Environmental Product Declaration ISO 14025

Thermoshield Thermoshield Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian owned and operated company producing Thermoshield Liquid Thermal Insulation for taming extreme indoor heat conditions with improved ambient temperatures in commercial buildings, industrial equipment, homes, trucks and silos. Thermoshield Liquid Thermal Insulation is proudly Australian made.Thermoshield is ISO-9001 and ISO 14001 Certified.

The EVAH Institute: Environmental Product Declarations EPD 2010:14 approved 01.05.2010 according to ISO14025, § 8.1.3 Valid to 01/05/2013

Embodied Co2-e100 1.1 kg/m2

Embodied Energy 23 MJ/m2

Town Water Use 2.6 l/m2

Toxics to Air - CO, HF, Pb, H2S, metals etc <6.0 g/m2

Toxic Effluent - Phenol, H+, F-, metals etc <150 mg/m2

Regulated Waste <8.0 g/m2

FUNCTIONAL UNIT: Coating of 0.5l/m2 ThermoShield Insulation for 10 years. (see also “Additional information”)

SCOPE OF ASSESSMENT: This declaration covers environmental impacts from raw material extraction to application.

EXCLUSIONS: It excludes product use, maintenance and disposal so it is not comparable to those that do.

ASSUMED LIFETIME: 10 years

MARKET AREA: Australia and Export Markets - Environmental declarations from different programmes are not comparable.

LAND AND WATER USAGE: No land use was determined or quantified in this study. Water consumption is listed in Table 3.

KANE CORPORATION PTY LTD: Product Category Rules (PCR) are developed in accordance with ISO 21930, ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 Email: kanecorp@bigpond.com

Delwyn Jones and Michael Kane of The Evah Institute according to ISO 14040, ISO 14044, ISO 14025 and ISO 21930. Product category rules for commercial building products have been applied and approved by The Evah Institute.

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PRODUCT INFORMATION:

Evah Institute Sustainability Director ESEP Pty Ltd Director

THIS ENVIRONMENTAL DECLARATION HAS bEEN

COMPILED bY:

PROGRAMME MANAGER & PCR MODERATOR:

The Evah Institute: Environmental Product Declarations EPD 2010:14 Approved 01.05.2010 according to ISO14025, § 8.1.3 Valid to 01/05/2013

Verification of LCA Data has been conducted by: ESEP Pty Ltd in accordance with the requirements of ISO 14025 Type 111 environmental declarations

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Table 2 – PRODUCT SPECIFICATION

Chemical Entity CAS Number Proportions %

Acrylic Polymer Not Hazard 35.0 – 45.0%

Residual Acrylate Monomers Not Required > 0.5%

Whitening and Fillers Not Hazard > 15.0%

Fungicide Proprietary 0.5% max.

Thickener Not Hazard 5.0% max.

Ammonia 7664-41-7 0.2% max.

Water 7732-18-5 40.0 – 60.0%

Table 3 – MATERIAL RESOURCESThese results are based on an application rate per square metre of Thermoshield Liquid Thermal Insulation of 500g/m2 at a thickness of 500µm. Consumption of raw material shown in grams is listed in Table 3. Those with amounts under 0.1g are not shown.

Renewable Content Recycled Content

Biomass 14.0 Glass containers -24.0

Guano (P2O5) 7.2 Zinc Scrap -5.0

Wood 1.8 Iron/Steel Scrap -0.1

Peat 0.1 Plastic Scrap -0.1

Non Renewable Resources Non Renewable Resources

Water (Fresh and marine) 11000.0 Zinc Ores (Zn) 0.7

Air 110.0 Topsoil 0.7

Crude oil 110.0 Dolomite CaMg(CO3)2 0.5

Gas/condensate 130.0 Sulphur (S) 0.5

Bituminous Coal 140.0 Metallurgical coal 0.5

Brown Coal Lignite 77.0 Shale rock 0.4

Limestone (CaCO3) 77.0 Bauxite (Al2O3) 0.2

Ilmenite ore (TiO2) 57.0 Copper ore (Cu) 0.2

Unspecified ores 45.0 Trona mineral Na3H(CO3)2 0.1

Oxygen (O2) 33.0 Ulexite (NaCaB5O6(OH)6 0.1

Silica sand (SiO2) 12.0 Boron ore (B) 0.1

Nitrogen (N2) 6.5 Potassium Chloride (KCl) 0.1

Sodium Chloride (NaCl) 5.5 Feldspar (KNaCa(AlSi3O8)3 0.1

Iron Ore (Fe) 2.0

Table 4 – ENERGY CONSUMPTIONThe Thermoshield coating’s total energy use was 46MJ/kg and 23MJ/m2 as 500µm thick coating. Table 4 lists Fuels and Feedstocks in MJ/m2 of Thermoshield. Coal, oil and natural gas predominated. Thermoshield Fuels and Feedstocks by Type (MJ/m2)

Fuel type Making Fuel In Delivered Fuel Transport As Feedstock Total

Gas 0.54 3.47 0.06 5.83 9.90

Oil 0.22 2.25 0.41 3.97 6.85

Coal -2.03 2.37 0.88 4.33 5.55

Nuclear 0.22 0.27 0.07 0.00 0.55

Recovered energy 0.00 -0.29 0.00 0.00 -0.29

Hydro -0.09 0.30 0.01 0.00 0.22

Biomass -0.14 0.26 0.01 0.00 0.12

Sub Totals -1.28 8.67 1.43 14.15 22.97

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Table 5 – EMISSIONS AND WASTE TO AIR, LAND AND WATEREmissions and waste listed by life cycle phase are shown in grams in Table 5. Those under 0.1g are not shown.

Emissions to Air (g) Making Fuel

Fuel use Transport Processing biomass Totals

Carbon Dioxide CO2 120.0 610.0 81.0 280.0 -14.0 1100.0

Dust Particulates 0.5 0.8 0.1 540.0 1.9

Carbon Monoxide CO 0.2 0.4 0.5 180.0 1.3

Oxides of Sulphur SOX 0.9 4.5 0.7 2.2 8.3

Oxides of Nitrogen 0.7 2.4 0.7 1.3 5.1

Hydrocarbons 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.4 2.3

Methane 1.4 0.4 1.8

Emissions to Land (g)

Waste return to mine 110.0 110.0

To recycling 26.0 26.0

Inert chemicals 32.0 32.0

Plastics 24.0 24.0

Mineral 13.0 2.5 15.0

Unspecified 0.2 14.0 14.0

Regulated chemicals 7.9 8.1

Tailings 6.1 6.1

Slags/ash 1.8 2.8 0.6 5.2

Mixed industrial 0.2 0.8 1.0

Emissions to Water (g)

Chemical Oxygen Demand 1.4 1.4

Suspended solids 1.4 1.4

Chloride ions Cl- 0.4 0.4

Sodium ions Na+ 0.4 0.4

Sulphate Ions SO42- 0.3 0.3

Dissolved solids 0.2 0.2

Table 6 – CARbON FOOTPRINTThermoshield’s 1.147kg/m2 (CO2-e100) Carbon Footprint is mostly generated in fuel use. Biomass reduced it 2% overall. Table 6 shows key Greenhouse gases with fuel use generating 54% of this 1.147kg/m2 Carbon Footprint. Table 6 shows Greenhouse Gas g/kg by Type and Phase.

Emission (g) Making Fuel use Transport Processes biomass use Total

CO2 147 615 81 276 -14 1,105

SOX 1 5 1 2 0 9

NOX 1 2 1 1 0 5

Hydrocarbons 1 0 0 1 0 2

Methane 2 0 0 0 0 2

CO 0 0 1 0 0 1

Sub totals 178 624 82 277 -14 1,147

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Figure 2 – GREENHOUSE GAS bY PHASE g/m2

Fig 2 shows most Carbon Dioxide (CO2-e100) arose from fuel use followed by material processing.

Table 7 – ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSTable 7 shows EcoIndicator 99 Method damages and contributing impacts/m2 PDF means Potential Disappeared Fraction and DALY means Disability Adjusted Life Years

Damage Stressors Impact Value Unit

EcoIndicator 99 0.001646 Point scoreTotal Ecosystem Quality

Ecosystem Quality Impacts <0.000001 PDF m2/annum

Ecotoxins 0.000078 PDF m2/annum

Acidification & Eutrophication 0.000935 PDF m2/annumHuman Health

Total Human Health 0.000002 DALY

Carcinogens <0.000001 DALY

Ozone Layer Depletion <0.000001 DALY

Respiratory Organics <0.000001 DALY

Respiratory Inorganics <0.000001 DALYResource

Resource Extraction 0.000004 Surplus Energy (MJ)

Mineral Extraction 0.000215 mg

Fossil Fuel Extraction 0.026198 mg

Figure 3 – GREENHOUSE GAS bY PHASEFig 3 shows fuel use dominates the Thermoshield Carbon footprint. Process phase was next highest. Biomass accounts for minus 1.2% overall and this sequestration reduces the carbon footprint.

Process24%

Transport7%

Other2%

Fuel use 53%

Making Fuel 15%

Biomass use-1%

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This environmental product declaration has been created according to product rules for paint. Environmental issues are included from the start in the development of new Thermoshield liquid insulation paint on coating. This coating is typically sprayed on but may be brushed or rolled onto exterior claddings.Specific data was unavailable for some materials so substitutions with the nearest ingredient or precursor were made. For several organo-chemical intermediates and fuel sources comparable substances were selected from databases and the literature. In all instances uncertainty factors were applied to determine how poor data quality may affect results. In no case did a substitution introduce errors of >±4% to the total result.

The percentage of materials in the final Thermoshield product as;• Recycled content as glass, zinc, iron/steel, plastic post consumer scrap is 5.6% by mass.• Recyclable content of organic feedstock available for reuse is 46% by mass.• Renewable content of biomass cellulose, guano, wood and peat is 4.4 % by mass.

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HCN

Cumene Catalytic rearrange

propylene

NH3Acetone Cyanohydrin

naptha

Refine OilReform Benzene Drying Benzene

Natural Gas gas

Cracking

Crude Oiloil

isobutanolbutadiene diethyl ether

Ammoniaair

ChloracetoneAcetone

pygas

ethylene

Reform Steam Methanol

Acetic acidsyngas

urea

chloromethane

Phenol

Ammonia

MIT

Dimethyl Urea

Dichlor phenol

latex

Acrylic acids

Acrylic Acid ester Acrylic Dispersion Resin

Ethylbenzene

Acrylonitrile

Styrene

Styrene Dispersion

Ethylene

Antimold

Alkalineadjuster

Phenylaniline Chloroctyltoluene

Chlorbenzene

HDPE HDPE Tubs

Wet edge Agent

Propylene glycolpropylene

Acid EsterMethyl Pentane

SiO2

ViscofierEthylene glycol

OIT

Aromatics Plants

Diuron

Ther

mos

hiel

d

Phosphorus Pentasulphide

Sodium Hydroxide

Sodium SulphateRefine Phosphorus

Phosphate

NaOHBrine

Burn Sulphur

sea

guano

Sulphur S2

Chlorine

Demineralise water

Zinc oxideZinc Purify metalRefine Ore

Use metal

Collect Dross Zinc oxide

Pyrithione zinc

Synthesise Rutile TiO2 pigment

Grid powerCoal

coalIlmenite

rain Waterwell

TiO2

chlorine

Powder CaCO3Limestone Mine Ore Crush Orelime

Zn

adjuster BIT

Benzoic Acid Oxygen

wood

Chlorbenzene

Phosphorus Zinc Phosphate

Mix Silicate Fuse & blowglass

Cullet

Form CelluloseHarvest grain Extract Starch Cellosolvebiomassgrain

Ethyl Cellulose

PolysiloxaneCharcoal

SiliconeForestry Methylpolysiloxane

QuartzSiO2

Antifoam

Biocide

TiO2

CaCO3

ZnPO4

Lightweight Filler

METHOLOGICAL DECISIONS

System boundary: All raw materials and production processes involved are analysed from their cradle i.e. the earth, air, water and scrap yard sources.

Recycled content includes all transport and processing from scrap yard.Unit operations are depicted as boxes but many others in the study are not shown. Black boxes with roots depict cradle sources and another in the supply chain represent petrochemical fuel or feedstock input operations. All also require unshown fuel power and water and intermediates and generate unshown emissions to air land and water.

Cut Off Criteria: If no information or substitute was available then processes and activities that contributed to less than 0.01% of the total burdens for any category reported here in were omitted.

Use and maintenance and disposal phases are not included in this declaration. After coating corrosion inhibitors protect the substrate. Rain washing provides maintenance. After 10years when the coating has weathered or degraded at edges then a wash-down and sanding to remove debris then recoating is recommended. The original coating that remains continues to contribute its insulating value.

Allocation Rules: Stoichiometric allocation by mass and/or energy share is applied throughout and detailed information is available in the documentation for the EPD [2].

Figure 4.THERMOSHIELD FLOW CHARTThe chart depicts cradle to coating scope and flow of key inputs

TREATMENT OF WASTES THROUGH THE SUPPLY CHAIN

This environmental product declaration included the fate of all wear losses, minerals, packaging and scrap which was tracked throughout from cradle through the application phase including all emissions, landfill, reuse or mine fill. This EPD excludes waste coating removed at end of life.

References1. Jones D.G. and Kane M.F. (2010) Life Cycle Analysis Workbook: Thermoshield Liquid Insulation Technical Report Confidential,

The Evah Institute www.evah.com.au.

2. Jones D.G. and Kane M.F. (2010) Green Card: Thermoshield Liquid Insulation Client Report, The Evah Institute. Available from Thermoshield www.thermoshield.com.au

24 June 2010