EPD: Hot rolled steel coil and plate products, 3.45 kg/m2, TRUECORE® (BlueScope Steel)

fabricated into light gauge steel framing specifically for use in residential and commercial structural framing applications. This EPD sets out information on the average TRUECORE® steel product9 manufactured by BlueScope in Australia, in the base metal thicknesses (BMTs) presented in the table below. With their distinctive blue finish, the TRUECORE® steel products represented in this EPD consist of a low carbon10 steel substrate that is coated with a metallic coating incorporating BlueScope’s Activate® technology (hot dipped aluminium, zinc, and magnesium alloy AM150 coating) to provide enhanced corrosion resistance.

Manufacturer legal entity:

BlueScope Steel

Manufacturer:

BlueScope

Country of manufacturer:

australia

Product name:

Hot rolled steel coil and plate products

Commercial names:

TRUECORE®

Material type:

Steel and other metals

Material subtype:

Structural steel and steel profiles

Environmental & technical characteristics

Global warming potential (A1-A3):

11.5 kg CO2e/m2

Technical specification:

3.45 kg/m2

Available units for calculation:

m2, kg, ton

Unique identifier (OCLID):

64e241036200d44a17220ce2

Sustainability data background information

EPD number:

S-P-08455

EPD program:

International EPD System

Publication year:

2023

Product category rules (PCR):

PCR 2019:14 Construction Products, Version 1.11, 2021-02-05

Environmental standard:

EN15804+A1, EN15804+A2

Verification status:

Third-party verified (as per ISO 14025)

Upstream database:

ecoinvent