EPD: Carpet tiles with nylon 6 face fiber, 6.4 mm, 2.87 kg/m2, EcoWorx® (Shaw Flooring)

The product is a commercial carpet tile with EcoSolution Q100TM face fiber on the EcoWorx® backing system. EcoSolution Q100TM face fiber is nylon 6 with 100% pre-consumer recycled content. The EcoWorx® backing system consists of polyolefin compound, recycled materials, and a fiberglass reinforcement layer. The face fiber is tufted into a primary backing that may contain recycled content, latex is added to hold in the fiber, and the EcoWorx® backing system is applied. This declaration covers all products/styles consisting of EcoWorx® tile backing and EcoSolution Q100TM face fiber, with face weights ranging from 12 to 60 oz/sy, and a weighted average face weight of 19.6 oz/sy. The products fall under CSI 09 68 00 and UNSPSC 3161719 classification codes.

Manufacturer legal entity:

Shaw Flooring

Manufacturer:

Shaw Industries

Country of manufacturer:

georgiaUS, USA

Product name:

Carpet tiles with nylon 6 face fiber

Commercial names:

EcoWorx®

Material type:

Flooring

Material subtype:

Carpet flooring

Environmental & technical characteristics

Global warming potential (A1-A3):

4.69 kg CO2e/m2

Technical specification:

6.4 mm, 2.87 kg/m2

Available units for calculation:

m2, kg, ton, m3

Unique identifier (OCLID):

60fd9554bab66125aac6e81d

Sustainability data background information

EPD number:

4789955073.154.1

EPD program:

UL Environment

Publication year:

2021

Product category rules (PCR):

UL Environment PCR Part B: Flooring EPD Requirements, v2.0 (September 28, 2018)

Environmental standard:

ISO 14040, EN15804+A1

Verification status:

Third-party verified (as per ISO 14025)

Upstream database:

GaBi