Aluminium brackets & profiles
We developed an Environmental Product Declaration for a manufacturer of aluminium brackets and profiles, covering raw materials through to end of life and quantifying the recycling benefits in Module D, a material category where end-of-life recovery has a substantial effect on declared impacts.
- ISO 14025
- EN 15804+A2
Scope: Cradle-to-gate with options · Functional unit: 1 kg of installed aluminium bracket / profile
← All case studiesModules declared
Cradle-to-gate EPD with options. The core declaration covers the product stage (A1–A3), with transport and construction (A4 and A5) declared as options, alongside end of life (C1–C4) and the benefits beyond the system boundary (D). The use stage (B1–B7) is not declared, as an installed bracket or profile is inert in use. Primary aluminium production dominates the A1–A3 impact, while Module D captures the credit from recovering and recycling the metal at end of life, which is why recycled content and recovery rates materially change the declared result.
Product (A1–A3)
- A1
- A2
- A3
Construction (A4–A5)
- A4
- A5
Use (B1–B7)
- B1
- B2
- B3
- B4
- B5
- B6
- B7
End of life (C1–C4)
- C1
- C2
- C3
- C4
Beyond (D)
- D
How the assessment flows
Trace the life cycle to follow each declared stage in turn, or focus any stage to see the modules and components it covers. Greyed stages are not declared in this study.
- A1
- A2
- A3
Raw materials & manufacturing
- A4
Transport to site
Declared in this study.
- A5
Construction process
- B1
- B2
- B3
Use stage
Not declared
- C1
- C2
- C3
- C4
End of life
Declared in this study.
- D
Beyond the boundary
Declared in this study.
The challenge
The manufacturer needed a credible declaration for specifiers and building-envelope tenders, and, in a metal where recycling matters enormously, an honest, verifiable account of the Module D recovery benefit rather than an optimistic headline.
Our approach
We modelled primary and recycled aluminium inputs, alloying, surface treatment and fabrication to the relevant PCR, declared A1–A5 and C1–C4, and quantified the Module D recycling credit on a transparent basis, then took the EPD through independent verification.
The outcome
A published EPD that specifiers can compare and that represents the recycling benefit defensibly, supporting the client in tenders where embodied carbon is increasingly scored.
How it was done
- ISO 14025
- EN 15804+A2
- ServiceEPD
- ScopeCradle-to-gate with options
- Functional unit1 kg of installed aluminium bracket / profile
- Software & dataSimaPro with the Ecoinvent database
- PCRPCR 2019:14
- Programme operatorEPD International
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