EPD: Stainless steel continuous hinge, 15.5 kg/unit, SS300, SS302, SS304, SS311, AND SS315 (National Guard Products)

Stainless steel continuous hinges run the full height of the door evenly distributing the weight of the door along the full height of the frame. Ideal for high-frequency and heavy-weight doors in new construction and retrofit applications. NGP offers a variety of options to customers with their continuous hinge purchases. These options include lengths, finishes, and installation screws. The underlying LCA considers the impacts of fasteners. The continuous hinge products covered in this EPD include Continuous Hinge Models SS300, SS302, SS304, SS311, and SS315. All values in this EPD are for the representative product SS304, chosen due to it having the median impacts of all the included products. The impacts of each products mentioned are within ±10% of the representative product’s impact.

Manufacturer legal entity:

National Guard Products

Manufacturer:

National Guard Products

Country of manufacturer:

tennessee, USA

Product name:

Stainless steel continuous hinge

Commercial names:

SS300, SS302, SS304, SS311, AND SS315

Material type:

Doors, windows and partitioning systems

Material subtype:

Door and window parts

Environmental & technical characteristics

Global warming potential (A1-A3):

17.4 kg CO2e/unit

Technical specification:

15.5 kg/unit

Available units for calculation:

unit, kg, ton

Unique identifier (OCLID):

6389daf715103d1da4839768

Sustainability data background information

EPD number:

4789517196.116.1

EPD program:

UL Environment

Publication year:

2022

Product category rules (PCR):

UL PCR Part B UL 10010-13 Version 1.0, 2019

Environmental standard:

ISO 14040, EN15804+A1

Verification status:

Third-party verified (as per ISO 14025)

Upstream database:

GaBi