2" Fabric Panel MEVAP

Declaration details

Manufacturer

CertainTeed Saint-Gobain

Program operator

Smart EPD

Declaration number

SmartEPD-2024-047-0214-01

Date of issue

December 4, 2024

Valid until

December 4, 2029

Product category rules (PCR)

UL Part B: Non-Metal Ceiling and Interior Wall Panels (version 2)

Standard

ISO 14025:2006 and ISO 21930:2017

Functional unit

0.093 m2 of product

System boundary

Cradle to gate with other options (A1 - A3, A4, A5, C1 - C4)

Product specificity

Product Specific

Manufacturing specificity

Facility Specific

Manufacturing plant

CertainTeed Architectural (61 Royal Group Crescent, Woodbridge, Vaughan, ON, Canada)

Product category

Finishes › CeilingPanel › AcousticalCeilings

Product service life

30 years

Verifier

Brandie Sebastian, John Beath Environmental LLC

LCA software

Sphera LCA for Experts (formerly GaBi) 10.8

Program instructions

Smart EPD General Program Instructions v.1.0, November 2022

Life cycle assessment results

Results per 0.093 m2 of product.

Environmental Impact Assessment Results

Resource Use Indicators

Waste and Output Flow Indicators

Carbon Emissions and Removals

ND = not declared. Life cycle modules: A1-A3 product stage, A4-A5 construction process, B use stage, C end of life, D benefits and loads beyond the system boundary.

Material composition

Hazardous substances

No substances required to be reported as hazardous are associated with the production of this product

Scenarios

Transport to the building site (A4)

Fuel type

Diesel

Vehicle type

Standard Freight Trailer

Transport distance

800 km

Capacity utilization

85%

Packaging mass

0.07 kg

End of life (C1-C4)

Recycling

0.1730 kg

Product or material for final disposal

0.4846 kg

Product description

Fiberglass acoustical ceiling panel that consists of a medium density core with a fabric finish. Additional features include:

• Custom fabricated.

• Available in various sizes, shapes, and finishes.

This product can also be in conjunction with the Decoustics’ Ceilencio mounting system. Please note that the Ceilencio mounting system was not included within the Life Cycle Assessment.

Please note that the values in the material composition section are presented as ranges to protect confidential business information.

Interpretation

Based on the results from the life cycle assessment, the life cycle impacts are strongly driven by the raw materials and manufacturing processes. These two stages account for nearly 98% of the entire Global Warming Potential (GWP) for the 2 Inch Fabric MEVAP product.

Since the manufacturing stage accounts for about 33% of the GWP, it would be recommended to increase energy efficiency to help reduce the overall impacts for the products. Within the manufacturing stage, natural gas consumption makes up nearly 90% of the impacts. Switching to renewable energy sources would be recommended to decrease the GWP impacts of manufacturing.

If possible, incorporating more recycled content, replacing virgin aluminum and fiberglass, into the product will help reduce the environmental impacts of the raw materials stage in the life cycle of the ceiling panels. As recycled content increases, the raw materials driving impacts will decrease, thus improving the overall environmental impacts. The aluminum and the fiberglass board were both the largest contributor to the raw material impacts for the ceiling product line. These materials were responsible for more than 90% of the environmental impact potentials in the global warming category. Fiberglass was also the leading raw material impact (up to 99%) within the Ozone Depletion Potential, Acidification Potential, Eutrophication Potential, Photochemical Oxidant Creation Potential, and Abiotic Resource Depletion of fossil energy resources impact categories for all products. We take great measure to ensure that we are choosing the most updated dataset, but also want to outline where we had to use older datasets for this LCA. For example, the fiberglass duct board dataset is currently more than 10 years old. We are currently waiting for the newest industry version to be integrated within Sphera.