Schneider Electric Back-UPS Specification Sheet

Product
Environmental
Profile

Back-UPS®

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Product Environmental Profile - PEP

Product overview

The Back-UPS® product range provides devices that provide emergency power to a load when
the input power source fails. While not specific to any kind of equipment, Back-UPS
are used to retain power integrity of household computer equipment.

This range consists of Back-UPS

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with different form factors (tower and surge protector) and a

maximum configurable power between 210 Watts / 350 VA and 865 Watts / 1500 VA.

The representative product used for the analysis is the BK500: APC Back-UPS
VA, Input 120V / Output 120V , Interface Port USB

The environmental impacts of this referenced product are representative of the impacts of the
other products of the range which are developed with a similar technology.

The environmental analysis was performed in conformity with ISO 14040.

Back-UPS® - “Tower” Style – BK 200/300/325/475/500/650/1000
Back-UPS® - ”Surge” Style – BE 325/350(G)/400/450(G)/500/525/550/600/650(G)(G1)/700
Back-UPS® - BH/BI/BN/HI/BZ 500/650/800/850/1000/1250

Products

Back-UPS® - BR 500/600/650/800/1000/1100/1200/1300/1500
Back-UPS® - BX 550/650/800

This Includes country specific designations and 120V, 230V, 100V products

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typically

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, 300 Watts / 500

Constituent materials

The mass of the product range is from 3.3 kg and 15 kg including packaging. It is 8 kg for the BK500.
The constituent materials are distributed as follows:

Substance assessment

Products of this range are designed in conformity with the requirements of the RoHS directive (European Directive 2002/95/EC of 27 January

2003) and do not contain, or only contain in the authorised proportions, lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium or flame retardants
(polybrominated biphenyls - PBB, polybrominated diphenyl ethers - PBDE) as mentioned in the Directive.
The battery pack within this product range are designed in conformity with the requirements of the Battery Directive (European Directive
2006/66/EC of 26 September 2006) and do not contain, or only contain in authorised proportions, lead, mercury and cadmium as mentioned in
the Battery Directive.

Manufacturing

The Back-UPS® product range is manufactured at a Schneider Electric production site on which an ISO14001 certified environmental

management system has been established.

Distribution

The weight and volume of the packaging have been optimized, based on the European Union's packaging directive.
The Back-UPS packaging weight is 1.4 kg. It consists of cardboard and paper.

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