Emission factor from EPD Italy EPD, product-specific
MULTIPOLAR CABLES 0.6/
Italy · EPD total · Reference year 2025
Each metre of this product counts as 4.96 kg CO₂e over the modules its EPD declares: 0.136 in use (B6) and 4.82 for cradle to grave, embodied.
Value per metre, module B6 only
4.96kgCO₂e/m
EN 15804 module B6 · Fossil only · GWP100 · AR5
Derived by open-climate.ai: the sum of EPD Italy's published parts
The one scenario this EPD declaresReference year 2025
- Region
- Italy IT
- Boundary
- EPD total
- Data quality
- HighRated by us, not by the source
- Licence
- Open · EPD Italy terms
- Declared by
- Tratos Cavi S.p.A.
- Declared unit
- Served per metre ÷ 1,000
Where 4.96 comes from
- Cradle to grave, embodiedDerived by open-climate.aiScope 3, cat. 1, 4 and 54.8297.3%
- Not yours to report0.1362.7%
- Outside the scopes−1.05beside
Σ 4.96: the two declared modules add up to the total. D stays beside it.
Reporting this metre under the GHG Protocol
This period
Scope 3, categories 1 and 4 4.82
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
- B6 Not yours to report 0.136
At end of life, in the year of demolition
- Cradle to grave, embodied Scope 3, category 5 4.82
Outside the scopes, reported separately
- D −1.05
A1-A3 to A5, B1 to B5, B7 and C1 to C4 are not declared: nothing to report.
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Manufactured goods › Electrical equipment · Italy · per m · Supplier-specific
EPD total · Fossil only · AR5
- BoundaryEPD totalThe sum of every EN 15804 module an EPD declares, when that set is not the complete A-C grid (MOD-0034). Learn more
- EPD total
- Raw materials, inbound transport, fuel supply, fuel combustion, manufacturing, packaging, purchased energy, installation, outbound transport, use 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 Italy'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: partly coveredEnd of life: partly 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 metre | Per 1,000 m as declared | Running total | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Raw material supply | 3.28459 | 3,284.59 | 3.28459 | Declared |
| A2 | Transport to the plant | 0.222824 | 222.824 | 3.50741 | Declared |
| A3 | Manufacturing | 0.146421 | 146.421 | 3.65383 | Declared |
| A4 | Transport to site | 0.0453105 | 45.3105 | 3.69914 | Declared |
| A5 | Installation | 0.0491845 | 49.1845 | 3.74833 | Declared |
| B1 | Use | not declared | 3.74833 | Not declared | |
| B2 | Maintenance | not declared | 3.74833 | Not declared | |
| B3 | Repair | not declared | 3.74833 | Not declared | |
| B4 | Replacement | not declared | 3.74833 | Not declared | |
| B5 | Refurbishment | not declared | 3.74833 | Not declared | |
| B6 | Energy in use | 0.135989 | 135.989 | 3.88432 | Declared |
| B7 | Water in use | not declared | 3.88432 | Not declared | |
| C1 | Demolition | 0.0476131 | 47.6131 | 3.93193 | Declared |
| C2 | Waste transport | 0.00480698 | 4.80698 | 3.93674 | Declared |
| C3 | Waste processing | 0.80949 | 809.49 | 4.74623 | Declared |
| C4 | Disposal | 0.210544 | 210.544 | 4.95677 | Declared |
| Total | EPD total, declared modules | 4.95677 | 4,956.77 | Sum of the declared modules | |
| D | Beyond the system boundary | −1.04598 | −1,045.98 | not added | Beside the total, not in it |
Scenarios and units
Some EPDs price a module under several scenarios, such as different end-of-life routes. Each gets a tab, and each module's default is marked.
One scenario, as declared
Every module has one value, so there is nothing to choose.
- Per 1,000 m, as declared4,956.77
- Per metre, served4.95677
What this number covers
Follow 1 m 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
Included3.65A4-A5Construction
Delivery and installation
Included0.0945B1-B7Use
Energy in use only; B1 to B5, B7 not declared
B6 only0.136C1-C4End of life
From demolition to disposal
Included1.07DBeyond the boundary
Recovery after end of life
Not in the total−1.05
Outside this boundary
- Maintenance
- Retail
- Recycling credit
Maintenance is out because B2 is not declared. The recycling credit is module D, shown beside the total.
Gases
- Fossil CO₂e4.96
- Biogenic CO₂e0.0083
- Land-use CO₂e0.0026
The total counts fossil CO₂e. EPD Italy reports biogenic and land-use CO₂e separately; they are shown beside it, not added.
From EPD Italy's record to a comparable factor
EPD Italy publishes this EPD as one declared value. Each field as printed, and what open-climate.ai made of it.
The total and its modules
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About this factor
From EPD Italy
What it is
1 km of multicore cables with a rated operating voltage of U0/U = 0.6 / 1 kV. The cables are of N1VC7V-K UE type, featuring a reference service life (RSL) of 40 years and a current-carrying capacity of 1 A. "The site-specific data for the cable production phase refer to the year 2024 and were provided by Tratos Cavi S.p.A. Upstream and downstream processes were modelled based on data from the Ecoinvent 3.11 database. The quality of the primary data is assessed as very good, while the quality of the secondary data is considered good." mass-based The packaging of raw materials and finished products, methane consumption for heating, infrastructures, and business travel are excluded.Where it applies
Multi core cable with copper conductor and PVC insulation. Designed for use in control and monitoring systems, as well as auxiliary services in high-voltage (HV) electrical substations. Multicore cables with a rated operating voltage of U0/U = 0.6 / 1 kV – Type N1VC7V-K UE cables 191156-N1VC7V-K UE 4X 6 192223-N1VC7V-K UE 4X10 191167-N1VC7V-K UE 0,6/1kV 4X16 193322-N1VC7V-K UE 0,6/1kV 4X25 193598-N1VC7V-K UE 5X10 191151-N1VC7V-K UE 7X 1,5 191152-N1VC7V-K UE 7X 2,5 191153-N1VC7V-K UE 7X 6 191168-N1VC7V-K UE 12X 1,5Source and licence
- Value
- Summed by open-climate.ai from its parts
- Publisher
- EPD Italy (ICMQ)
- Published
- 2 October 2026
- Valid until
- 31 December 2030
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Cite this factor
EPD Italy (ICMQ), EPD data from https://epditaly.lca-data.com. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/epd_italy/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-epditaly-multipolar_cables_061_kv-it-m-epd_total-da38e605/?v=efv1-dc9af079afd1921d55f11a4faee78fc3
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