Information
Product Environmental Profile - PEP
PEP ecopassport SCHN-2011-565-V0
Use
The products of the Back-UPS
®
range do not generate environmental pollution (emissions) requiring special precautionary measures in
standard use. Audible noise one meter from the surface of the product is between 45 and 53 dBA.
The usage scenario for Uninterruptible Power Supplies is specific; the methodology for the calculation of the electricity consumption is based on
the Energy Star rules under development by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Energy Star Uninterruptible Power Supply Product
Category version 1, draft 2, 14 Oct 2011).
Weighted Average
Load (%)
Weighted
Average Loss (%)
Weighted Average
Loss (W)
Annual Average
Consumption (kWh)
Lifetime Average
Consumption (kWh)
BK500
67.5% 1.7% 5.0 44 219
BR1500LCDI – Worst case
67.5% 2.4% 20.6 181 903
BK350– Best case
67.5% 1.6% 3.3 29 143
End of life
At end of life, the products in the Back-UPS
®
have been optimized to decrease the amount of waste and allow recovery of the product
components and materials.
This product range contains batteries, external cables and electronic boards that should be separated from the stream of waste so as to
optimize end-of-life treatment by special treatments. The location of these components and other recommendations are given in the End of Life
Instruction document which is available for this product range.
The recyclability potential of the products has been evaluated using the “ECO’DEEE recyclability and recoverability calculation method” (version
V1, 20 Sep. 2008 presented to the French Agency for Environment and Energy Management: ADEME).
According to this method, the potential recyclability ratio is: 51%.
As described in the recyclability calculation method this ratio includes only metals and plastics which have proven industrial recycling processes.
Environmental impacts
Life cycle assessment has been performed on the following life cycle phases: Materials and Manufacturing (M), Distribution (D), Installation (I)
Use (U), and End of life (E).
Modeling hypothesis and method:
- the calculation was performed on the BK500
- product packaging: is included
- Installation components: no special components included.
- scenario for the Use phase: this product range is included in the category 2: Energy consuming product. The usage scenario for UPS
is specific, the methodology for the calculation of the electricity consumption is based on the rules defined by the EPA for small
household UPS.
Assumed service life is 5 years
Use scenario is: annual electricity consumption = 44 kWh per year
The electrical power model used for calculation is the average European model.
This equipment do not require any special maintenance operations
- End of life impacts are based on a worst case transport distance to the recycling plant (1000km)
Presentation of the product environmental impacts
Environmental indicators Unit BK500
S = M + D
+ I + U + E
M D I U E
Raw Material Depletion Y-1
9.77E-13 9.74E-13 8.01E-18 0 2.85E-15 1.63E-17
Energy Depletion MJ
3.48E+03 9.54E+02 5.88E+00 0 2.51E+03 1.20E+01
Water depletion
dm
3
6.77E+02 3.13E+02 5.58E-01 0 3.62E+02 1.14E+00
Global Warming
g
≈
CO
2
1.81E+05 5.26E+04 4.65E+02 0 1.27E+05 9.47E+02
Ozone Depletion g
≈
CFC-11
1.64E-02 8.54E-03 3.29E-04 0 6.87E-03 6.70E-04
Air Toxicity
m
3
4.96E+07 2.84E+07 8.77E+04 0 2.10E+07 1.79E+05
Photochemical Ozone Creation
g
≈
C
2
H
4
6.80E+01 2.40E+01 3.98E-01 0 4.28E+01 8.10E-01
Air acidification
g
≈
H
+
3.00E+01 1.28E+01 5.93E-02 0 1.71E+01 1.21E-01
Water Toxicity
dm
3
4.49E+04 8.64E+03 5.82E+01 0 3.61E+04 1.18E+02
Water Eutrophication
g
≈
PO
4
2.51E+00 2.19E+00 7.74E-03 0 2.97E-01 1.57E-02
Hazardous waste production kg
2.82E+00 7.17E-01 1.73E-04 0 2.10E+00 3.52E-04