EPD: Steel reinforcing bar and merchant bar products, 487 lbs/ft3 (Nucor Steel Seattle)

Nucor has 13 bar mills that produce concrete reinforcing bars, hot-rolled bars, rod, light shapes, structural angles, structural channels and guardrails in carbon and alloy steel. These products have a wide usage serving primarily the agricultural, automotive, construction, energy, furniture, machinery, metal building, railroad, recreational equipment, shipbuilding, heavy truck and trailer market segments. Steel bar products are used as reinforcement in concrete or masonry structures. The bar can be fabricated (i.e., cut, bent, or otherwise modified) by a fabricator or shipped directly to a job site.

Manufacturer legal entity:

Nucor Steel Seattle

Manufacturer:

Nucor

Country of manufacturer:

USA

Product name:

Steel reinforcing bar and merchant bar products

Material type:

Steel and other metals

Material subtype:

Reinforcement for concrete (rebar)

Environmental & technical characteristics

Global warming potential (A1-A3):

0.499 kg CO2e/kg

Technical specification:

487 lbs/ft3

Available units for calculation:

kg, ton, m3

Unique identifier (OCLID):

5a0470815d96ff44a4190e2d

Sustainability data background information

EPD number:

4787940707.101.1

EPD program:

UL Environment

Publication year:

2017

Product category rules (PCR):

SCS PCR for Designated Steel Construction Products, SCS Global Services

Environmental standard:

ISO 14040

Verification status:

Third-party verified (as per ISO 14025)

Upstream database:

GaBi