Carbothane 133 LH

Declaration details

Manufacturer

Carboline

Program operator

Smart EPD

Declaration number

SmartEPD-2024-037-0174-01.1

Date of issue

October 24, 2024

Valid until

October 24, 2029

Product category rules (PCR)

NSF PCR for Architectural Coatings (version 1)

Standard

ISO 14025:2006 and ISO 21930:2007

Functional unit

1 m2 of product of covered and protected substrate for 60 years per coat, reference flow depends on service life

System boundary

Cradle to grave (A1 - A3, A4, A5, B1 - B7, C1 - C4)

Product specificity

Product Specific

Manufacturing specificity

Facility Specific

Manufacturing plants

Carboline - Green Bay, WI (2122 Angie Ave, Green Bay, WI 54302, USA); Carboline - Lake Charles (2425 Fruge Street, Lake Charles, LA, USA)

Product category

Finishes › PaintingAndCoating › PaintByArea

Product SKU

8837WITE94MD

Product service life

60 years

Verifier

Ranjani Theregowda, Smart EPD LLC

LCA software

SimaPro 9.5

Program instructions

Smart EPD General Program Instructions v.1.0, November 2022

Life cycle assessment results

Results per 1 m2 of product of covered and protected substrate for 60 years per coat, reference flow depends on service life.

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

AMORPHOUS SILICA (108-88-3)

CARBON BLACK (1333-86-4)

METHYL N-AMYL KETONE (110-43-0)

MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICA (14808-60-7)

TITANIUM DIOXIDE (13463-67-7)

TOLUENE (108-88-3)

HOMOPOLYMER OF HDI (28182-81-2)

N-BUTYL ACETATE (123-86-4)

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (64742-95-6)

HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE (822-06-0)

METHYL ETHYL KETONE (78-93-3)

Scenarios

Transport to the building site (A4)

Fuel type

Diesel

Vehicle type

Truck and Trailer

Transport distance

1.986e+03

Capacity utilization

33%

Weight of products transported

2.693e-01

Packaging mass

2.038e-02

End of life (C1-C4)

Collected separately

0.02038 kg

Collected with mixed construction waste

0.2693 kg

Recycling

0.00693 kg

Landfill

0.2424 kg

Incineration

0.02693 kg

Product description

High build, low sheen finish that has excellent resistance to corrosion, chemicals and abrasion. Suitable for application over a number of Carboline primers and intermediates, this material provides very good weathering performance in a broad range of colors.

Interpretation

The manufacturing of Carboline's products involves the direct procurement of raw materials from suppliers. These materials are then transported to Carboline's manufacturing facilities in Green Bay, WI, Dayton, NV, and Lake Charles, LA where they are stored and mixed to produce the coatings.

At the application site, coatings are spray or brush applied to various exterior steel structural components to add a protective barrier to the steel substrate. The use stage (stage 3) has a smaller contribution to the overall life cycle performance.

For the analysis, It was assumed that Carboline's coatings require one initial coating application and multiple recoats to achieve the recommended service life of 60 years, aligning with the building's life cycle. The results were presented per one square meter of covered and protected substrate at a recommended coating thickness.

The greatest contribution can be found in the use and maintenance stage due to the effect of the required repaints that will multiply the contribution of the product and design & construction stages together with the product application by the required number of recoats.

For one single recoat, production stage, has the highest impact across all impact categories due mainly to the manufacture and transport of raw material, with some contribution of the manufacturing stage. At the application site, coatings are spray or brush applied to various exterior steel structural components to add a protective barrier to the steel substrate. This activity has a smaller contribution to the overall life cycle performance. End-of-life impacts are generally limited because most of the product is assumed to be landfilled, although impacts accumulate at each successive recoating.

Given that the raw materials used in product manufacturing have the most significant impact, there are opportunities to substitute these materials with alternatives that have a lower environmental impact or to work with suppliers in order to reduce impact along the supply chain.