Emission factor from Kiwa-EE EPD, industry average
Wardrobe shelf system BB23
Sweden · EPD total · Reference year 2024
Value per unit, over the modules the EPD declares
12.8kgCO₂e/unit
EN 15804 modules A1 to C4 · Fossil only · GWP100 · AR5
Derived by open-climate.ai: the sum of Kiwa-EE's published parts
The one scenario this EPD declaresReference year 2024
- Region
- Sweden SE
- Boundary
- EPD total
- Data quality
- MediumRated by us, not by the source
- Licence
- Open · Kiwa-EE terms
- Declared by
- AB Byggbeslag
Where 12.8 comes from
- A1-A3 Product stageScope 3, cat. 111.287.6%
- Scope 3, cat. 40.5584.4%
- A5 InstallationScope 3, cat. 10.7886.2%
- Scope 3, cat. 50.1190.9%
- Scope 3, cat. 50.1241%
- C4 DisposalScope 3, cat. 50.00304<0.1%
- Outside the scopes−2.11beside
Σ 12.8: the six declared modules add up to the total. D stays beside it.
Reporting this item under the GHG Protocol
This period
Scope 3, category 1 12 Scope 3, category 4 0.558
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
At end of life, in the year of demolition
- C2 Scope 3, category 5 0.119
- C3 Scope 3, category 5 0.124
- C4 Scope 3, category 5 0.00304
Outside the scopes, reported separately
- D −2.11
B1 to B7 and C1 are not declared: nothing to report.
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Manufactured goods › Furniture · Sweden · per item · Average
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 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 Kiwa-EE'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
Medium 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 | 8.84504 | 8.84504 | Declared |
| A2 | Transport to the plant | 0.904066 | 9.7491 | Declared |
| A3 | Manufacturing | 1.47081 | 11.2199 | Declared |
| A4 | Transport to site | 0.557654 | 11.7776 | Declared |
| A5 | Installation | 0.788161 | 12.5657 | Declared |
| B1 | Use | not declared | 12.5657 | Not declared |
| B2 | Maintenance | not declared | 12.5657 | Not declared |
| B3 | Repair | not declared | 12.5657 | Not declared |
| B4 | Replacement | not declared | 12.5657 | Not declared |
| B5 | Refurbishment | not declared | 12.5657 | Not declared |
| B6 | Energy in use | not declared | 12.5657 | Not declared |
| B7 | Water in use | not declared | 12.5657 | Not declared |
| C1 | Demolition | not declared | 12.5657 | Not declared |
| C2 | Waste transport | 0.118815 | 12.6845 | Declared |
| C3 | Waste processing | 0.123751 | 12.8083 | Declared |
| C4 | Disposal | 0.00303621 | 12.8113 | Declared |
| Total | EPD total, declared modules | 12.8113 | Sum of the declared modules | |
| D | Beyond the system boundary | −2.11105 | 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
Included11.2A4-A5Construction
Delivery and installation
Included1.35B1-B7Use
The product in service: maintenance, repair, replacement and the energy and water it uses
Not declaredC1-C4End of life
Waste transport to disposal; C1 not declared
C2 to C40.246DBeyond the boundary
Recovery after end of life
Not in the total−2.11
Outside this boundary
- Maintenance
- Retail
- Use phase
- Recycling credit
Maintenance is out because B2 is not declared. The recycling credit is module D, shown beside the total.
Gases
- Fossil CO₂e12.8
- Biogenic CO₂e0.0718
- Land-use CO₂e0.0447
The total counts fossil CO₂e. Kiwa-EE reports biogenic and land-use CO₂e separately; they are shown beside it, not added.
From Kiwa-EE's record to a comparable factor
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The total and its modules
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About this factor
From Kiwa-EE
What it is
BB23 is a wall-mounted shelf system with wall rails, a shelf, consoles with brackets and a clothing rail for wardrobes, delivered unassembled. The wardrobe shelf system is available in lengths between 1253 mm (1 or 2 sections) and 4412 mm (7 sections). The wall rails and the consoles with brackets for the clothing rail are made of powder-coated steel, the shelf is a lacquered plywood board, the clothing rail is chrome-polished. Steel screws are used to mount the shelf. The EPD declares an average product of one shelf system with a lenght of one meter. ComponentWeight %Powder-coated steel rails and consoles with brackets 17Lacquered shelf 53.8Chrome clothing rail 13.9Steel screws 10.3 All data that is specific to the product and process was provided by the manufacturer for the operating year 2025 and is therefore up-to-date. The manufacturer and their production are located in Karlstad, Sweden. Background data was taken from the Ecoinvent 3.9.1 database. The database is regularly checked and thus complies with the requirements of ISO 14040/44 (background data not older than 10 years). The background data meets the requirements of EN 15804. The general rule was followed that specific data from specific production processes or average data derived from specific processes must be given priority when calculating an EPD or Life Cycle Assessment. Data for processes that the manufacturer cannot influence or choose, were supported by generic data. The scenarios included are currently in use and are representative of one of the most likely scenario alternatives. According to the criteria of the "UN Environmental Global Guidance on LCA database development" mentioned in EN 15804+A2, the data quality for all three representativeness categories (geographical, technical and time) can be described as good. The calculations have been performed in accordance with the “polluter pays” and “modularity” principles, as defined in EN 15804+A2. The following estimates and assumptions have been made for this EPD. The wardrobe shelf system BB23 is available in seven different sections of lengths between 1253 mm (1 or 2 sections) and 4412 mm (7 sections). The mass of materials was calculated by dividing all used materials by all sold BB23 lengths in 2025. The values for the energy and packaging materials are based on values given by the producer. The energy use for the electric truck and the cutting of clothing rail and shelf has been measured for one piece of BB23. The customer assembles the shelf system by themselves. The packaging consists of two parts: the product packaging and the packaging of the Euro pallet. The amount of packaging for the product is based on one piece of BB23 (1 m). It is assumed that 10 pieces of BB23 fit on a Euro pallet. The packaging for the pallet is therefore calculated as one tenth of the amount given by the manufacturer for the pallet packaging.What it includes
The construction process is carried out by manual labor with hand tools.Where it applies
The main purpose of the wardrobe shelf system BB23 is to provide storage mainly for clothes. The main customers of the manufacturer are other businesses.Source and licence
- Value
- Summed by open-climate.ai from its parts
- Publisher
- Kiwa-Ecobility Experts EPD programme (Kiwa GmbH)
- Library
- Kiwa-EE KIWA_EE_2026-10-02
- Published
- 2 October 2026
- Valid until
- 31 December 2031
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Kiwa-Ecobility Experts EPD programme (Kiwa GmbH), EPD data from https://kiwa.lca-data.com. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/kiwa_ee/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-kiwaee-wardrobe_shelf_system-se-unit-epd_total-eeb7c9bd/?v=efv1-b82da5061a0660943c9ae93f0f66e64e
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