Data Center Carbon Calculator

This calculation tool compares the carbon footprint of plastic pipes compared to metal pipes. It evaluates the energy required to produce the raw materials and also the energy required during the production of the pipes. The core data used to generate this comparison is openly published data available in environmental databanks, see "sources" (bottom of the page). The results are calculated in kg CO2 equivalent per meter of pipe.

Data Center Carbon Calculator

The low weight per meter of plastic pipe compared to metal results in a far lower carbon footprint for plastic pipes compared to metal pipes.
For further information to the complete embedded carbon footprint of plastic pipes, ie. From cradle to grave, please refer to the LCA and EPD reports and statements available from GF Piping Systems Ltd.

This CO2 Calculator uses data from the report „Life Cycle Analysis Pipes“, conducted by the company ESU-services GmbH, Uster/Switzerland (www.esu-services.ch) on behalf of Georg Fischer Piping Systems.
It evaluates CO2 emissions incurred during the manufacture of the raw material and the pipe, as well as the transport and disposal, respectively recycling, of different types of pipe (plastic and metal). The installation and application of the pipe is not considered.
The basic data used for the study originates from the "Ecoinvent" database, an internationally recognised source for core environmental data (www.ecoinvent.org).
Pipe dimensions and data have been extracted from publicly published standards and planning fundamentals.