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An Environmental Product Declaration for Asphalt Mixtures
Materials and Resources
TABLE 5. RESOURCE USE INDICATORS
ACRONYM INDICATOR UNIT
QUANTITY PER METRIC TONNE ASPHALT MIXTURE
(PER SHORT TON ASPHALT MIXTURE)
MATERIALS
(A1)
TRANSPORT
(A2)
PRODUCTION
(A3)
TOTAL
(A1‑A3)
RPR
E
Renewable primary resources
used as an energy carrier (fuel)
MJ
4.85
(4.40)
0.00
(0.00)
0.01
(0.01)
4.86
(4.41)
RPR
M
Renewable primary resources with
energy content used as material
MJ
0.00
(0.00)
N/A
N/A
0.00
(0.00)
NRPR
E
Non‑renewable primary resources
used as an energy carrier (fuel)
MJ
307
(279)
71
(65)
509
(462)
887
(805)
NRPR
M
Non‑renewable primary resources
with energy content used as material
MJ
984
(893)
N/A
N/A
984
(893)
SM Secondary (recycled) materials kg
488
(443)
N/A
0
488
(443)
RSF Renewable secondary fuels MJ
N/A
N/A
0.00
(0.00)
0.00
(0.00)
NRSF Non‑renewable secondary fuels MJ
N/A
N/A
0.00
(0.00)
0.00
(0.00)
RE Recovered energy MJ
N/A
N/A
0.00
(0.00)
0.00
(0.00)
FW Consumption of fresh water m
3
3.30e+00
(2.99e+00)
N/A
1.67e-02
(1.51e-02)
3.32e+00
(3.01e+00)
ADP
fossil
Abiotic depletion potential
for fossil resources
MJ
1285
(1166)
70
(63)
568
(515)
1923
(1745)
Notes:
RPR
E
– First use bio‑based materials used as an energy source. Hydropower, solar, and wind power used in the technosphere are
also included in this indicator. Calculations for A3 are based on the regional grid energy mix for the balancing authority and does
not account for on‑site renewable energy generation.
RPR
M
– First use bio‑based materials used as materials (e.g., bio‑based additives, bio‑based asphalt extenders, etc.).
NRPR
E
– First use non‑renewable materials such as peat, oil, gas, coal, and uranium used as an energy source.
NRPR
M
– First use non‑renewable primary resources such as oil, gas, and coal used for products (e.g., asphalt binder, plastic‑based
products, etc.).
SM – Materials recycled from previous use or waste (e.g., reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP), recycled asphalt shingles (RAS),
ground tire rubber (GTR), etc.). These include both renewable and non‑renewable material, with or without energy content,
depending on the status of the material when it was originally extracted from the environment.
RSF – Renewable materials with energy content that have crossed the system boundary between product systems and are used as
fuel input (energy source) in another product system (e.g., chipped waste wood, yellow grease).
NRSF – Non‑renewable materials with energy content that have crossed the system boundary between product systems and are
used as fuel input (energy source) in another product system (e.g., recycled fuel oil, tire‑derived fuel, etc.).
RE – Energy recovered from disposal of waste in previous systems, such as energy recovery from combustion of landfill gas or
energy recovered from other systems using energy sources.
FW – This indicator is oſten not included in upstream (background) datasets for raw materials and energy. For Module A1, 51% of
the material inputs, by total weight of the mix, are accounted for. Upstream datasets for transportation (A2) and energy inputs (A3)
do not account for consumption of fresh water.
ADP
fossil
– Abiotic depletion potential for fossil resources.