DESSO Essence
Desso’s plain loop workhorse — 31 colourways, 2.6 mm effective pile, class 33 heavy contract, on ECONYL® regenerated nylon over EcoBase®. The neutral ground the patterned collections sit against.
Carbon and evidence
Product Evidence
Evidence currently held for the Desso product record.
Recorded Carbon Result
No quantified carbon result held
Request a current product EPD or manufacturer carbon declaration.
Environmental Product Declaration
EPD recorded- Coverage
- Product family
- Declared unit
- Not recorded
- Programme
- The International EPD System (EPD International AB)
- Registration
- EPD-IES-0014263:001
- Standard
- EN 15804+A2 (PCR 2019:14 v1.3.4)
- Valid until
- 2029-07-04
- Verification
- Third-party verified
Current family declaration covering the 100% recycled PA6 with EcoBase tiles. No A1–A3 figure is recorded: the published library entry does not expose the LCA results, so no value has been read from source.
Service Life — the B4 Replacement Input
10 years · manufacturer declared
≈6 installations over a 60-year building study period.
1 claim and 1 certification are held in the staging record but not presented as product evidence because an exact public source has not yet been mapped.
Evidence Gaps
- •No quantified carbon result is recorded.
- •1 sustainability claim is withheld because exact public evidence is not mapped.
- •1 certification is withheld because exact public evidence is not mapped.
Design & Specification Notes
Qualitative notes for early design discussion. Not product-specific EPD evidence, and not a basis for numerical comparison.
Desso’s plain loop workhorse — 31 colourways, 2.
Typical Uses
- •Primary flooring
- •High-traffic circulation
- •Work areas
Key Performance
Hard-wearing surface for high footfall.
Specification Actions
- •Confirm the current EPD covers the selected product, finish and manufacturing route.
- •Calculate transport distances for primary materials.
- •Document material reuse or reclaimed content percentages.
Indicative Health & Indoor Air
Specification
- Finish
- Plain loop carpet tile
- Service life
- 10 years