f4f1c6fd-5368-4f59-b887-76e56b9cde8b 2-butoxyethanol Technology mix Production mix, at plant 2-butoxyethanol; technology mix; production mix, at plant, elementary - GLO 2-butoxyethanol; technology mix; production mix, at plant, blackbox - GLO Materials production Organic chemicals The dataset represents the manufacture of raw materials for the paint industry. It is based on the models created for the CEPE Raw Material database, version 3 (European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists' Colours Industry; limited access), which have been updated with PEF-compliant background sources based on Ecoinvent 3.3 and process-based EF-compliant LCI datasets for energy and transport. The inventory is based on literature and background sources, following general assumptions for the paint industry. Biogenic carbon content 0%. Water content 0% 0 2016 2024 This dataset has been extrapolated from year 1995 to the year of the last foreground model update (2016). Data set valid until end of 2024. Global dataset. Global and European data has been used for the foreground and background systems. The DQI has been adjusted to declare the achieved quality of the data set. In the technology description below, specific dataset names refer to the original modelling based on Ecoinvent 3.3. They might have been updated using the names of the equivalent EF-compliant datasets (In particular transport, infrastructure, water, heat, energy and waste datasets). This dataset was approximated with the process from Ecoinvent: “RER: ethylene glycol monoethyl ether production” (Ecoinvent Centre, 2016). Process description: The process "ethylene glycol monoethyl ether production, RER" is modelled for the production of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether from ethylene oxide in Europe. Raw materials are modelled with a stoichiometric calculation. Energy consumptions, emissions, infrastructure and transports are calculated with standard values. Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether is usually produced by a reaction of ethylene oxide with ethanol (Rebsdat and Mayer, 2000). C2H4O + C2H6O → C4H10O2 (Ecoinvent Centre, 2016). Chemical substance used in the production of decorative coatings diagram for 2-butoxyethanol (f4f1c6fd) General diagram, system boundaries, chemPaint Partly terminated system Attributional system model: allocation, cut-off by classification Allocation - market value Allocation following the ISO 14044 hierarchy. In the foreground system, circular-footprint formula (CFF) approach is applied; the systems does not contain end-of-life co-product or secondary material input in the foreground. The background data uses EF compliant datasets when available, with respective implementation of the CFF approach. When no EF complaint dataset is available, the background is modelled with use of the datasets based on the “Recycled content cut-off” approach to allocate end-of-life by-products and secondary materials. This allocation is explained in the description of the recycled content system model (http://www.ecoinvent.org/database/system-models-in-ecoinvent-3/cut-off-system-model/allocation-cut-off-by-classification.html). Direct land use change: GHG emissions from direct LUC allocated to good/service for 20 years after the LUC occurs. Carbon storage and delayed emissions: credits associated with temporary (carbon) storage or delayed emissions are not considered in the calculation of the EF for the default impact categories. Emissions off-setting: not included Fossil and biogenic carbon emissions and removals: removals and emissions are modelled as follows: All GHG emissions from fossil fuels (including peat and limestone) are modelled consistently with the most updated EF list of elementary flows on the foreground and ILCD list of elementary flows on the background. In the case that the emissions refer to the molecules CO2 and CH4, they are modelled as carbon dioxide (fossil) and methane (fossil). The resource consumption of “Carbon dioxide, in air” is calculated from the carbon in harvested plants and wild animals and increases in carbon stored in soils and plants. The latter is recorded as an output of “Carbon dioxide, to soil or biomass stock”. “Carbon dioxide, in air” is the only source of non-fossil carbon, which is mainly captured through the biological photosynthesis. Biogenic uptake and emissions are modelled separately. Carbon emissions – land use and land use change: Reductions in the carbon stored in soils and the release of carbon from the burning of biomass residues in connection to land transformation, e.g. the clear-cutting of primary forests, are recorded in the elementary exchange (resource) “Carbon, organic, in soil or biomass stock”. No land use and land use change is modelled in the foreground systems. Time period: No time discounting is reported. Emissions and removals are modelled as if released or removed at the beginning of the assessment method. Capital goods (e.g. infrastructure) and their end-of-life: The activity datasets for production infrastructure are included in the averaged background datasets, effectively accounting for the infrastructure. The activity datasets include the maintenance of the infrastructure during its lifetime, its land occupation and land transformation, and its decommissioning for waste treatment. Carbon emissions – land use and transformation in the backgrounds: Reductions in the carbon stored in soils and the release of carbon from the burning of biomass residues in connection to land transformation, e.g. the clear-cutting of primary forests, are recorded in the elementary exchange (resource) “Carbon, organic, in soil or biomass stock”. All of this input is included in the corresponding emissions of Carbon dioxide, Carbon monoxide, and Methane, all with the addition “…, from soil or biomass stock”, and therefore does not contribute to any carbon content of any intermediate exchanges (Overview and methodology Ecoinvent. Section 5.6.2 Fossil and non-fossil carbon). There are no intentional cut-offs due to the significance of the exchange, i.e. no exchange has been excluded because its contribution to the overall LCIA score is insignificant. All known resources and emissions are listed in the inventory. The dataset dry mass balance is checked to make sure the inventory is complete. Capital goods (e.g. infrastructure) and their end-of-life: The activity datasets for production infrastructure are included in the averaged background datasets, effectively accounting for the infrastructure. The activity datasets include the maintenance of the infrastructure during its lifetime, its land occupation and land transformation, and its decommissioning for waste treatment. Some products are supplied "burden-free" (mostly recycled materials and by-products of waste treatments) due to the allocation between primary and secondary life cycles. These products are still listed in the unit process inventory datasets in order to be able to establish the mass balance. The conditions for this process are explained in the description of the recycled content system model (http://www.ecoinvent.org/database/system-models-in-ecoinvent-3/cut-off-system-model/allocation-cut-off-by-classification.html). System boundaries: System boundaries include all processes linked to the product supply chain, i.e. extraction, production, transport, consumption and waste treatment activities. The supply chain activities are accounted for in the averaged datasets. No strict quantitative cut-off rule is followed in the background sources. No predefined, limited list of elementary exchanges is applied. Full completeness in elementary exchanges is aimed for. The cut-off rule threshold of 95% is satisfied. Data is consistently based on literature sources, theoretical models and adapted datasets from databases. The relevant background data is sourced from EF3.0 core databases and EF3.0 for chemicals. When processes in these databases were not available, ecoinvent v3.3 database was used (www.ecoinvent.org). None This dataset has been extrapolated from year 1995 to the year of the calculation (2016). The uncertainty has been adjusted accordingly. None Ecoinvent database version 3 IVL Raw materials database for CEPE Rebsdat and Mayer (2000) GaBi and industry based LCI datasets for EU Environmental Footprinting (EF) implementation 2016-2020 0 Notice: this data set supersedes the EF3.0-compliant version (see link under "preceding data set version" below calculated with the EF3.0). The life cycle inventory is not changed from the original EF3.0 data set. The LCIA results are calculated based on the EF3.1 methods which provide updated characterisation factors in the following impact categories: Climate Change, Ecotoxicity freshwater, Photochemical Ozone Formation, Acidification, Human Toxicity non-cancer, and Human Toxicity cancer. The review report and the data quality ratings refer to the original results. The data set has been updated by the European Commission on the basis of the original EF3.0 data set delivered by the data provider. All relevant flows quantified Water use Resource use, minerals and metals Resource use, fossils Photochemical ozone formation - human health EF-particulate matter Ozone depletion Land use Ionising radiation, human health Human toxicity, non-cancer_organics Human toxicity, non-cancer_inorganics Human toxicity, non-cancer Human toxicity, cancer_organics Human toxicity, cancer_inorganics Human toxicity, cancer Eutrophication, terrestrial Eutrophication, freshwater Eutrophication marine Ecotoxicity, freshwater_organics Ecotoxicity, freshwater_inorganics Ecotoxicity, freshwater Climate change-Land use and land use change Climate change-Fossil Climate change-Biogenic Climate change Acidification Independent external review has been conducted for the scope of reference package update. With the notions provided in the review report (see EF requirements compliance, and appropriateness of documentation), and within the scope of review, the dataset is compliant with the requirements of the Guide for EF compliant datasets, and the terms of the tender. Plausibility of the results are reviewed on the level of consistency with the results in the previous reference package. Within the review, a range of corrections were recommended to be introduced into the documentation of the dataset. The documentation is appropriate, and deviations do not impede a fair assessment of the dataset use. Appropriateness of system boundaries and cut-off rules was not reviewed, for details on allocations please see the review report. Pre-calculated LCIA results were validated with the Look@LCI tool, no inconsistencies are detected. User is advices to take into account that packaging of the product is not included in the modelling, while transport and energy flows modelling is included, but accounted for in the blackbox. Within the project, DQRs were not to be reviewed unless additional changes to those specified in the Call for Tender were introduced. For this process, reported data quality indicators were reviewed in the previous version, EF2.0 reference package, and have not been updated or reviewed in the currect review scope. For more information please refer to the EF2.0 review report. Review reports for the dataset developed in the EF2.0 reference package can be found at: https://lcdn-cepe.org/resource/sources/e4c9666e-313c-46f2-abe2-3665bd5c68b8/review_report_e4c9666e-313c-46f2-abe2-3665bd5c68b8.pdf?version=01.00.000; https://lcdn-cepe.org/resource/sources/61ddb493-d3ac-48e6-9420-62e71ae9982b/review_report_61ddb493-d3ac-48e6-9420-62e71ae9982b.pdf?version=01.00.000 Max Sonnen, Ecomatters B.V. Natalia Chebaeva, Ecomatters B.V. f4f1c6fd-5368-4f59-b887-76e56b9cde8b.pdf ILCD Data Network - Entry-level Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Not defined Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant Fully compliant ISO 14040 Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment – Principles and Framework, 2006 Fully compliant Not defined Fully compliant Fully compliant Not defined Not defined ISO 14044:2006. Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment – Requirements and guidelines. Fully compliant Not defined Fully compliant Not defined Fully compliant Not defined Environmental Footprint 3.1 Not defined Fully compliant Not defined Not defined Not defined Not defined European Commission, DG ENV B1 Provision of "Chemicals for paints" process-based product environmental footprint-compliant life cycle inventory datasets. Contract number: 070201/2019/819371/SER/ENV.B.l. To be used in the implementation of a regular Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) studies and Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF) studies exclusively under the specified Product groups and sectors as defined in the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) and Organisation Environmental Footprint Sectorial Rules (OEFSR) listed in http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/PEFCR_OEFSR.htm and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the EULA exclusively until 31st December 2024. CEPE, The European Council of the Paint, Printing ink, and Artists' Colours Industry 2022-11-21T07:27:51.451+01:00 ILCD format 1.1 ecoinvent 2022-01-28T07:59:32+01:00 03.01.000 2-butoxyethanolTechnology mixProduction mix, at plant Data set finalised; entirely published CEPE, The European Council of the Paint, Printing ink, and Artists' Colours Industry true Final user Free of charge for some user types or use types To be used for the implementation of regular Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) studies and Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF) studies exclusively under the specified Product groups and sectors as defined in the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) and Organisation Environmental Footprint Sectorial Rules (OEFSR) listed in http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/PEFCR_OEFSR.htm and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the EULA (available at https://lcdn-cepe.org/) exclusively until 31st December 2024. Any use of this dataset or any derivative data not within the specific context of one of the PEF/OEF projects or after the end of 2024 is not permitted. 2-butoxyethanol; technology mix; production mix, at plant Output 1.0 1.0 0.000 Mixed primary / secondary Unknown derivation 2-butoxyethanol; technology mix; production mix, at plant, blackbox Input 1.0 1.0 2-butoxyethanol; technology mix; production mix, at plant, elementary Input 1.0 1.0 Acidification 0.008270152966616425 Climate change 2.1217469216033864 Ecotoxicity, freshwater 4.205192772180367 Human toxicity, non-cancer 1.0759971879116175E-8 EF-particulate Matter 1.238891076515E-07 Eutrophication marine 0.001449707753144 Eutrophication, freshwater 0.000343668830229 Eutrophication, terrestrial 0.0159283205649 Human toxicity, cancer 6.862144075984785E-10 Ionising radiation, human health 0.1297285634328 Land use 3.445756033843 Ozone depletion 1.920671270453E-09 Photochemical ozone formation - human health 0.007276361450378613 Resource use, fossils 60.24920319922 Resource use, minerals and metals 8.629793474483E-06 Water use 0.6227060227584