EPD: PVC non-pressure pipes, for building applications, DN225-DN600 (Iplex)

The Australian Standards for PVC pipe (AS/NZS 1260 and 1254) have the Best Environmental Practice requirements developed by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) embedded in them to facilitate and openly encourage responsible sourcing of raw materials, best practice manufacturing, fully independent third party certification compliance, simpler procurement and easier identification of compliant products. No other Australian or international product standards have taken this step. Product characteristics are shown in Table 1 and the content declaration in Table 2.

Manufacturer legal entity:

Iplex

Manufacturer:

Iplex

Country of manufacturer:

australia

Product name:

PVC non-pressure pipes, for building applications

Material type:

Installations and systems

Material subtype:

Water heating and handling equipment

Environmental & technical characteristics

Global warming potential (A1-A3):

3.52 kg CO2e/kg

Technical specification:

DN225-DN600

Available units for calculation:

kg, ton, m3

Unique identifier (OCLID):

5a92dead5d96ff66e0314232

Sustainability data background information

EPD number:

S-P-00713

EPD program:

Australasian EPD System

Publication year:

2015

Product category rules (PCR):

PCR 2012:01 Construction Products and Construction Services, Version 2.0, 2015-03-03

Environmental standard:

EN15804+A1

Verification status:

Third-party verified (as per ISO 14025)

Upstream database:

ecoinvent