Carbonz Materials Library

// Carbonz Materials Library

The Carbonz library contains descriptions of thousands of construction materials, equipment, and services, organized hierarchically by families and subfamilies.

Numerous pieces of information are available for each material:

Thermal data
Thermal data

Thermal data (thermal conductivity, specific heat, density) to calculate, for example: Thermal resistance or thermal losses of walls.

Environmental data
Environmental data

via impact indicators (gray energy, GHG emissions, air and water pollution, resource depletion, water consumption, etc.).

It is composed from various data sources and kept up-to-date:

01.
For France and the RE2020 regulation:
  • FDES (Environmental Product Declaration Sheets) and DEP (Environmental Product Declarations) issued from the INIES database.
  • PEP (Environmental Product Profiles) from databases like PEP Ecopasseport.
  • DEC, conventional environmental data related to energy consumption, potable water use, or ACV lot allowances.
02.
For international projects (examples):
  • In Germany, the OEKEBAU database.
  • The Ecoportal, a digital access point for environmental data from European databases: IBU, epd-norge, EPD Italy, etc.

Links allow access to source data for quickly retrieving additional information (Technical Approvals, manufacturer data, implementation sheets, etc.).

Difference between DEP and FDES:

  • DEP (Environmental Product Declarations) are based on LCA calculations conforming to ISO 14040, ISO 14044, and EN 15804 standards. They are verified according to ISO 14025. In contrast, an FDES (Environmental and Health Declaration Sheet) is a DEP enriched with health and comfort information, conforming to NF EN 15804+A1 and its national complement.
  • FDES can be individual or collective and include product characteristics, environmental profile, and health and comfort information. The main difference lies in the addition of health and comfort information in FDES.
  • A PEP is a type of FDES or DEP but specific to equipment.

FDES Configurators

You can integrate Environmental Product Data (DEP) generated from configurators via XML import. Examples of available configurators include:

  • BETie from SNBPE (National Syndicate of Ready-Mixed Concrete), a tool for calculating specific environmental impacts for concrete.
  • DE bois, developed by FCBA under CODIFAB's mandate, aimed at characterizing the environmental performance of wood-based construction products.
  • SAVE construction, which allows creating customized environmental profiles for steel products.
  • aKacia, a tool developed by Karibati to generate FDES for biosourced and geosourced products, integrating raw earth.

Navigation in the Carbonz database includes a quick search and a hierarchical structure where materials are classified by function and nature. Each product sheet provides complete information and links to data sources.

Chaque fiche produit dispose d’information complètes
Carbonz material library
Products meeting the search criteria are sorted by impact, allowing for more precise selection.