EPD: Copper wire and cable for residential, industrial and tertiary usage, 2.46 kg/m, 500 KCMIL, 20513807 (Southwire)

Product Type: Copper THHN Building Wire Product Characteristic: Wire & Cable Southwire SIMpull THHN® copper conductors are made with soft drawn copper. Sizes 14 through 4/0 AWG use a combination unilay stranding while 250 kcmil and larger sizes use a compressed copper stranding. The wire is covered with a tough heat and moisture resistant PVC insulation with an overall nylon jacket utilizing SIMpull® Technology. This EPD includes results for the following products: 20513807 (500KCMIL), 28971099 (1000KCMIL)

Manufacturer legal entity:

Southwire

Manufacturer:

Southwire

Country of manufacturer:

georgiaUS, USA

Product name:

Copper wire and cable for residential, industrial and tertiary usage

Commercial names:

500 KCMIL, 20513807

Material type:

Installations and systems

Material subtype:

Cables

Environmental & technical characteristics

Global warming potential (A1-A3):

19 kg CO2e/m

Technical specification:

2.46 kg/m

Available units for calculation:

m, kg, ton

Unique identifier (OCLID):

64614a8b6ead431142f3d77b

Sustainability data background information

EPD number:

4790297660.103.1

EPD program:

UL Environment

Publication year:

2022

Product category rules (PCR):

NPCR Part A: Construction Products and Services, v1.0, 2017; NPCR 027 Part B: Electrical Cables and Wires, v1.0, October 2020.

Environmental standard:

ISO 14040, EN15804+A1

Verification status:

Third-party verified (as per ISO 14025)

Upstream database:

ecoinvent