Emission factor from EPD Ireland EPD, product-specific
Fairview Ergo Chair
Ireland · Cradle to grave · Reference year 2023
Each unit of this product counts as 101 kg CO₂e over the modules its EPD declares: 40.6 in use (B5) and 60 for cradle to grave, embodied.
Value per unit, module B5 only
101kgCO₂e/unit
EN 15804 module B5 · Fossil only · GWP100 · AR5
Derived by open-climate.ai: the sum of EPD Ireland's published parts
The one scenario this EPD declaresReference year 2023
- Region
- Ireland IE
- Boundary
- Cradle to grave
- Data quality
- HighRated by us, not by the source
- Licence
- Open · EPD Ireland terms
- Declared by
- Pelko
Where 101 comes from
- Cradle to grave, embodiedDerived by open-climate.aiScope 3, cat. 1, 4 and 56059.7%
- Not yours to report40.640.3%
- Outside the scopes−33.9beside
Σ 101: the two declared modules add up to the total. D stays beside it.
Reporting this item under the GHG Protocol
This period
Scope 3, categories 1 and 4 60
This one figure covers both together; no split between them is given.
You buy the product for a building that is not yours. The product and its installation go to category 1, the delivery to category 4. The use stage belongs to the building owner; demolition waste you handle is category 5.
Later, when it happens
During use: the building owner reports it
- B5 Not yours to report 40.6
At end of life, in the year of demolition
- Cradle to grave, embodied Scope 3, category 5 60
Outside the scopes, reported separately
- D −33.9
A1-A3 to A5, B1 to B4, B6, B7 and C1 to C4 are not declared: nothing to report.
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Manufactured goods › Furniture · Ireland · per item · Supplier-specific
Cradle to grave · Fossil only · AR5
- BoundaryCradle to graveFull life cycle: cradle_to_gate plus distribution, use phase and end-of-life. Learn more
- Cradle to grave
- Raw materials, inbound transport, fuel supply, fuel combustion, manufacturing, packaging, purchased energy, installation, outbound transport, use, maintenance and end of life
- GWP methodWhich IPCC assessment report's warming potentials convert each gas to CO₂e, and over how many years the warming is counted (GWP100: 100 years). Learn more
- IPCC AR5, 100-year horizon
- Not on the record; set from EPD Ireland's method notes · impact method EF 3.0
- CO₂e basisWhich carbon the CO₂e counts. Fossil only leaves out biogenic CO₂ and land use; net total counts every pool, net of removals. The same activity on two bases is two different numbers. Learn more
- Fossil only
- Split by carbon origin, not by gas
- Life cycle
- Upstream: coveredProduction: coveredDownstream: coveredEnd of life: covered
High quality · Open licence · Any year
Module by module, up to the total
Seventeen EN 15804 modules, always in the same order. Each declared one moves the running total. D sits below zero after the total, because it is reported beside it.
beside the total, not in it
| Module | Name | Per unit | Running total | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Raw material supply | 51 | 51 | Declared |
| A2 | Transport to the plant | 1.59 | 52.59 | Declared |
| A3 | Manufacturing | 1.3 | 53.89 | Declared |
| A4 | Transport to site | 0.39 | 54.28 | Declared |
| A5 | Installation | not declared | 54.28 | Not declared |
| B1 | Use | not declared | 54.28 | Not declared |
| B2 | Maintenance | not declared | 54.28 | Not declared |
| B3 | Repair | not declared | 54.28 | Not declared |
| B4 | Replacement | not declared | 54.28 | Not declared |
| B5 | Refurbishment | 40.6 | 94.88 | Declared |
| B6 | Energy in use | not declared | 94.88 | Not declared |
| B7 | Water in use | not declared | 94.88 | Not declared |
| C1 | Demolition | not declared | 94.88 | Not declared |
| C2 | Waste transport | 2.47 | 97.35 | Declared |
| C3 | Waste processing | 3.24 | 100.59 | Declared |
| C4 | Disposal | 0.0587 | 100.649 | Declared |
| Total | EPD total, declared modules | 100.649 | Sum of the declared modules | |
| D | Beyond the system boundary | −33.9 | not added | Beside the total, not in it |
What this number covers
Follow 1 unit of this product through EN 15804's stages. The total counts what the EPD declares; what it leaves out stays visible.
A1-A3Product
Materials and making the product
Included53.9A4-A5Construction
Transport to site only; A5 not declared
A4 only0.39B1-B7Use
Refurbishment only; B1 to B4, B6, B7 not declared
B5 only40.6C1-C4End of life
Waste transport to disposal; C1 not declared
C2 to C45.77DBeyond the boundary
Recovery after end of life
Not in the total−33.9
Outside this boundary
- Retail
- Recycling credit
The recycling credit is module D, shown beside the total.
Gases
- Fossil CO₂e101
- Biogenic CO₂e1.05
- Land-use CO₂e0.11
The total counts fossil CO₂e. EPD Ireland reports biogenic and land-use CO₂e separately; they are shown beside it, not added.
From EPD Ireland's record to a comparable factor
EPD Ireland publishes this EPD as one declared value. Each field as printed, and what open-climate.ai made of it.
The total and its modules
Use a module on its own when you report it in a different year or scope; never add one to the total.
About this factor
From EPD Ireland
What it is
The dataset is representative for the production processes used in 2021, in the country of production, Republic of Ireland. The data Quality Level, according to Table E.1 of EN 15804 +A2, Annex E, is as follows: • Geographical representativeness: Very Good. • Technical representativeness: Very Good. • Time representativeness: Very Good. Allocation of the production impacts of electricity, natural gas and wastes arising to the functional unit (i.e. per chair) is based on dividing the overall production impacts by the overall number of chairs produced in the production year. The cut-off criteria of section 6.3.6 of EN15804:2012+A2:2019 have been followed, where 99% of the total energy and materials are included, and the total neglected input flows for the modules reported on in the LCA are less than 5% of the energy usage and mass.What it includes
Full technical details for this chair can be viewed at: Fairview Ergo: https://pelko.ie/product/fairview-ergo-chrome-base/Where it applies
The Fairview Ergo is an office chair for seating at a desk or workstation. It has an adjustable back, and adjustable arm heights. The seat height is also adjustable, and the chair sits on castor rollers, enabling it to move across the floor. Full technical details for this chair can be viewed at: Fairview Ergo: https://pelko.ie/product/fairview-ergo-chrome-base/ The weight of the chair is: 15.2 kg. The Reference Service Life for the chair is taken to be 30 years. The chair is guaranteed by the manufacturer for a period of ten years, however the time for which the chair can be used can be extended, by replacing moveable components and upholstery at approximately 10 year intervals. The geographic area for which this EPD is representative is Europe. The chairs are assembled in the Pelko factory, at Ballymount Industrial Estate, in Dublin, from component parts supplied from a range of suppliers. The production process is assembly of the component parts, with some cutting of fabric and foam cushions. The chair frames are chrome plated steel, with minor components and arms in polypropylene, and plywood seats, covered with foam and upholstered with fabric comprising 75% recycled cotton and 25% recycled polyesterSource and licence
- Value
- Summed by open-climate.ai from its parts
- Publisher
- EPD Ireland (Irish Green Building Council)
- Published
- 2 October 2026
- Valid until
- 31 December 2028
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Cite this factor
EPD Ireland (Irish Green Building Council), EPD data from https://epdireland.lca-data.com. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/epd_ireland/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-epdireland-fairview_ergo_chair-ie-unit-cradle_to_grave-2f58ad2c/?v=efv1-cafdb093864af7758ce8b67cae36285f
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