Carbozinc 859 VOC

Declaration details

Manufacturer

Carboline

Program operator

Smart EPD

Declaration number

SmartEPD-2024-037-0178-01.1

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 plant

Carboline - Lake Charles (2425 Fruge Street, Lake Charles, LA, USA)

Product category

Finishes › PaintingAndCoating › PaintByArea

Product SKU

04810300904D

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

2-PIPERAZIN-1-YLETHYLAMINE (140-31-8)

BENZYL ALCOHOL (100-51-6)

BISPHENOL A EPOXY RESIN (25068-38-6)

EPOXY RESIN (25036-25-3)

ISOPROPANOL (67-63-0)

METHYLENEOXIDE, POLYMER WITH BENZENAMINE HYDROGENATED (135108-88-2)

MODIFIED UREA-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN (PROPRIETARY)

N-BUTANOL (71-36-3)

PARACHLOROBENZO TRIFLUORIDE (98-56-6)

POLYSTYRENE (9003-53-6)

TERT-BUTYL ACETATE (540-88-5)

TOLUENE (108-88-3)

TRIS-2,4,6-(DIMETHYLAMINOMETHYL) PHENOL (90-72-2)

ZINC (DUST OR FUME) (7440-66-6)

ZINC OXIDE (1314-13-2)

Scenarios

Transport to the building site (A4)

Fuel type

Diesel

Vehicle type

Truck and Trailer

Transport distance

3.163e+03

Capacity utilization

33%

Weight of products transported

4.834e-01

Packaging mass

5.113e-02

End of life (C1-C4)

Collected separately

0.05113 kg

Collected with mixed construction waste

0.4834 kg

Recycling

0.01738 kg

Landfill

0.4351 kg

Incineration

0.04834 kg

Product description

Ultra-low VOC organic zinc epoxy steel primer with extremely fast cure-to-topcoat characteristics for in-shop applications and quick turnaround requirements in the field. Carbozinc 859 VOC has less than 100 g/l VOC (thinned) and can be used in virtually all industrial markets.

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.