Danfoss DEVIcell™ LowCarbon: Environmental Product Declaration

Introduction

This Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) follows the Product Category Rules (PCR): PCR 2019:14 construction products (EN 15804+A2) (1.3.4). These rules provide a consistent framework for calculating and reporting the environmental performance of Danfoss' heating cables and are aligned with relevant international standards, particularly ISO 14025:2006 and EN 15804+A2:2019.

An EPD is a document used to communicate transparently the quantified environmental impacts of a product over its lifecycle stages. This quantification is done by performing a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in line with a consistent set of rules known as a PCR (Product Category Rules).

An EPD provides:

• A product's carbon footprint together with other relevant environmental indicators, including air pollution, water use, energy consumption and waste, over its own life cycle (Modules A-C), as well as the expected benefits of reuse and recycling in reducing the impact of future products (Module D).
• Environmental data allowing customers to calculate LCAs and produce EPDs for their own products.

Type of EPD

This EPD is of the type 'cradle-to-gate with options' and includes all relevant modules: production (A1-A3), shipping (A4), deconstruction (C1), waste collection and transport (C2), treatment (C3) and disposal (C4). It also includes potential net benefits to future products from recycling or reusing post-consumer waste (D). The codes in brackets are the module labels from EN 15804+A2. Modules concerning use, maintenance, repair, replacement, refurbishment, operational energy use and operational water use (B1-B7) are not declared.

The target group for this EPD is B2B.

Programme Information

Programme: The International EPD® System, www.environdec.com

Programme operator: EPD International AB

Address: Box 210 60, SE-100 31 Stockholm, Sweden

Website: www.environdec.com

E-mail: info@environdec.com

Accountabilities for PCR, LCA and Independent, Third-Party Verification

Product Category Rules (PCR)

CEN standard EN 15804 serves as the Core Product Category Rules (PCR). Product Category Rules (PCR): PCR 2019:14 construction products (EN 15804+A2) (1.3.4), UN CPC 54631, Heating equipment installation services.

PCR review was conducted by: The Technical Committee of the International EPD® System. Chair: Claudia Peña. Contact via info@environdec.com.

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

LCA accountability: Jaka Jelenc, Danfoss Climate Solutions A/S.

Third-party verification

Independent third-party verification of the declaration and data, according to ISO 14025:2006, via EPD verification by accredited certification body.

Third-party verification: Odyssefs Papagiannidis, EPD Lead verifier on behalf of the Bureau Veritas Certification Sweden, an approved certification body accountable for the third-party verification. The certification body is accredited by SWEDAC with accreditation number 1236.

EPD Details

Programme: The International EPD® System, www.environdec.com

Programme operator: EPD international

EPD issued: 2025-05-27

Revision date: 2025-08-11

EPD expires: 2030-05-27

EPD registration number: IES-0022401

EPD author: Danfoss Climate Solutions A/S

EPD type: Cradle-to-gate with options (A4, A5, C1-C4 & D)

Declared unit: 1 unit of DEVIcell™ LowCarbon with packaging (1.60 kg)

Products included: DEVIcell™ LowCarbon (140F1130, 140F1131 & 140F1132)

Manufacturing Location: Horsens, Denmark

Use Location: EU

Application: Floor heating

Mass (declared unit): 1.60 kg with packaging

Mass (without packaging): 1.23 kg

Dimensions (H×W×D): 50 x 100 x 0.13 cm

Verification: External

Produced to: PCR 2019:14 construction products (EN 15804+A2) (1.3.4)

External verifier: Odyssefs Papagiannidis, EPD Lead verifier under Bureau Veritas Certification Sweden, accredited by SWEDAC accr. no. 1236.

Overview of LCA Study

DEVIcell™ LowCarbon is an energy-efficient system, which provides up to 20% extra energy saving through integrated thermal insulation. The DEVIcell™ LowCarbon Insulation plate is covered with aluminum and has readymade grooves for easy and fast installation of DEVIflex™ heating cables.

The full covering aluminum effect ensures faster reaction time and an even heat distribution for the top floor. DEVIcell™ LowCarbon is a special system for new floors installed on top of all existing floors or sub floors. The system can be installed on existing tiles, wooden floors, or concrete floors. The system can be used under nearly all types of floor surfaces.

See more information about DEVIcell™ Low Carbon on Danfoss product store.

Characteristics:

• Construction: Polystyrene with aluminium
• R value: 0.26 m² K/W, based on AD = 0.033 W/mK (EN 12667)
• Plate size: 50 x 100 cm
• Thickness: 13 mm
• Aluminium thickness: 0.8 mm
• Insulation: 12 mm fire retardant EPS
• Deformation strength: 250 kPa (EN826) at 10% compression (from >400 kPa)
• Max working temp: 80 °C

This EPD is calculated for 1 DEVIcell™ LowCarbon unit (1 unit is 1 plate). The product codes covered differ in the amount of plates: 140F1130 (10 plates), 140F1131 (4 plates) & 140F1132 (100 plates).

Intended market:

The intended market of this study is Norway. The baseline scenario involves the distribution, installation, and end-of-life in Norway.

Product Composition

Data quality

Data quality of the selected datasets is generally assessed as good and very good in terms of geographical, time and technology representativeness and applicability. Background data is from LCA for Experts database version 2024.2. Data for this LCA was collected during the period 1.1.2024 – 31.12.2024.

Allocation and cut-off criteria

The allocation is made in accordance with the provisions of EN 15804+A2. All major raw materials and all the essential energy are included. All hazardous materials and substances are considered in the inventory. Data sets within the system boundary are complete and fulfil the criteria for the exclusion of inputs and output criteria. No known material or energy flows were ignored, including those which fell below the limit of 1%. Accordingly, the total sum of input flows ignored is certainly less than 5% of the energy and mass applied.

Due to its low mass (0.008 kg per unit) and specific material unavailability in the LCA software database, glue is excluded from the study due to the cut-off criteria.

System Boundaries

The results in this EPD are split into life cycle modules following EN 15804 (Figure 1): production (A1-A3), distribution (A4), installation (A5) and the end of the product's life (C1-C4). Module D represents environmental benefits and loads that occur beyond the system boundary (i.e., in future products).

Production Steps (A1-A3)

1. Order Handling: Ensure that order specifications and agreements are correct.
2. Material - Purchase and logistic: Material: Coil 1040x0.8mm alu 1050.
3. Cut and Emboss: The coil is straightened, and the plate is cut and pressed.
4. Packing (Semi-Finished Products): Final inspection and packing of aluminum sheet on a pallet.
5. Completion Registration (Semi-Finished): Finished items are moved to storage.
6. Get Semi-Finished Products: Retrieve aluminum and polystyrene sheets from stock.
7. Glue the Two Parts Together: Glue aluminum and polystyrene sheets together using a glue robot.
8. Pack the Finished Parts: Pack the finished DEVIcell™ LowCarbon plates according to the packaging instructions.
9. Completion Registration (Finished): Finished items are moved to storage.

Product and packaging manufacture (A1-A3)

Final manufacturing occurs at an internal Danfoss facility in Denmark. The raw material is sourced from Europe. The facility is certified according to ISO 9001. Where waste generated on-site is recyclable, it is separated and recycled. For further information, see here. The manufacturing plant also uses GOs (Guarantees of Origin) for its electricity consumption (Wind powered electricity); the electricity consumption per unit was measured on site.

Note: 1 kg biogenic carbon is equivalent to 44/12 kg of CO2.

Shipping and Installation (A4-A5)

The intended market for DEVIcell™ LowCarbon is Norway. The assembly factory is in Horsens, Denmark, so 937 km by truck was used to represent the distance between the factory and the final customer in Oslo, Norway.

Module A5 includes disposal of packaging materials only; the benefits from e.g., energy recovered after plastic incineration are allocated to module D. The product is assumed to be installed by hand, and there is no loss of product during installation. Energy use in handheld tools during installation is not included as it falls under the cut-off criteria.

End-of-life (C1-C4)

The following end-of-life procedure has been applied:

• Manual dismantling is used to separate recyclable bulk materials, e.g. bulk metals and plastics.
• Shredding is used for the remaining parts, such as printed circuit board assemblies.
• Ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals and bulk plastics are recovered through recycling.
• The remaining materials go to either energy recovery or landfill.

In line with EN 15804+A2, only the 'net scrap' (i.e., the leftover recyclable materials remaining after inputs of recycled content required in the manufacturing phase are first satisfied) is used to calculate the benefits and loads beyond the system boundary (Module D).

The products do not contain any of the substances of very high concern (SVHC) regulated by the Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) or the Regulation No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament.

For this EPD, an average scenario with 50% of the product sent to recycling and 50% of the product sent to landfill (C3, C4, D) was used. This scenario is designed to represent an average end-of-life scenario and was chosen as it is assumed that it represents the majority of cases on average.

Scenarios described:

1. Recycling scenario: 100% of the product sent to recycling at the end-of-life, excluding fractions that cannot be recycled or incinerated (e.g., glass reinforcing in glass-filled plastics) and are sent to landfill. This scenario illustrates best-case performance, assuming a 100% collection rate and best available recycling technologies.
2. Landfill scenario: 100% of the product sent to landfill. This scenario assumes that the whole product, including its packaging, is landfilled, representing a poor end-of-life route where valuable resources are lost.

Benefits and loads beyond the system boundary (D)

Module D considers the net benefit of recycling (including energy recovery) of materials in the product and packaging, taking account of losses in the recycling process and the recycled material used in the production of the product. Module D covers the two end-of-life scenarios described above. It does not cover energy recovery from incineration since the process used in LCA for Experts has an efficiency below 60%. Therefore, the impacts of this process are reported in module C4 and no benefits are claimed in module D.

Environmental Performance

Results for module A1-A3 are specific to the product. All results from module A4 onwards should be considered as scenarios that represent one possible outcome. The true environmental performance of the product will depend on actual use.

The results in this section are relative expressions only and do not predict actual impacts, the exceeding of thresholds, safety margins, or risks. EPDs from others may not be comparable.

Carbon footprint

The total carbon footprint (GWPT), cradle-to-grave, of the product is 4.78E+00 kg CO2-eq (A1-C4). The carbon footprint (GWPT) of production of this product, cradle-to-gate, is 4.02E+00 kg CO2-eq (A1-A3).

Resource Use

Waste Categories and Output Flows

Additional Indicators

*Disclaimer for ADPE, ADPF, WDP, ETPfw, HTPc, HTPnc, SQP: The results of these environmental impact indicators shall be used with care as the uncertainties on these results are high or as there is limited experienced with the indicator.

**Disclaimer for ionizing radiation: This impact category deals mainly with the eventual impact of low dose ionizing radiation on human health of the nuclear fuel cycle. It does not consider effects due to possible nuclear accidents, occupational exposure nor due to radioactive waste disposal in underground facilities. Potential ionizing radiation from the soil, from radon and from some construction materials is also not measured by this indicator.

Annex 1: Product Codes and Calculation Example

This EPD covers 3 DEVIcell™ LowCarbon product codes, for different amounts of DEVIcell™ LowCarbon plates:

• 140F1130 (5m² 10pcs)
• 140F1131 (2m² 4pcs)
• 140F1132 (50m² 100pcs)

To calculate the environmental indicators from this EPD for a specific product code, multiply the results for a desired environmental indicator and LCA stage with the amount of pieces in each product code.

Example for 140F1130:

• GWPT (A1-A3) for 1 plate: 4.02E+00 kg CO2-eq
• GWPT (A1-A3) for 1 plate: 4.78E+00 kg CO2-eq
• GWPT (A1-A3) for code 10 plates: 10 x 4.02E+00 kg CO2-eq = 4.02E+01 kg CO2-eq
• GWPT (A1-A3) for code 10 plates: 10 x 4.78E+00 kg CO2-eq = 4.78E+01 kg CO2-eq

Version History

Original Version of the EPD: 2025-05-27

Revision 1: 2025-08-11. Differences versus the previously published version: Editorial changes, the product name was updated.

References

• CEN (2019). EN 15804:2012+A2:2019: Sustainability of construction works – Environmental product declarations – Core rules for the product category of construction products. Brussels, Belgium: European Committee for Standardization.
• PCR 2019:14 construction products (EN 15804+A2) (1.3.4)
• Danfoss (2022). Danfoss Product Category Rules: Environmental Product Declarations for Danfoss Products. Nordborg, Denmark: Danfoss A/S.
• ISO (2006a). ISO 14025:2006: Environmental labels and declarations – Type III environmental declarations – Principles and procedures. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Standardization.
• ISO (2006b). ISO 14040:2006: Environmental management – Life cycle assessment – Principles and framework. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Standardization.
• ISO (2006c). ISO 14044:2006: Environmental management – Life cycle assessment – Requirements and guidelines. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Standardization.

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