Amorim Expanded Insulation Corkboard (ICB)

Name: Amorim Expanded Insulation Corkboard (ICB)
Brand: Amorim Cork Insulation

An insulation board of expanded cork granules bound only by the resins released from the cork itself under steam, with no added binder. Used in external and internal walls, floors, roofs and ceilings, and as an exposed facade board. Thermal, acoustic and anti-vibration performance in one material.

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Carbon and evidence

Product Evidence

Evidence currently held for the Amorim Cork Insulation product record.

Amorim Cork Insulation

Recorded Carbon Result

No quantified carbon result held

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Environmental Product Declaration

EPD recorded

Coverage: Specific product
Declared unit: 1 m³ mass 115 kg
Programme: EPD Hub
Registration: HUB-0281
Standard: EN 15804+A2 and ISO 14025 / ISO 21930
Valid until: 2028-02-13
Verification: Third-party verified

No carbon figure is recorded against this product. The declaration is current and third-party verified, but its biogenic figures do not reconcile with its own declared unit: 1 m³ of ICB is declared at a mass of 115 kg while the biogenic carbon content is given as 4554 kg C, and the headline GWP-total inherits that. The fossil figure (82.8 kgCO2e A1–A3) is plausible in isolation, but it is not recorded beside a total that does not reconcile. A confirmation of the declared unit has been sought from the manufacturer.

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Service Life — the B4 Replacement Input

50 years · basis not recorded

≈2 installations over a 60-year building study period.

B4 (replacement) follows the building, not the product: an assessor multiplies replacement cycles by project quantities. This record supplies the service life and does not compute B4.

Sourced Product Claims

Cork only — bound by its own resins, no added binderManufacturer declaredSource
Indoor VOC emissions Class A+ to ISO 16000Manufacturer declaredSource
Carbon figures withheld — published EPD is internally inconsistentNo evidence heldSource

Evidence Sources

Amorim Expanded Insulation Corkboard (ICB) EPD (HUB-0281)

EPD Hub

Coverage: Expanded insulation corkboard (ICB)

No evidence held

Evidence Gaps

•No quantified carbon result is recorded.

Design & Specification Notes

Qualitative notes for early design discussion. Not product-specific EPD evidence, and not a basis for numerical comparison.

An insulation board of expanded cork granules bound only by the resins released from the cork itself under steam, with no added binder.

Typical Uses

•Thermal envelope
•Roof/wall cavities
•Airtightness layers

Key Performance

Good thermal resistance with reduced heat loss.

Specification Actions

•Compare embodied carbon of insulation options (natural vs synthetic).
•Request blowing agent GWP values for foam insulation.
•Confirm the current EPD covers the selected product, finish and manufacturing route.

Indicative Health & Indoor Air

low Risk

Evidence:No evidence held

Specification

Collection: Amorim ICB
Finish: Expanded cork board, self-bonded
Density: 115 kg/m³
Service life: 50 years