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General comment General requirements and guidelines concerning the use of generic and specific data and the quality of those are as described in
EN 15804: 2012+A1:2013, clause 6.3.6 and 6.3.7., including ISO14044:2006, 4.2.3.6. The data is representative according to
temporal, geographical and technological requirements. Databases used have been ecoinvent v3.6. Upstream steel data provided
by suppliers. Calculations have been carried out using Simapro v9.
Temporal:
Data for use in module A3 is supplied by the EPD owner and consists of recorded and calculated amounts of specific material and
energy consumption. Specific data has been collected for 2019. Generic data has been created or updated within the last 10 years.
Any exceptions are documented in the LCA-report.
Geographical:
The product included in this EPD is manufactured in Denmark and Latvia and is representative for the intended market. Best
available proximations are used where country specific data are unavailable.
Technological:
Data represents technology in use.
The allocation is made in accordance with the provisions of EN 15804. Production activities, energy, water and waste production inhouse is allocated equally among all products through mass allocation. Effects of primary production of recycled materials allocated
to the main product in which the material was used. The recycling process and transportation of the material is allocated to this
analysis.
All major raw materials and all the essential energy is included. The production process for raw materials and energy flows that are
included with very small amounts (<1% energy, mass, impact) are not included. This cut-off rule does not apply for hazardous
materials and substances.
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