Trane Centrifugal Chillers EPD 4790566295.101.1

Overview

This document is the 2023 environmental product declaration (EPD 4790566295.101.1) for Trane Technologies' water-cooled centrifugal chillers, issued with UL Environment.

The one numerical finding in the record is this: the production-weighted average of six Trane water-cooled centrifugal chillers reports an A1-A3 IPCC GWP of 129 kg CO2e per refrigeration ton of cooling capacity (page 14, Table 18; declared unit on page 2). This product-stage result is separate from operational energy and replacement stages, so it shows only the embodied part from raw materials, transport and manufacturing, not a chiller's total life-cycle carbon.

The limit on use is important: product-specific data must be explicitly labelled as proxies when applied to generic equipment. Because the document provides one data point for a specific product family, it should not be treated as directly valid for other manufacturers, capacities or chiller types. For a real project, the selected product's own EPD or manufacturer data should be used.

Key points

1. The document is EPD 4790566295.101.1, issued by Trane Technologies with UL Environment in 2023.
2. Its subject is centrifugal water-cooled chillers.
3. Production-weighted average of six Trane water-cooled centrifugal chillers: A1-A3 IPCC GWP of 129 kg CO2e per refrigeration ton of cooling capacity.
4. The value is a product-stage result, separate from operational energy and replacement stages.
5. The source value is on page 14, Table 18; the declared unit is on page 2.
6. Product-specific data must be labelled as proxies when applied to generic equipment.

Using it in design

• In preliminary embodied-carbon calculations, use 129 kg CO2e per refrigeration ton as a proxy factor for water-cooled centrifugal chillers and label it as a proxy.
• Use the figure only for the A1-A3 product stage; calculate operational energy separately.
• As the project matures, replace it with the selected chiller's own EPD and update the data-quality label.

Who should read it

Sustainability consultants and designers calculating embodied carbon for cooling equipment.

Publication details

Authors

Trane Technologies

Publisher

Trane Technologies / UL Environment

Year

2023

Document language

English

Source type

Manufacturer

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