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General comment The clothing rack and the shoe rack are furniture used as storage in buildings such as housing and offices, often placed in the entrance for coats, hats and shoes.
In this EPD the declared product group is clothing rack BB82 and shoe rack BB82 with the declared unit 1 piece clothing rack of 1 meter. They consist of the following parts: galvanized steel pipes, lacquered steel consoles at both ends and in between. The clothing rack is equipped with steel hooks. The racks are available in different lengths, from 490 mm up to 5000 mm. The lenghts increase gradually by 100 mm, after a length of 3000 mm the increase is in steps of 500 mm.
This EPD refers to a worst case product which is the clothing rack. The amount of steel in the shoe rack is less. The products were grouped together since they are similar in material and application.
ComponentWeight %Steel consoles50Steel pipes39Steel hooks10Plastic stopper0.5Plastic bushing0.5
All data that is specific to the product and process was provided by the manufacturer for the operating year 2024 and is therefore up-to-date. The manufacturer and their production is located in Karlstad, Sweden.
Background data was taken from the Ecoinvent 3.9.1 database. The database is regularly checked and thus complies with the requirements of ISO 14040/44 (background data not older than 10 years). The background data meets the requirements of EN 15804.
The general rule was followed that specific data from specific production processes or average data derived from specific processes must be given priority when calculating an EPD or Life Cycle Assessment. Data for processes that the manufacturer cannot influence or choose, were backed up with generic data.
The scenarios included are currently in use and are representative for one of the most likely scenario alternatives. According to the criteria of the "UN Environmental Global Guidance on LCA database development" mentioned in EN 15804+A2, the data quality for all three representativeness categories (geographical, technical and time) can be described as good.
The following estimates and assumptions have been made for this EPD.
The racks are available in lengths between 490 mm and 5000 mm. Most of the components amounts (like pipes, hooks, plastic stoppers and bushings) increase proportionally. In these cases the amounts for one meter were determined. Where the amount of material doesn't increase proportionally (consoles) the biggest amount referring to 5 m was broken down to 1 m and thus determined the amount of consoles used for the declared unit 1 piece of 1 m (worst case material).
The energy per declared unit refers to the average amount of energy used for their total production in 2024. This is due to the fact that assembly is mainly done by hand. Energy use is minimal during the production of the clothing rack.
The averaged weight for one cardboard box has been used. The tape has been estimated based on the amount used for BB82, density of tape and sold BB82 units for 2024. The EUR-flat pallet use has been averaged to one clothing rack BB82. The averaged was calculated based on the total amount of pieces clothing rack that fits on the pallet.
The calculations have been performed in accordance with the “polluter pays” and “modularity” principles, as defined in EN 15804+A2. |
