Environmental Product Declaration
Vinyl Wall Base & Accessories
Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for Vinyl Wall Base & Accessories, manufactured by Flexco Floors. Declaration SmartEPD-2025-085-0597-01, prepared according to Smart EPD® Part A Product Category Rules for Building and Construction Products and Services, 1000, v1.2, valid until September 11, 2030.
- Declared unit
- 1 m of product
- Valid until
- September 11, 2030
- PCR
- Smart EPD® Part A Product Category Rules for Building and Construction Products and Services, 1000, v1.2
Declaration details
- Manufacturer
- Flexco Floors
- Program operator
- Smart EPD
- Declaration number
- SmartEPD-2025-085-0597-01
- Date of issue
- September 11, 2025
- Valid until
- September 11, 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
- Declared 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
- Flexco Corporation (1401 East 6th Street, Tuscumbia, AL, USA)
- Product category
- Finishes › Flooring › WallBase
- Verifier
- Mari Kirss
- LCA software
- openLCA 2.4
- Program instructions
- Smart EPD General Program Instructions v.1.0, November 2022
Life cycle assessment results
Results per 1 m of product.
Environmental Impact Assessment Results
| Indicator | Unit | A1-A3 | A4 | A5 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWP-total | kg CO2 eq | 1.18e+0 | 1.05e-1 | 3.44e-1 | 0 | 2.36e-2 | 0 | 4.95e-1 |
| GWP-fossil | kg CO2 eq | 1.33e+0 | 1.05e-1 | 3.21e-1 | 0 | 2.36e-2 | 0 | 2.59e-2 |
| GWP-biogenic | kg CO2 eq | -1.89e-1 | 2.02e-5 | 2.09e-2 | 0 | 1.62e-6 | 0 | 4.69e-1 |
| GWP-luluc | kg CO2 eq | 3.78e-2 | 4.97e-5 | 2.37e-3 | 0 | 2.33e-6 | 0 | 7.29e-6 |
| ODP | kg CFC 11 eq | 1.29e-7 | 1.42e-9 | 1.55e-8 | 0 | 3.82e-10 | 0 | 1.84e-10 |
| AP | kg SO2 eq | 5.04e-3 | 7.04e-4 | 1.38e-3 | 0 | 1.14e-4 | 0 | 8.53e-5 |
| EP-marine | kg N eq | 4.09e-3 | 8.42e-4 | 8.00e-4 | 0 | 1.40e-4 | 0 | 4.11e-4 |
| POCP | kg O3 eq | 8.81e-2 | 2.06e-2 | 1.83e-2 | 0 | 3.43e-3 | 0 | 1.38e-3 |
Resource Use Indicators
| Indicator | Unit | A1-A3 | A4 | A5 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RPRE | MJ | 4.76e+0 | 2.88e-2 | 4.50e-1 | 0 | 1.32e-3 | 0 | 5.10e-3 |
| RPRM | MJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RPRT | MJ | 4.76e+0 | 2.88e-2 | 4.50e-1 | 0 | 1.32e-3 | 0 | 5.10e-3 |
| NRPRE | MJ | 2.19e+1 | 1.38e+0 | 5.36e+0 | 0 | 3.04e-1 | 0 | 1.63e-1 |
| NRPRM | MJ | 1.53e-1 | 0 | 6.90e-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NRPRT | MJ | 2.20e+1 | 1.38e+0 | 5.37e+0 | 0 | 3.04e-1 | 0 | 1.63e-1 |
| ADP-fossil | MJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SM | kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RSF | MJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NRSF | MJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | m3 | 1.95e+1 | 1.35e+0 | 4.99e+0 | 0 | 3.02e-1 | 0 | 1.56e-1 |
| RE | MJ | 4.04e-2 | 1.21e-4 | 2.85e-3 | 0 | 6.30e-6 | 0 | 3.06e-5 |
Waste and Output Flow Indicators
| Indicator | Unit | A1-A3 | A4 | A5 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HWD | kg | 2.35e-4 | 9.21e-6 | 9.90e-5 | 0 | 2.13e-6 | 0 | 1.02e-6 |
| NHWD | kg | 1.71e-1 | 4.62e-2 | 6.79e-2 | 0 | 1.44e-3 | 0 | 5.13e-1 |
| HLRW | kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILLRW | kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CRU | kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MFR | kg | 1.38e-2 | 0 | 3.58e-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EEE | MJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carbon Emissions and Removals
| Indicator | Unit | A1-A3 | A4 | A5 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCRP | kg CO2 | -2.16e-1 | 0 | -2.99e-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BCEP | kg CO2 | 0 | 0 | 2.99e-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.16e-1 |
| BCRK | kg CO2 | -7.63e-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BCEK | kg CO2 | 0 | 0 | 7.63e-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
| Material/Component Category | Origin | % Mass |
|---|---|---|
| Binder | United States | 21-27 |
| Filler | United States | 50-62 |
| Additive | Various | 10-18 |
| Pigment | Various | 1-3 |
| Packaging material | Origin | Mass (kg) |
|---|---|---|
| Corrugated cardboard | United States | 0.039 |
| Polyethylene wrap | United States | 0.001 |
| Pallet (wood) | United States | 0.013 |
| Biogenic carbon content | kg C per m |
|---|---|
| Biogenic carbon content in product | 0.216 |
| Biogenic carbon content in accompanying packaging | 0.095 |
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
- 0.512 kg
- Packaging mass
- 0.056 kg
End of life (C1-C4)
- Collected separately
- 0.512 kg
- Landfill
- 0.512 kg
- Product or material for final disposal
- 0.512 kg
Product description
This Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) covers Flexco Vinyl Wall Base and Vinyl Accessories, which are manufactured in Tuscumbia, Alabama. These products provide resilient, durable solutions for finishing and protecting floor-to-wall and edge transitions in commercial interiors.
Flexco Vinyl Wall Base is offered in both 1/8" (3.2 mm) and 2 mm (0.080") thicknesses and is available in cove (toe) and no-toe profiles. It is supplied in 2½", 4", 4½", and 6" heights, in either 48-inch lengths or 120-foot coils. Vinyl Wall Base products are classified as ASTM F1861 Type TV, Group 2, Styles A & B. The product meets Class A flammability and smoke development requirements under ASTM E84, E648, and E662.
Flexco Vinyl Accessories encompass a broad range of resilient molding and trim products, including transitions, reducers, edge guards, stair nosings, thresholds, cove caps, corner guards, leveling systems, and welding beads. These accessories are designed to complement resilient flooring installations, provide protection at edges and junctions, and ensure safe transitions between floor coverings. Accessories meet Class B performance under ASTM E84 and demonstrate Class I radiant flux under ASTM E648. As with wall base products, they are designed for indoor use and are compatible with in-floor radiant heating systems.
Both Vinyl Wall Base and Vinyl Accessories contribute to LEED v4 and v4.1 and are certified under FloorScore®, NSF/ANSI 332 Level 1, and USDA BioPreferred programs. All products meet low-emitting material requirements under California Section 01350 and CHPS criteria, 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. The environmental impact results of products in this document are based on a declared unit and therefore do not provide sufficient information to establish comparisons. The results shall not be used for comparisons without knowledge of how the physical properties of the product impact the precise function at the construction level. The environmental impact results shall be converted to a functional unit basis before any comparison is attempted.
Interpretation
The largest source of impact is raw material extraction (A1), followed by manufacturing (A3) and assembly (A5) for all indicators other than GWPbiogenic. Raw material (A1) impacts come primarily from PVC (polyvinyl chloride) and bio-based plasticizer. Manufacturing (A3) impacts are driven by electricity and natural gas consumption. Assembly/installation (A5) impacts come from adhesive use. For GWPbiogenic, disposal (C4) is the largest contributor due to the landfilling impacts.
LCIA results are relative expressions and do not predict impacts on category endpoints, the exceeding of thresholds, safety margins or risks. EPDs are comparable only when they follow the same PCR, functional unit and system boundary. The full EPD (PDF) contains the methodology, scenario assumptions and verification statement.