Rubber Wall Base & Accessories

Declaration details

Manufacturer

Roppe Corporation, USA

Program operator

Smart EPD

Declaration number

SmartEPD-2025-079-0574-01

Date of issue

August 26, 2025

Valid until

August 26, 2030

Product category rules (PCR)

Smart EPD® Part A Product Category Rules for Building and Construction Products and Services, 1000, v1.2 (version 1.2)

Standard

ISO 14025:2006 and ISO 21930:2017

Functional unit

1 m 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

Roppe Plant (1602 North Union Street, Fostoria, OH, USA)

Product category

Finishes › WallFinishes

Verifier

Mari Kirss

LCA software

openLCA 2.4

Program instructions

Smart EPD General Program Instructions v.2.0, March 2025

Life cycle assessment results

Results per 1 m 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 regulated hazardous or dangerous substances are included in this product.

Scenarios

Transport to the building site (A4)

Fuel type

Diesel

Vehicle type

Diesel Truck

Transport distance

755 km

Weight of products transported

0.503 kg

Packaging mass

0.054 kg

End of life (C1-C4)

Collected separately

0.503 kg

Landfill

0.503 kg

Product or material for final disposal

0.503 kg

Product description

This Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) covers Pinnacle Rubber Base, Pinnacle Plus Wall Base, and a range of Rubber Accessories manufactured by Roppe in Fostoria, Ohio. These resilient rubber products are used at the intersection of wall and floor surfaces in commercial and residential buildings, where they provide protection against impact, abrasion, and routine cleaning activities.

The Pinnacle and Pinnacle Plus wall base lines are offered in various profiles, heights, and thicknesses, including cove and straight (no-toe) designs, with heights ranging from 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) to 6 inches (15.2 cm). Products are supplied in tiles, planks, and rolls, depending on the specific profile. Rubber Accessories included in this EPD comprise trims, moldings, transitions, reducers, edge guards, thresholds, adapters, corner guards, cove caps, welding beads, and stair nosings.

All products covered in this EPD are manufactured from synthetic rubber through a vulcanization process and do not contain PVC, phthalates, or Red List chemicals. They meet stringent indoor air quality criteria, including FloorScore® certification and compliance with the CDPH Standard Method v1.2 (California Section 01350). These products also contribute to LEED v4/4.1 and CHPS requirements and qualify under American-made product provisions.

This EPD includes a table of nominal dimensions and corresponding weights per meter for each profile covered, along with multiplication factors to calculate life cycle impacts for individual product configurations. While LCA results are based on a declared unit of 1 meter of average product, profile-specific results can be derived using these published multipliers.

All products meet or exceed applicable performance standards, including ASTM F1861 for resilient wall base, ASTM E648 Class I for critical radiant flux, ASTM E662 for smoke density, and ASTM E84 Class B for flammability.

Interpretation

The largest sources of impact are raw materials (A1), followed by manufacturing (A3), for all indicators other than GWPbiogenic. Raw material (A1) impacts come primarily from SBR (styrene butadiene rubber), as well as kaolin and titanium dioxide consumption. Manufacturing (A3) impacts are driven by electricity and natural gas consumption. For GWPbiogenic, disposal (C4) is the largest contributor due to the landfilling impacts.