Environmental Product Declaration

Natural Wood Fibre Sound Deadening panels

Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for Natural Wood Fibre Sound Deadening panels, manufactured by BP Canada. Declaration SmartEPD-2025-080-0576-01.1, prepared according to UL Part B: Building Envelope Thermal Insulation Products, valid until September 5, 2030.

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Functional unit: 1 m2 of product of material with RSI = 1m2K/W
Valid until: September 5, 2030
PCR: UL Part B: Building Envelope Thermal Insulation Products

Declaration details

Manufacturer: BP Canada
Program operator: Smart EPD
Declaration number: SmartEPD-2025-080-0576-01.1
Date of issue: September 5, 2025
Valid until: September 5, 2030
Product category rules (PCR): UL Part B: Building Envelope Thermal Insulation Products (version 3)
Standard: ISO 14025:2006 and ISO 21930:2017
Functional unit: 1 m2 of product of material with RSI = 1m2K/W
System boundary: Cradle to gate with other options (A1 - A3, A4, A5, C1 - C4)
Product specificity: Product Specific
Manufacturing specificity: Facility Specific
Manufacturing plant: BP Canada (420 Dupont Street, Pont-Rouge, Québec G3H 1S2, Canada)
Product category: ThermalMoistureProtection › Insulation
Product SKU: BSNAT8, BSNAT8USN / BSNAT85EXO, BSNAT85US, BSNAT85USN, BSN05485N, BSN05402
Product service life: 75 years
Verifier: Vijay Thakur, Individual Verifier
LCA software: Sphera LCA for Experts (formerly GaBi) 10.9
Program instructions: Smart EPD General Program Instructions v.2.0, March 2025

Life cycle assessment results

Results per 1 m2 of product of material with RSI = 1m2K/W.

Environmental Impact Assessment Results

Indicator	Unit	A1	A2	A3	A1-A3	A4	A5	C2	C4
GWP-total (incl biogenic)	kg CO2 eq	-1.57e+1	3.24e-1	6.52e+0	-8.82e+0	2.77e-1	3.90e-1	2.94e-2	2.08e+1
GWP-fossil	kg CO2 eq	8.15e-1	3.24e-1	6.57e+0	7.71e+0	2.77e-1	3.57e-1	2.94e-2	4.31e+0
ODP	kg CFC 11 eq	1.11e-8	1.21e-11	3.56e-8	4.67e-8	1.03e-11	5.77e-12	1.10e-12	9.53e-15
AP	kg SO2 eq	6.16e-3	2.14e-3	4.24e-3	1.25e-2	1.64e-3	2.62e-3	1.74e-4	2.01e-2
EP	kg N eq	5.64e-3	1.21e-4	5.42e-4	6.31e-3	9.08e-5	3.98e-4	9.65e-6	7.16e-3
POCP	kg O3 eq	1.59e-3	5.11e-5	2.58e-4	1.89e-3	4.17e-5	4.73e-5	4.43e-6	2.90e-4
ADP-fossil	MJ	1.13e+0	5.65e-1	1.31e+1	1.47e+1	4.83e-1	3.52e-1	5.13e-2	3.91e-1

Resource Use Indicators

Indicator	Unit	A1	A2	A3	A1-A3	A4	A5	C2	C4
RPRE	MJ	1.07e+2	0	5.04e+1	1.58e+2	0	2.12e+0	0	3.74e-1
RPRM	MJ	1.59e+2	0	7.49e+1	2.34e+2	0	3.15e+0	0	5.56e-1
RPRT	MJ	2.66e+2	0	1.25e+2	3.91e+2	0	5.27e+0	0	9.30e-1
NRPRE	MJ	1.21e+1	4.11e+0	8.93e+1	1.05e+2	3.51e+0	2.64e+0	3.73e-1	3.01e+0
NRPRM	MJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NRPRT	MJ	1.21e+1	4.11e+0	8.93e+1	1.05e+2	3.51e+0	2.64e+0	3.73e-1	3.01e+0
ADP-fossil	MJ	ND	ND	ND	0	0	0	0	0
SM	kg	8.85e+0	0	0	8.85e+0	0	0	0	0
RSF	MJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NRSF	MJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	m3	8.22e-2	0	2.91e-1	3.73e-1	0	5.91e-3	0	8.39e-4

Waste and Output Flow Indicators

Indicator	Unit	A1	A3	A1-A3	A5	C3	C4
HWD	kg	3.91e-10	3.51e-8	3.55e-8	1.20e-9	0	7.44e-10
NHWD	kg	2.21e-4	4.25e-2	4.27e-2	3.21e-1	0	7.99e+0
HLRW	kg	1.80e-8	2.90e-7	3.08e-7	1.50e-8	0	3.58e-8
ILLRW	kg	1.51e-5	2.46e-4	2.61e-4	1.27e-5	0	3.20e-5
CRU	kg	0	0	0	0	0	0
MFR	kg	0	0	0	0	0	0
MER	kg	0	0	0	0	6.44e-1	0
MNER	kg	0	0	0	0	0	0
EEE	MJ	0	0	0	0	0	0
EET	MJ	0	0	0	0	0	0

Carbon Emissions and Removals

Indicator	Unit	A1	A3	A1-A3	A5	C4
BCRP	kg CO2	-1.65e+1	0	-1.65e+1	0	0
BCEP	kg CO2	0	0	0	0	1.65e+1
BCRK	kg CO2	0	-8.00e-2	-8.00e-2	0	0
BCEK	kg CO2	0	0	0	8.00e-2	0
BCEW	kg CO2	0	0	0	0	0
CCE	kg CO2	0	0	0	0	0
CCR	kg CO2	0	0	0	0	0
CWNR	kg CO2	0	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

Product composition
Material/Component Category	Origin	% Mass
Wood	Confidential	88.00-98.00
Starch	Confidential	2.00-4.00
Wax	Confidential	0.00-1.00
Additives	Confidential	0.00-1.00

Packaging
Packaging material	Origin	Mass (kg)
Plastic Bag	Confidential	2.00E-02
WoodFiber Strips	Confidential	9.60E-02
Strapping	Confidential	3.00E-03
Wood Plank	Confidential	3.10E-02

Biogenic carbon
Biogenic carbon content	kg C per m2
Biogenic carbon content in product	4.49
Biogenic carbon content in accompanying packaging	0.014

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: Diesel Powered truck/Trailer
Transport distance: 800 km
Capacity utilization: 85%
Packaging mass: 0.150 kg

End of life (C1-C4)

Recycling: 0.64 kg
Landfill: 8.56 kg
Product or material for final disposal: 9.20 kg

Product description

Natural wood fiber sound deadening panels are composed of interlocking wood fibres impregnated with a water-repellent petroleum wax emulsion that imparts a high resistance to water absorption. These natural panels provide excellent noise control properties as well as thermal resistance.

Interpretation

To fully understand the results of the life cycle assessment, it is crucial to comprehensively review and ensure completeness, sensitivity, and consistency. The completeness check ensures that all relevant processes, inputs, and outputs are considered in the LCA. This study carefully examined key stages such as raw materials, raw material transportation, and manufacturing, and found no significant data gaps. The sensitivity check supported these findings by exploring the impacts of varying natural gas consumption by ±10%, showing that changes in natural gas usage could reduce environmental impacts. A consistency check was also performed to ensure that the assumptions, data sources, and methodologies used in the LCA were applied consistently and aligned with the study's goals. These checks validate the reliability of the LCA findings and emphasize the significant impact of manufacturing processes, energy efficiency, raw material selection, and end-of-life considerations on the overall environmental performance of the products studied

The results of the life cycle assessment indicate that the manufacturing process, end of life and raw material phases have the most significant impacts on the environmental performance of the product under study. More than 40% of the overall global warming potential is attributed to the manufacturing process. The majority of the manufacturing impacts are due to the use of natural gas, which contributes to 95% of the manufacturing impacts.

Improving energy efficiency at the manufacturing facility in Pont Rouge, QC would help to reduce the overall environmental impacts for all product groupings. Moreover, the sensitivity analysis of the natural gas impacts at ±10% of the current manufacturing model provides valuable insights into the influence of energy inputs on the environmental impact intensity of wood fiber panels production. The results indicate that reducing natural gas consumption by 10% could achieve a more significant decrease in overall environmental impact potentials. These findings underscore the importance of prioritizing natural gas efficiency improvements to achieve more substantial environmental benefits in wood fiber panels production.

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.