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Emission factor from EPD Ireland EPD, product-specific

Grafton Conference Side Chair

Ireland · Cradle to grave · Reference year 2023

Each unit of this product counts as 21.5 kg CO₂e over the modules its EPD declares: 2.73 in use (B5) and 18.8 for cradle to grave, embodied.

Value per unit, module B5 only

21.5kgCO₂e/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 21.5 comes from

Derived by open-climate.ai

Σ 21.5: 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 18.8

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 2.73

At end of life, in the year of demolition

  • Cradle to grave, embodied Scope 3, category 5 18.8

Outside the scopes, reported separately

  • D −5.84

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

Boundary
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 method
IPCC AR5, 100-year horizon
Not on the record; set from EPD Ireland's method notes · impact method EF 3.0
CO₂e basis
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.

kgCO₂e per unit. Each bar starts where the one before ended. Pick a module to read it.
Product
Con­struc­tion
A5not de­clared
Use
B1 to B4not de­clared
B6 to B7not de­clared
End of life
C1not de­clared
Beyond the boundary

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.

  1. A1-A3Product

    Materials and making the product

    Included18

  2. A4-A5Construction

    Transport to site only; A5 not declared

    A4 only0.164

  3. B1-B7Use

    Refurbishment only; B1 to B4, B6, B7 not declared

    B5 only2.73

  4. C1-C4End of life

    Waste transport to disposal; C1 not declared

    C2 to C40.557

  5. DBeyond the boundary

    Recovery after end of life

    Not in the total−5.84

Outside this boundary

  • Retail
  • Recycling credit

The recycling credit is module D, shown beside the total.

Gases

  • Fossil CO₂e21.5
  • Biogenic CO₂e−4.07
  • Land-use CO₂e0.0239

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.

You are here · the EPD total21.5
D beside−5.84
The two modules add up to the total; D stays beside it. Each opens its own page.

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 these chairs can be viewed at: • Grafton without arms: https://pelko.ie/product/grafton-conference-side-chair-chrome-frame/

Where it applies

The Grafton Conference Chair, in versions with or without arms, is designed for a wide variety of applications such as conference, seminar, meeting, waiting and reception areas. The chairs are linkable to maximise seating at large functions, and are also stackable to enable easy storage. Full technical details for these chairs can be viewed at: • Grafton with arms: https://pelko.ie/product/grafton-conference-armchair-chrome-frame/ • Grafton without arms: https://pelko.ie/product/grafton-conference-side-chair-chrome-frame/ The weights of the chairs are: • Grafton side chair (without arms) 6.3kg The Reference Service Life for the chairs is taken to be 30 years. The chairs are guaranteed by the manufacturer for a period of ten years, however the time for which the chairs can be used can be extended, by replacing 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 polyester

Source and licence

Value
Summed by open-climate.ai from its parts
Publisher
EPD Ireland (Irish Green Building Council)
Library
EPD Ireland EPD_IRELAND_2026-10-02
Published
2 October 2026
Valid until
31 December 2028
See the source data at EPD Ireland
EPD Ireland's terms of use Open

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Credit it with this lineEPD Ireland (Irish Green Building Council), EPD data from https://epdireland.lca-data.com
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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-grafton_conference_side-ie-unit-cradle_to_grave-8e17b0fb/?v=efv1-e6fbd97b94fd767392c5ce2c78af2b8f

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