GALVASPAN® steel
Details
- Product Type Life Cycle Assessment & EPD Development, Products
- Regions Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
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- Company Name BlueScope
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About
GALVASPAN® steel is a hot-dipped zinc-coated structural steel product. GALVASPAN® steel has been
developed for cold forming into a wide range of purlin and girt specifications.
Purlins and girts made from GALVASPAN® steel are widely used in commercial and industrial
buildings, sheds, garages, warehouses, and distribution centres. GALVASPAN® steel is available in
guaranteed minimum yield strengths of 450MPa, 500MPa or 550MPa across a range of thicknesses.
The GALVASPAN® steel products consist of a steel substrate that is coated with a zinc coating class of
Z350 to provide corrosion resistance.
GALVASPAN® steel conforms to the relevant Australian Standards AS/NZS 1365:1996 (R2016) and AS
1397:2021.
Sustainability Outcomes
BlueScope embraces circular economy principles in product development, including designing
products for durability and resilience.
Steel is strong, durable, and versatile and its inherent properties allow it to be recycled without loss
of quality over and over again. In some cases, it can be reused without reprocessing, again saving on
energy and resource use.
The steel in GALVASPAN® steel is 100% recyclable and its magnetic properties mean that it can be
easily separated for recycling and is less likely to end up in landfill.
BlueScope’s Port Kembla Steelworks site, where the steel for GALVASPAN® steel is manufactured, is
certified to the ResponsibleSteel™ Standard v1.1.
The ResponsibleSteel™ certification can give organisations in the steel value chain confidence in the
environmental, social and governance performance of our steelmaking facilities, and may help them
to meet their climate objectives and manage supply chain risks.
Applicable Credits
| IS v1.2 | Inn-1 , Mat-1 , Mat-2 , Was-2 , Was-3 |
| IS v2.1 | Inn-1 , Rso-4 , Rso-5 , Rso-6 , Rso-7 |
| Mat-1 | Materials life cycle impact measurement and reduction | The use of BlueScope's steel products with Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) can help to demonstrate the environmental impacts of the project vs a reference building or structure - the GALVASPAN® steel EPD can be used to represent the impact of the product in whole-of-building or structure Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and in the IS Materials Calculator. |
| Mat-2 | Environmentally labelled products and supply chains | GALVASPAN® steel may meet environmental labelling requirements of the IS Rating through its GreenRate™ ‘Level A’ certification and product-specific EPD. |
| Was-2 | Diversion from landfill | The magnetic properties of steel mean that it can be easily separated for recycling and the inherent value of steel scrap results in a high recovery rate. In Australia, this is evidenced by a recycling rate for metals of 90% (National Waste Report, 2020). The steel in GALVASPAN® steel is 100% recyclable without loss of quality. In some cases, it can be reused without reprocessing, again saving on energy and resource use. |
| Was-3 | Deconstruction/Disassembly/Adaptability | Steel is a strong, durable, and versatile material. BlueScope's steel products lend themselves well to structures that are designed for long life, resilience, and flexibility to accommodate multiple future reuse options without reinvestment in structural alteration and refurbishment. Steel also supports designs where end of life considerations are key, e.g. designing for disassembly and reuse. |
| Inn-1 (ISv1.2) | Contributes to Innovation Challenge-8: Sustainable Supplier and iSupply | |
| Rso-4 | Resource Recovery and Management | The magnetic properties of steel mean that it can be easily separated for recycling and the inherent value of steel scrap results in a high recovery rate. In Australia, this is evidenced by a recycling rate for metals of 90% (National Waste Report, 2020). The steel in GALVASPAN® steel is 100% recyclable without loss of quality. In some cases, it can be reused without reprocessing, again saving on energy and resource use. |
| Rso-5 | Adaptability | Steel is a strong, durable and versatile material. BlueScope's steel products lend themselves well to structures designed for long life, resilience, and flexibility to accommodate multiple future reuse options without reinvestment in structural alteration and refurbishment. Steel also supports designs where end of life considerations are key, e.g. designing for disassembly and reuse. |
| Rso-6 | Materials life cycle impact measurement and reduction | The use of BlueScope's steel products with Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) can help to demonstrate the environmental impacts of the project vs a reference building or structure - the GALVASPAN® steel EPD can be used to represent the impact of the product in whole-of-building or structure Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and in the IS Materials Calculator. |
| Rso-7 | Sustainability labelled products and supply chains | GALVASPAN® steel may meet environmental labelling requirements of the IS Rating through its GreenRate™ ‘Level A’ certification and product-specific EPD. |
| Inn-1 (ISv2.1) | Contributes to Innovation Challenge-4: Sustainable Supplier and iSupply |
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