EPD: Coated flat glass, 2500 kg/m3 (Guardian Europe)

Guardian Glass is committed to the efficient use of natural resources while operating in a way that protects the safety, health and well-being of its employees, customers, the environment and society. As a manufacturing leader of high performance, energy-efficient glass products for commercial, residential, interior, transportation and specialty applications, Guardian Glass makes products that help improve people’s lives. By allowing abundant natural light into homes, offices and vehicles, glass products can help contribute to occupant’s well-being and low-emissivity glass reduces energy consumption for heating and cooling. Coated flat glass can be colourless or coloured, depending on the coating used. The coating can also modify the radiation (thermal insulation and/or solar control) properties of the flat glass. This multi-layer coating is produced in a vacuum using magnetron sputtering. This EPD is valid for the following Guardian Glass coated products: • ClimaGuard® Residential Glass • SunGuard® Architectural Glass − Covers all SunGuard low-e products and includes product series: HD, HP, SN, SNX, Solar & RD • Guardian Technical Glass − Covers all products in the following Technical Glass product series: Anti-Reflective Glass, Clarity, ThermaGuard & Dielectric Mirrror • Guardian Automotive Glass: IRR

Manufacturer legal entity:

Guardian Europe

Manufacturer:

Guardian

Country of manufacturer:

germany, hungary, luxembourg, poland, spain, unitedKingdom, russia

Product name:

Coated flat glass

Material type:

Glass

Material subtype:

Coated glass panes

Environmental & technical characteristics

Global warming potential (A1-A3):

4.45 kg CO2e/kg

Technical specification:

2500 kg/m3

Available units for calculation:

kg, ton, m3, m2

Unique identifier (OCLID):

613efaef20cfc446aa431c0d

Sustainability data background information

EPD number:

EPD-GFEV-GB-19.2

EPD program:

ift Rosenheim

Publication year:

2016

Product category rules (PCR):

PCR Flat glass in building PCR-FG-1.4:2016.

Environmental standard:

EN15804+A1

Verification status:

Third-party verified (as per ISO 14025)

Upstream database:

GaBi