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dosaE kilesE EgD Floor kilesgroduction
dosaE kilesE EgD Floor kilesgroductionAll production phases and processes are included in this stage, from raw material extraction and transformation to floor tile production at our site in daastricht (ec), until storage of the end product in the dosa warehouses in Beek/Brunssum (ec)E Emissions to air and water as well as transport of raw materials, intermediate and end products are taken into account yased on actual dataEkransportkhis phase includes transport of floor tiles from the dosa warehouses to main Benelux marketsEkile fixingkhis step considers floor tile fixing, including use of cement mortar and groutEkhis phase comprises maintenance: weekly cleaning according to dosa’s cleaning advice over the full 75 year technical lifecycle of the tilesEeo relevant environmental exchanges occur during the use stage of the productEEnd of lifeAfter demolition of yuildings, construction wasteE Based on information from the construction sector, it was assumed that this waste is yeing recycled for P8z as yase for new roads, while Iz is yeing incinerated or Environmental groduct Declaration khe environmental impact of the floor tiles throughout their entire life cycle, from raw materials extraction, transport, production, use to endDofDlife, is analysed in this cife Cycle Assesment (cCA), which was compiled during I010E ieference year for the input data is I008Enhere possiyle, input data which was collected for the CIC certification was used instead of general assumptionsE khe functional unit chosen for this cCA is floor surfaceE khis means 1m fixed floor tile with a lifespan of 75 yearsEcife Cycle Inventory Analysis khe life cycle inventory covers the life cycle stages as shown yelowEgroduct Descriptionkhe products in scope of this document are the dosa floor tile collectionsE danufacturerkhe floor tiles are manufactured in daastricht, khe eetherlands, yy ioyal dosa BEmE dosa, founded in 1883, is an innovative Dutch tile company that manufactures its entire collection using sustainayle production methodsE dosa is perceived as leading in the design of ceramic tiles; dosa tiles have frequently yeen awarded international design awardsE khe company intends to also ye a leader in sustainayility, and in the pursuit of this goal cooperates with a numyer of relevant parties, such as German/American knowledge institute EgEA/dBDC, the founders of the Cradle to Cradle philosophyE dosa started working according to Cradle to Cradle in I007, and meanwhile PPz of its tiles are Cradle to Cra

dle Silver certifiedE Since early I011,
dle Silver certifiedE Since early I011, dosa is yeing designated as a Cradle to Cradle chartered organisation, an award reserved for those companies making an exceptional contriyution to the implementation of the Cradle to Cradle philosophy in their operationsE khere are 1I such companies in the world, and of these, dosa is the only tile manufacturerEdosa is active in 30 countries on 4 continentsE fur key markets include western Europe, Scandinavia, diddle East and eorth AmericaE dosa manufactures its products in accordance with the ISf P001 as well as the ISf 14001 environmental care systemE dosa’s products are very suitayle for the development of green yuildings and yuildings aiming at cEED or BiEEAd certificationE dosa is memyer of the lS, lb and Dutch Green Building Council as well as the German Sustainayle Building CouncilE For further information visit wwwEmosaEnldaterial Declarationdosa floor tiles consist of the materials listed yelowE khe average weight is II,76 kg/m2 excluding packagingEScrap is to ye considered as preconsumer recycled contentE kg/m2ClaybaolinFeldsparScrapgigmentsEgD Floor kilesDistriyution of the environmental impacts for the relevant life cycle stagesImpact categorylnit groductionkransportkile �xing End of lifekotal maintenanceGloyal warming (Gng100)kg CfI eqfzone layer depletion (fDg)kg CFCD11 eqghotochemical oxidationkg CIH4 eqAcidi�cationkg SfI eqEutrophicationkg gf4 eqeon renewayle, fossilda eqNon renewable, fossilglobal warmingAcidicationEutrophicationPhotochemical oxidationOzone layer depletionGloyal warmingIs an index for the rising of the gloyal temperature due to the release of greenhouse gases in the atmosphereNon renewable, fossilglobal warmingAcidicationEutrophicationPhotochemical oxidationOzone layer depletionghotochemical smogIs a type of air pollution affecting human health and the environment, caused yy a reaction of nitrogen oxides and mfC’s (volatile organic components) under the influence of heat and sunlightE Non renewable, fossilglobal warmingAcidicationEutrophicationPhotochemical oxidationOzone layer depletionAcidificationIs the damage to trees and life in waters as well as accelerated degradation of materials (eEgE metals, limestone and concrete) due to emissions of acidsNon renewable, fossilglobal warmingAcidicationEutrophicationPhotochemical oxidationOzone layer depletionfzone layer depletionIs the decline of the ozone layer causing damage to plants,

animals and human health (increased skin
animals and human health (increased skin cancer risk), resulting from higher concentrations of harmful lm radiation due to emission of halocaryon refrigerants like CFC and freonE groductionkransportkile fixingEnd of lifecife Cycle Assesmentkhe graphs represent the contriyution of the dosa wall tile life cycle stages to environmental impact categoriesNon renewable, fossilglobal warmingAcidicationEutrophicationPhotochemical oxidationOzone layer depletionEutrophicationIs the loss of plant and fish life in water due to oxygen deficiency following algae growth which is stimulated yy high nutrient concentrations resulting from the release of nitrogen and fertilizersgrimary energy uselse of nonDrenewayle fossil energy emyodied in natural resources that has not yet undergone any antropogenic transformationNon renewable, fossilglobal warmingAcidicationEutrophicationPhotochemical oxidationOzone layer depletionEnvironmental aspects of dosa floor tiles during their life cycleCradle to Cradle®Cradle to Cradle is an innovative, positive and integral framework for system designE Cradle to Cradle aims at redefining products, processes and systems in such a way that they provide financial, environmental and social yenefitsE Inspired yy nature’s cycle of life, in which nutrients at the end of their life cycle yecome nutrients again, Cradle to Cradle applies the waste equals food; or, in other words, products yeing ecoDeffective rather than just efficientE khe second principle, use current solar income, promotes the use of renewayle energyE And finally, celebrate diversity calls for creativity and variety during product and system developmentE khe Cradle to Cradle program is developed yy the German knowledge centre EgEA (wwwEepeaEcom), lead yy grofE dichael Braungart, in conjunction with the American agency dBDC headed yy nilliam dcDonoughE In the Cradle to Cradle program products are evaluated according to five criteria: composition of raw materials, recycling potential, energy use, water management and social fairnessE gure raw materialsdosa tiles do not release any harmful compounds during their useful life and do not damage nature in case of accidental dumpingE khe main constituents of dosa tiles are clay and sand, natural raw materials that are present in ayundance in natureE dosa CIC tiles are free of hazardous compounds such as lead, mercury or cadmium – the result of years of i�D in which all the tile ingredients –including our suppliers’

raw material chainD were analysed and cl
raw material chainD were analysed and classified to ppm (parts per million) levelE mery strict leaching tests carried out yy independent layoratories were part of this programE khe EgEA criteria governing the aysence of hazardous compounds are much more stringent than the prevailing environmental legislationE6 to I5z iecyclingdosa tiles contain solely natural raw materials and can ye recycledE khe tiles currently contain a percentage of “preDconsumer” recycled material originating from production waste and residual materials from the stone industry: wall tiles contain yetween 16 and I5 percent of recycled materials, depending on the type of tile, and floor tiles contain yetween I1 and 45 percentE dosa is currently carrying out pilot trials with the waste collection sector to review the feasiyility of a tile return systemE khese trials are limited to the return of used dosa tiles that are suitayle for reuse yy virtue of a purity sufficient for ecoDeffective processingEClosed process water cycledosa uses water during various production phasesE ieusing water is an essential element of appropriate use of this scarce and expensive resourceE khe process water is purified in an inDhouse water treatment plant and the residual sludge is recycled in the tile production processE Since I010 the cooling water cycle is closed, resulting in a 60z reduction of the total ground water volume to ye pumped upE 48z reduction of CfI emissionsContinuous improvement of the production facilities, in comyination with the switch to green electricity, generated yy hydropower stations, has resulted in a 48z reduction of CfI emissions per tonne finished product over the last ten yearsE During the same period the emission of fine dust particles was reduced yy P1z to virtually noneE khe next step is to find more renewayle energy sources for the longer termE From mid I011, the residual heat from the furnaces will ye reused in the production process and for heating of the yuildingsEnorking and social conditionsdosa’s ongoing efforts in improve the working environment in its plants have resulted in our working environments yeing rated as one of the yest in the European ceramic tile industryE dosa implements the localDforDlocal principle whenever possiyle, namely production close to the key markets and sourcing of raw materials in the vicinity of the factoryE eearly all raw materials are sourced from controlled quarries in Holland, Germany and France, within a 500 kilometre radius from daastrichtE dosa r

equires sustainayle exploitation of quar
equires sustainayle exploitation of quarries from material suppliers, plus an environment recovery plan after the exploitation period endsE Additional Environmental informationgackaging and kransportAll our packaging materials are suitayle for recyclingE gaper and carton is produced from unyleached, recycled paper which can ye reusedE For transportation within Europe, ‘Europallets’ which are part of a pallet recycling system are usedE All goods supplied to the lSA are packed on heat treated palletsE doreover, only trucks equipped with soot filters are allowed on the dosa premisesEGreen Buildings, cEED and BiEEAddosa tiles are very durayle, chemically inert and have a technical lifetime of hundreds of years without losing their aesthetical appearanceE khey do not produce fumes or gases and are mfC freeE kiles contriyute positively to the indoor climate and energy performance of a yuilding and enhance effectivity of low temperature heating systemsE dosa products can help win projects sustainayle yuilding layels such as cEED and BiEEAdE For up to date information on credit opportunities, please refer to the dosa weysite: wwwEmosaEnl/sustainayility Compilation and verification processkhe cCA and EgD are conducted with keyodin according to the ISf 14040DISf 14044 standards for cCAE khe cCA is verified externally yy ImAd lniversity of Amsterdam, khe eetherlandsE khe characterisation data used are from the EgD (I008) method, version 1E03, puylished in the document Introduction, intended uses and key programme elements for the Environmental Product Declarations, EPD, dated IPD0IDI008EieferencesISf 140I5: Environmental layels and declarations D kype III environmental declarationsEboninklijke dosa yv has carefully compiled the contents of this EgD in accordance with their current state of knowledgeE Access to and use of this EgD are at the user’s own riskE Damage and warranty claims arising from missing or incorrect data are excludedE boninklijke dosa yv years no responsiyility or liayility for damage of any kind, nor for indirect or consequential damages resulting from access to or use of this EgDEboninklijke dosa yvdeerssenerweg 358gEfE Box 10I6ecD6I01 BA daastrichtinfo@mosaEnlwwwEmosaEnlmoor de meest recente informatie zie onze weysite wwwEmosaEnlE gour les informations les plus récentes vous pouvez visiter notre site wey wwwEmosaEnlEFür aktuelle Informationen yesuchen Sie yitte unsere neyseite wwwEmosaEnlEFor up to date information, please visit our weysite wwwEmosaEnl