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Process Data set: ArmaFlex ACE Plus (en) en

Key Data Set Information
Location PL
Geographical representativeness description -
Reference year 2026
Name
ArmaFlex ACE Plus
Use advice for data set The life cycle analysis of the declared products covers “Product Stage” A1-A3, A4-A5, C1-C4+D modules in accordance with EN 15804+A2 and ITB PCR A v.1.6 (cradle to gate with options). Energy and water consumption, emissions as well as information on generated wastes were inventoried in each production site and were included in the calculation. It can be assumed that the total sum of omitted processes does not exceed 5% of all impact categories. In accordance with EN 15804+A2, machines and facilities (capital goods) required for the production as well as transportation of employees were not included in LCA.
Technical purpose of product or process ArmaFlex ACE Plus products (covered by this EPD) is an insulation material developed on the basis of closed cell elastomeric foam. It acts as an excellent barrier against condensation due to its high coefficient of resistance to water vapour diffusion. Also, it effectively reduces energy losses from installations and fittings because of its very low thermal conductivity. Insulation/protection of pipes, air ducts, vessels (including elbows, fittings, flanges, etc.) of air-conditioning, refrigeration and process equipment to prevent condensation and save energy as well as insulation of pipes in sanitary and heating applications. The technical specification of the product is listed in Table 1. ArmaFlex ACE Plus insulation range includes tubes, rolls (standard and self-adhesive) and self-adhesive tape. Production sites for ArmaFlex ACE Plus are: - Armacell Poland Sp. z o.o. ul. Targowa 2, 55-300 Sroda Slaska, Poland - Armacell GmbH Robert Bosh Strasse 10, 48161 Münster, Germany - Armacell Iberia S.L. c Can Magi n°1 Poligono Industrial Riera d’Esclanya, E-17213 Esclanya (Girona), Spain -
General comment on data set The data selected for LCA originate from ITB-LCI questionnaires completed by Armacell S.A. (of each manufacturing plant) and verified during input data audit. No data collected is older than five years and no generic datasets used are older than ten years. The representativeness, completeness, reliability, and consistency are judged as good. The background data for the processes come from the following resources database Ecoinvent v.3.11. The allocation rules used for this EPD are based on general ITB’s document PCR A. Production of the ArmaFlex ACE Plus based products is a direct process (as presented in Figure 2) conducted in the 3 manufacturing plants located in Poland, Germany and Spain. Input and output data from the production was inventoried and allocated to the production on the mass basis. The declaration covers a range of products. Their production resources and processing stages are basicly similar, so it is possible to average the production by product weight. Minimum 99.0% input materials and 100% energy consumption (electricity, gas, other) were inventoried in a processing plant and were included in the calculation. In the assessment, all significant parameters from gathered production data are considered, i.e. all material used per formulation, utilized thermal energy, and electric power consumption, direct production waste and available emission measurements. Tires consumption for transport was not considered. Substances with a percentage share of less than 0.1% of total mass were excluded from the calculations. The packaging products (wooden pallets, paper, foils) are included.
Copyright Yes
Owner of data set
Quantitative reference
Reference flow(s)
Biogenic carbon content
  • Carbon content (biogenic): 0.0 kg
  • Carbon content (biogenic) - packaging: 0.0 kg
Time representativeness
Data set valid until 2031
Time representativeness description "2026-03-06" - "2031-03-06"
Technological representativeness
Technology description including background system -

Indicators of life cycle

IndicatorDirectionUnit Raw material supply
A1
 Transport
A2
 Manufacturing
A3
 Transport
A4
 Installation
A5
 De-construction
C1
 Transport
C2
 Waste processing
C3
 Disposal
C4
 Recycling Potential
D
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 857
  • 0
  • 396
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 1.22E+3
  • 775
  • -735
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 1.54
  • 0.0533
  • 0.106
  • 0.0372
  • 0.000564
  • 0.000226
  • 0.00248
  • 21
  • 0.00178
  • -21
Input
  • 0.914
  • 0.000603
  • 0.00041
  • 0.00041
  • 0.00000285
  • 0.00000114
  • 0.0000273
  • 0.0000223
  • 0.0000334
  • -0.0000622
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0.000726
  • 0
  • -0.000726
Input
  • 2.48
  • 0.0145
  • 0.274
  • 0.014
  • 0.0186
  • 0.00745
  • 0.000931
  • 0.0742
  • -0.0732
  • -0.0769
Output
  • 14.3
  • 0.165
  • 2.71
  • 0.125
  • 0.0503
  • 0.0201
  • 0.00831
  • 0.313
  • 0.00871
  • 0.34
Output
  • 571
  • 3.35
  • 201
  • 2.21
  • 3.39
  • 1.36
  • 0.147
  • 27.3
  • 98.4
  • 27.6
Output
  • 0.00351
  • 0.000034
  • 0.00202
  • 0.00000829
  • 9.74E-7
  • 3.9E-7
  • 5.53E-7
  • 0.000441
  • 0.00000122
  • 0.000447
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0.116
  • 0.00246
  • 0.0396
  • 0.000344
  • 0.0000436
  • 0.0000174
  • 0.0000229
  • 0.0166
  • 0.0000833
  • 0.017
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

IndicatorUnit Raw material supply
A1
 Transport
A2
 Manufacturing
A3
 Transport
A4
 Installation
A5
 De-construction
C1
 Transport
C2
 Waste processing
C3
 Disposal
C4
 Recycling Potential
D
Abiotic depletion potential - fossil resources (ADPF)
  • 3.15E+3
  • 116
  • 994
  • 111
  • 6.49
  • 2.6
  • 7.4
  • 1.1E+2
  • 4.93
  • -286
Abiotic depletion potential - non-fossil resources (ADPE)
  • 0.00247
  • 0.0000248
  • 0.000038
  • 0.0000265
  • 1.55E-7
  • 6.2E-8
  • 0.00000177
  • 0.0000596
  • 4.99E-7
  • -0.0000622
Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP)
  • 0.931
  • 0.0566
  • 0.202
  • 0.0304
  • 0.00435
  • 0.00174
  • 0.00202
  • 0.612
  • 0.00158
  • -0.0579
Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer (ODP)
  • 0.00000492
  • 1.61E-7
  • 0.00000182
  • 0.00000173
  • 2.26E-9
  • 9.04E-10
  • 1.15E-7
  • 46.8
  • 5.72E-9
  • -3.97E-7
Eutrophication potential - freshwater (EP-freshwater)
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Eutrophication potential - marine (EP-marine)
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Eutrophication potential - terrestrial (EP-terrestrial)
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Global Warming Potential - biogenic (GWP-biogenic)
  • -7.68
  • 0.00434
  • 1.78
  • 0.0256
  • 0.00111
  • 0.000443
  • 0.0017
  • 8.86
  • 0.00169
  • -1.18
Global Warming Potential - fossil fuels (GWP-fossil)
  • 161
  • 8.41
  • 50.9
  • 7.48
  • 0.411
  • 0.164
  • 0.499
  • 35.1
  • 2.37
  • -19.6
Global Warming Potential - land use and land use change (GWP-luluc)
  • 0.192
  • 0.00298
  • 0.0874
  • 0.00294
  • 0.0000643
  • 0.0000257
  • 0.000196
  • 0.0114
  • 0.000127
  • -0.0118
Global Warming Potential - total (GWP-total)
  • 162
  • 8.41
  • 52.8
  • 7.51
  • 0.411
  • 0.164
  • 0.501
  • 44
  • 2.37
  • -19.8
Global warming potential except emissions and uptake of biogenic carbon (GWP-IOBC/GHG)
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP)
  • 0.636
  • 0.061
  • 0.0982
  • 0.0306
  • 0.00154
  • 0.000618
  • 0.00204
  • 0.825
  • 0.00279
  • -0.0349
Water (user) deprivation potential (WDP)
  • 103
  • 0.531
  • 10.2
  • 0.513
  • 0.124
  • 0.0496
  • 0.0342
  • 2.74
  • 0.0234
  • -2.62

IndicatorUnit Raw material supply
A1
 Transport
A2
 Manufacturing
A3
 Transport
A4
 Installation
A5
 De-construction
C1
 Transport
C2
 Waste processing
C3
 Disposal
C4
 Recycling Potential
D
1This impact category deals mainly with the eventual impact of low dose ionizing radiation on human health of the nuclear fuel cycle. It does not consider effects due to possible nuclear accidents, occupational exposure nor due to radioactive waste disposal in underground facilities. Potential ionizing radiation from the soil, from radon and from some construction materials is also not measured by this indicator.
2The results of this environmental impact indicator shall be used with care as the uncertainties on these results are high or as there is limited experiences with the indicator.
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems (ETP-fw) 2
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - cancer effects (HTP-c) 2
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - non-cancer effects (HTP-nc) 2
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Potential Human exposure efficiency relative to U235 (IRP) 1
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Potential Soil quality index (SQP) 2
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Potential incidence of disease due to PM emissions (PM) 2
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0