0004327	1.975E-7	0.0002265	0.00007442	-0.0004472
Use of non renewable secondary fuels (NRSF)	Input	MJ	0.000006581	0	0	0	0.00002644	0	0	-0.00004318	0.007976	-0.001051
Use of net fresh water (FW)	Input	m3	0.07809	0.00007729	0.0001648	0.0001427	0.000005542	0.3184	0.000004116	0.000155	0.00005534	-0.006812
Hazardous waste disposed (HWD)	Output	kg	0.389	0.0004345	0.002355	0.0007522	0	0.7119	0.00002314	0.00004825	0.0427	-0.002529
Non hazardous waste dispose (NHWD)	Output	kg	20.15	0.01321	0.2469	0.02338	0.0519	77.39	0.0007033	0.03071	0.00005129	-0.1181
Radioactive waste disposed (RWD)	Output	kg	0.0002536	2.089E-7	0.000001633	3.71E-7	0	0.002846	1.113E-8	0.000001068	6.46E-10	-0.00002995
Components for re-use (CRU)	Output	kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Materials for recycling (MFR)	Output	kg	0	0	1.814E-7	0	0.04828	0	0	0.006806	0	-0.000004521
Materials for energy recovery (MER)	Output	kg	0	0	9.4E-11	0	7.066E-8	0	0	0.00000238	0	-0.00001701
Exported electrical energy (EEE)	Output	MJ	0	0	0.000002151	0	0.002968	0	0	0.000006132	0	-0.00002499
Exported thermal energy (EET)	Output	MJ	0	0	4.063E-7	0	0.04491	0	0	0.00009276	0	-0.0003781

Core environmental impact indicators

Indicator	Unit	Raw material supply A1	Transport A2	Manufacturing A3	Transport A4	Installation A5	Operational energy use B6	Transport C2	Waste processing C3	Disposal C4	Recycling Potential D
Abiotic depletion potential - fossil resources (ADPF)	MJ	113.7	0.648	0.538	1.116	0.01175	401.4	0.0345	0.1911	0.1017	-9.748
Abiotic depletion potential - non-fossil resources (ADPE)	kg Sb-eqv.	0.004819	1.489E-7	2.684E-7	2.436E-7	2.043E-8	0.000211	7.932E-9	2.76E-7	5.268E-8	-0.001072
Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP)	mol H+ eqv.	0.07345	0.0001479	0.00009417	0.0003151	0.000003976	0.09948	0.000009935	0.00007544	0.00004314	-0.04499
Global Warming Potential - biogenic (GWP-biogenic)	kg CO2 eqv.	-0.04729	0.00003897	0.004594	0.00006093	0.0881	0.5936	0.000002075	0.00003595	0.000008438	-0.002053
Global Warming Potential - fossil fuels (GWP-fossil)	kg CO2 eqv.	8.709	0.04537	0.03659	0.07667	0.0008396	17.34	0.0024	0.02537	0.009745	-0.7203
Global Warming Potential - total (GWP-total)	kg CO2 eqv.	8.679	0.04543	0.04285	0.07677	0.08894	17.97	0.002403	0.02546	0.009834	-0.7234
Global Warming Potential - land use and land use change (GWP-luluc)	kg CO2 eqv.	0.01766	0.00002203	0.0000411	0.00003757	2.777E-7	0.04326	0.000001173	0.0000555	0.00008052	-0.001043
Global warming potential except emissions and uptake of biogenic carbon (GWP-IOBC/GHG)	kg CO2 eqv.	8.728	0.04539	0.03663	0.07671	0.0008399	17.38	0.002401	0.02545	0.009834	-0.7227
Eutrophication potential - freshwater (EP-freshwater)	kg P eqv.	0.01599	0.000003174	0.00004213	0.000005541	6.893E-9	0.01642	1.69E-7	6.536E-7	4.175E-7	-0.0002463
Eutrophication potential - marine (EP-marine)	kg N eqv.	0.01414	0.00005086	0.00002962	0.0001194	0.000001315	0.01608	0.00000379	0.0000153	0.00002239	-0.00229
Eutrophication potential - terrestrial (EP-terrestrial)	mol N eqv.	0.1555	0.0005372	0.0002118	0.001274	0.00001424	0.1455	0.00004046	0.0001716	0.0000941	-0.0315
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP)	kg NMVOC eqv.	0.04213	0.000221	0.00006381	0.0004681	0.000004092	0.04673	0.00001455	0.00005344	0.00004603	-0.008996
Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer (ODP)	kg CFC 11 eqv.	3.878E-7	9.63E-10	5.1E-10	1.586E-9	1.77E-10	3.304E-7	5.1E-11	1.917E-9	4.63E-10	-0.00001902
Water (user) deprivation potential (WDP)	m3 world eqv.	5.714	0.003178	0.007514	0.005671	0.01489	9.962	0.0001693	3.307	0.07208	-22.04

Additional environmental impact indicators

Indicator	Unit	Raw material supply A1	Transport A2	Manufacturing A3	Transport A4	Installation A5	Operational energy use B6	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.	1.022	0.0008606	0.005548	0.001527	0.00005025	11.12	0	0.00004583	0.001048	0.0001499	-0.03474
Potential incidence of disease due to PM emissions (PM)²	disease incidence	5.085E-7	3.615E-9	4.86E-10	6.871E-9	5.9E-11	3.648E-7	0	1.93E-10	5.03E-10	7.88E-10	-8.907E-8
Potential Soil quality index (SQP)²	unitless	49.44	0.3828	0.1469	0.8476	0.007879	76.87	0	0.02039	0.07106	0.2579	-6.792
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - non-cancer effects (HTP-nc)²	CTUh	4.782E-7	4.81E-10	5.06E-10	5.29E-10	2E-11	3.48E-7	0	2.6E-11	4.232E-8	2.86E-10	-1.012E-7
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - cancer effects (HTP-c)²	CTUh	7.87E-9	0	1.1E-11	0	0	8.673E-9	0	0	7.2E-10	3.9E-11	-1.455E-9
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems (ETP-fw)²	CTUe	364.2	0.3175	0.1871	0.5449	0.01566	66.34	0	0.0169	0.4113	0.2609	-317.9