ENVPEP1406018_V2 - Product Environmental Profile - 16AX 250V 1GANG 1WAY SWITCH

Product Environmental Profile

16AX 250V 1GANG 1WAY SWITCH

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General information
Representative product 16AX 250V 1GANG 1WAY SWITCH - KB31_1_WE
The main purpose of the SWITCH is to break an electrical circuit,diverting the current from the
Description of the product
main supply to different electrical appliances.

Establish, support and interrupt for 20 years rated currents in any conditions specified for
Functional unit overload in operation characterized by the current 16AX, for the operating voltage 250V , in
accordance with the standard IE C60669-1.

Constituent materials
Reference product mass 57.38 g including the product, its packaging and additional elements and accessories

Brass - 4.6% Copper - 1.9%

Steel - 0.7%
PA Polyamide - 13.7%

Cardboard - 8.9%

PC Polycarbonate - 70.2%

Plastics 83.9%
Metals 7.2%
Others 8.9%

Substance assessment
Products of this range are designed in conformity with the requirements of the RoHS directive (European Directive 2011/65/EU of 2
January 2013, amended in March 2015, 2015/863/EU and in November 2017, 2017/2102/EU) and do not contain, or only contain in the
authorised proportions, lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium or flame retardants (polybrominated biphenyls - PBB,
polybrominated diphenyl ethers – PBDE), Bis (2-ethylhexyl)phthalate - DEHP, Benzyl butyl phthalate– BBP, Dibutyl phthalate - DBP,
Diisobutyl phthalate - DIBP) as mentioned in the Directive.
Details of ROHS and REACH substances information are available on the Schneider-Electric Green Premium website
http://www2.schneider-electric.com/sites/corporate/en/products-services/green-premium/green-premium.page

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Additional environmental information

The 16AX 250V 1GANG 1WAY SWITCH presents the following relevent environmental aspects
Manufacturing Manufactured at a Schneider Electric production site ISO14001 certified
Weight and volume of the packaging optimized, based on the European Union's packaging directive
Distribution
Packaging weight is 5 g, consisting of cardboard (100%)
Installation Ref KB31_1_WE does not require any installation operations.
Use The product does not require special maintenance operations.

End of life optimized to decrease the amount of waste and allow recovery of the product components and materials

No special end-of-life treatment required. According to countries’ practices this product can enter the usual end-of-
End of life life treatment process.
Based on “ECO’DEEE recyclability and recoverability calculation method”
Recyclability potential: 6% (version V1, 20 Sep. 2008 presented to the French Agency for Environment
and Energy Management: ADEME).

Environmental impacts
Reference life time 20 years
Product category Switches
Installation elements No special components needed
Load rate: 50% of In
Use scenario
Use time rate: 30% of RLT
Geographical
China
representativeness
Technological The main purpose of the SWITCH is to break an electrical circuit,diverting the current from the main supply
representativeness to different electrical appliances.
Manufacturing Installation Use End of life

Energy model used Electricity mix; AC; Electricity mix; AC; Electricity mix; AC;
Energy model used: Vietnam consumption mix, at consumption mix, at consumption mix, at
consumer; 220V; CN consumer; 220V; CN consumer; 220V; CN

Compulsory indicators 16AX 250V 1GANG 1WAY SWITCH - KB31_1_WE

Impact indicators Unit Total Manufacturing Distribution Installation Use End of Life
Contribution to mineral resources depletion kg Sb eq 4.62E-06 4.61E-06 0* 0* 3.76E-09 0*
Contribution to the soil and water acidification kg SO2 eq 1.81E-03 8.28E-04 3.38E-05 1.13E-06 9.27E-04 1.63E-05
Contribution to water eutrophication kg PO43- eq 4.95E-04 2.37E-04 7.79E-06 2.74E-07 2.45E-04 5.29E-06
Contribution to global warming kg CO2 eq 1.45E+00 5.79E-01 7.40E-03 2.71E-04 8.55E-01 1.20E-02
kg CFC11
Contribution to ozone layer depletion 3.17E-08 2.45E-08 1.50E-11 0* 6.81E-09 3.96E-10
eq
Contribution to photochemical oxidation kg C2H4 eq 2.10E-04 9.59E-05 2.41E-06 8.43E-08 1.10E-04 1.64E-06
Resources use Unit Total Manufacturing Distribution Installation Use End of Life
Net use of freshwater m3 4.20E-03 3.23E-03 6.63E-07 0* 9.55E-04 8.41E-06
Total Primary Energy MJ 2.07E+01 6.49E+00 1.05E-01 3.53E-03 1.40E+01 7.63E-02

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Contribution to Contribution to Contribution to Contribution to Contribution to Contribution to Net use of Total Primary
mineral the soil and water global warming ozone layer photochemical freshwater Energy
resources water eutrophication depletion oxidation
depletion acidification

Manufacturing Distribution Installation Use End of life

Optional indicators 16AX 250V 1GANG 1WAY SWITCH - KB31_1_WE

Impact indicators Unit Total Manufacturing Distribution Installation Use End of Life
Contribution to fossil resources depletion MJ 1.70E+01 3.92E+00 1.04E-01 3.51E-03 1.29E+01 6.13E-02
Contribution to air pollution m³ 1.52E+02 6.21E+01 3.15E-01 0* 8.87E+01 5.67E-01
Contribution to water pollution m³ 3.14E+02 2.70E+02 1.22E+00 4.10E-02 4.25E+01 7.63E-01
Resources use Unit Total Manufacturing Distribution Installation Use End of Life
Use of secondary material kg 5.17E-03 5.17E-03 0* 0* 0* 0*
Total use of renewable primary energy resources MJ 7.45E-01 2.67E-02 1.40E-04 0* 7.18E-01 8.36E-05

Total use of non-renewable primary energy resources MJ 1.99E+01 6.46E+00 1.05E-01 3.53E-03 1.33E+01 7.62E-02

Use of renewable primary energy excluding

MJ 7.30E-01 1.18E-02 1.40E-04 0* 7.18E-01 8.36E-05
renewable primary energy used as raw material
Use of renewable primary energy resources used as
MJ 1.49E-02 1.49E-02 0* 0* 0* 0*
raw material

Use of non renewable primary energy excluding non

MJ 1.83E+01 4.85E+00 1.05E-01 3.53E-03 1.33E+01 7.62E-02
renewable primary energy used as raw material

Use of non renewable primary energy resources used

MJ 1.61E+00 1.61E+00 0* 0* 0* 0*
as raw material
Use of non renewable secondary fuels MJ 0.00E+00 0* 0* 0* 0* 0*
Use of renewable secondary fuels MJ 0.00E+00 0* 0* 0* 0* 0*
Waste categories Unit Total Manufacturing Distribution Installation Use End of Life
Hazardous waste disposed kg 5.21E-01 3.94E-01 0* 0* 2.76E-02 9.96E-02
Non hazardous waste disposed kg 2.22E-01 6.63E-02 2.63E-04 3.67E-05 1.55E-01 2.32E-04
Radioactive waste disposed kg 2.82E-05 2.26E-05 1.87E-07 7.22E-09 5.11E-06 3.77E-07
Other environmental information Unit Total Manufacturing Distribution Installation Use End of Life
Materials for recycling kg 1.36E-02 5.57E-03 0* 4.98E-03 0* 3.07E-03
Components for reuse kg 0.00E+00 0* 0* 0* 0* 0*
Materials for energy recovery kg 2.36E-03 0* 0* 0* 0* 2.36E-03
Exported Energy MJ 1.58E-05 1.49E-06 0* 1.43E-05 0* 0*
* represents less than 0.01% of the total life cycle of the reference flow
Life cycle assessment performed with EIME version EIME v5.9.4, database version 2022-01 in compliance with ISO14044.
The use phase is the life cycle phase which has the greatest impact on the majority of environmental indicators (based on compulsory
indicators).

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Please note that the values given above are only valid within the context specified and cannot be used directly to draw up the
environmental assessment of an installation.

Registration number ENVPEP1406018_V2 Drafting rules PCR-ed3-EN-2015 04 02

Date of issue 10/2022 Supplemented by PSR-0005-ed2-EN-2016 03 29

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