APE Grupo registers DAPcons® NTe.001 for Medium Porcelain Stoneware

2-01-2020

APE Grupo is a leader in the creation of differentiated spaces by offering a wide range of design ceramics, advanced technical products and services, it is constituted as a business group in February 2016, bringing together 3 brands with more than 25 years of experience and a technical office which provides advanced architectural and interior design solutions.

In order to offer products that are increasingly lighter, more reliable and have less impact on their environment, they have registered the DAPcons® NTe.001.

The product included is a Porcelain Stoneware which includes different models whose variability of results of the Life Cycle Impact Assessment (EICV) in no case exceeds 10%. The following absorption groups are included:

- BIa Group: formed by pressing with water absorption E ≤0.5%.

- BIb Group: formed by pressing with water absorption 0.5% <Eb ≤ 3%.

 The average weight of the product is 23.32 kg / m2, the main recommended use for this product is as floor paving and / or cladding of walls and facades, both interior and exterior.

The company ReMa Ingeniería SL, a member affiliated with the Program Operator DAPconstrucción®, has been responsible for preparing this DAPcons® subsequently verified by ITEC. Its valid until January 2025 and are based on the Product Category Rules RCP NTe.001 for Product Category Rules for ceramic tiles.

This is an Environmental Product Declaration “from the cradle to the grave”, that is, the environmental impacts of the product are analyzed taking into account the stage of manufacture, construction, use and end of life.

The Program Operator DAPconstrucción® was born in 2008 aiming to bring together manufacturing companies that wish to advance in the analysis of the environmental impacts of their products and commit to environmental improvement.