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| Reference year | 2024 | ||
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| Use advice for data set | Scope: This ARGE EPD covers electromechanical building hardware and swing door operators used to control access on doors or gates, or enable door or window opening and closing, as well as holding open of a door or window by means of electrical impulse. Several products of this product group have been assessed in separate LCA; from these LCA the worst values per indicator and module are declared as worst-case assumption. It can therefore be used to cover all electromechanical access control devices for doors and gates, as well as devices for opening, hold open and closing of doors, gates and windows manufactured in Europe by ARGE member companies. System boundary: Type of the EPD: "cradle to gate with options, with modules C1 – C4, and module D (A1-A3, C1-C3, D and additional modules)" The analysis of the product life cycle includes the production and transport of the raw materials, manufacture of the product and the packaging materials which are declared in modules A1-A3. Losses during production are considered as waste and are sent for recycling. No recycling processes are taken into account except transport and electricity consumption for grinding the metals. When recycled metals are used as raw material only their transformation process is taken into account and not the extraction of the raw material. A4 module represents the transport of the finished electromechanical building hardware or swing door operator to the installation site. There is no waste associated with the installation of the product. The A5 module therefore represents only the disposal of the product packaging. Two alternatives are declared for the power supply: B6_1: replacement of the battery every 2 years (for battery-powered devices) B6_2: energy consumption from the grid (for grid-connected devices) The End-of-Life (EoL) stages are also considered. The transportation to the EoL disposal site is taken into account in module C2. Module C4 covers the disposal of the electromechanical building hardware or swing door operator. Module C3 covers the recycling of the individual elements according to European averages, with the remaining waste divided between incineration and landfill. Such a mixed scenario is declared due to the complex material mix of the product and the dependency of the EoL-route on the EoL-route of the product the electromechanical building hardware or swing door operator has been integrated into. In practice, the end of life has been modelled as follows: when a material is sent for recycling, generic transport and electric consumption of a shredder is taken into account (corresponding to the process Grinding, metals). Only then, is the material considered to have attained the end of waste state. each type of waste is modelled as a transport to the treatment site with a distance of 30 km. Parts sent for recycling include electricity consumption (grinding) and a flow (Materials for recycling, unspecified). | ||
| Technical purpose of product or process | These products are designed to be integrated into or installed on door, gate and window assemblies consisting of various materials and used for various applications. They may be used for either interior or exterior doors, gates or windows, in accordance with manufacturer's instructions. | ||
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| General comment on data set | This ARGE EPD covers electromechanical building hardware and swing door operators used to control access on doors or gates, or enable opening, holding open and closing of a door or window, designed to potentially being integrated into access control systems, building security and/or automation systems, etc. There are 2 principal versions of such electromechanical hardware devices: - battery-powered - with external power supply | ||
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| Data set valid until | 2029 | ||
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| Technology description including background system | The manufacture of electromechanical locking fittings normally takes place in 3 steps: 1. prefabrication of semi-finished products This step may include surface treatment at the factory or at external manufacturers. 2. pre-assembly of the components (in the factory) 3. final assembly (factory premises) Technical data: Ideally, products should comply with a suitable technical specification. EN 14846:2008, Building hardware – Locks and latches – Electromechanically operated locks and striking plates – Requirements and test methods is an example of such a specification and some products will comply with it. Declared unit: The declared unit for all products covered by ARGE EPD is 1 kg (of product). Since individual products will rarely weigh exactly 1 kg it is necessary to establish the exact weight of the product then use this as a correction factor to determine the true values for 1 kg of product in the tables (Section 5). | ||
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| Time stamp (last saved) | 2024-04-02T00:00:00 |
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| UUID | f0834580-1cce-4649-b54b-630d34181181 |
| Data set version | 00.05.000 |
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| Registration number | EPD-ARG-20230552-IBG3-EN |
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| Copyright | Yes |
| License type | Free of charge for all users and uses |
| Access and use restrictions | None |
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