EN 13167:2012/FprA1

Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made cellular glass (CG) products - Specification

This European Standard specifies the requirements for factory made cellular glass (CG) products, with or without facings or coatings, which are used for the thermal insulation of buildings. The products are manufactured in the form of boards or slabs.
This standard includes CG multi-layered insulation products. Instructions of Annex C shall be followed.
Products covered by this standard are also used in prefabricated thermal insulation systems and composite panels; the performance of systems incorporating these products is not covered.
This standard describes product characteristics and includes procedures for testing, evaluation of conformity, marking and labelling.
This standard does not specify the required level of a given property to be achieved by a product to demonstrate fitness for purpose in a particular application. The levels required for a given application are to be found in regulations or non-conflicting standards.
Products with a declared thermal resistance lower than 0,50 m2 K/W or a declared thermal conductivity greater than 0,065 W/(m K) at 10 °C are not covered by this standard.
This standard does not cover in situ insulation products and products intended to be used for the insulation of building equipment and industrial installations.

Wärmedämmstoffe für Gebäude - Werkmäßig hergestellte Produkte aus Schaumglas (CG) - Spezifikation

Produits isolants thermiques pour le bâtiment - Produits manufacturés en verre cellulaire (CG) - Spécification

Toplotnoizolacijski proizvodi za stavbe - Proizvodi iz penjenega stekla (CG) - Specifikacija

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• ICS: 91.100.60 - Thermal and sound insulating materials
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 88 - Thermal insulating materials and products
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 88/WG 2 - Coordinating group
• Current Stage: 5060 - Closure of Vote - Formal Approval
• Start Date: 14-Nov-2014
• Due Date: 18-Oct-2015
• Completion Date: 14-Nov-2014
• Directive: 305/2011 - Regulation (eu) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 march 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing council directive 89/106/eec
• Mandate: M/103 - Mandate to CEN/CENELEC concerning the execution of standardization work for harmonized standards on thermal insulating products
• Ref Project: SIST EN 13167:2013/kFprA1:2014 - Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made cellular glass (CG) products - Specification

Relations

• Merged Into: EN 13167:2012+A1:2015 - Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made cellular glass (CG) products - Specification
• Effective Date: 18-Jan-2023
• Amends: EN 13167:2012 - Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made cellular glass (CG) products - Specification
• Effective Date: 05-Feb-2014

Overview

EN 13167:2012/FprA1 is a European Standard developed by CEN that defines specifications for factory made cellular glass (CG) products used in thermal insulation for buildings. These insulation products are manufactured as boards or slabs and may include facings or coatings. The standard covers CG products that provide declared thermal resistance of at least 0.50 m²·K/W and a thermal conductivity not exceeding 0.065 W/(m·K) at 10 °C. It excludes in situ products and those used for building equipment or industrial installations. EN 13167:2012/FprA1 specifies product characteristics, test methods, conformity assessment, marking, and labelling requirements.

Key Topics

• Product Scope: Factory made cellular glass insulation boards and slabs, including multi-layered CG products.
• Thermal Performance: Focus on declaring thermal resistance and thermal conductivity to ensure effective energy efficiency in building insulation.
• Conformity Assessment: Implements assessment and verification of constancy of performance (AVCP) according to EN 13172, including Product Type Determination (PTD) and Factory Production Control (FPC).
• Release of Dangerous Substances: Requires verification and declaration following national or EU regulations to ensure safe indoor air quality.
• Marking and Labelling: Products must be marked with essential information, including intended use designated by abbreviation "ThIB" for thermal insulation in buildings.
• Durability and Mechanical Properties: Includes requirements for dimensional stability, compressive strength, bending strength, tensile strength, water permeability, and sound absorption to maintain long-term performance.
• Reaction to Fire: Specifies Euroclass ratings and performance prerequisites critical for building safety and compliance with fire regulations.
• Regulatory Compliance: Integrates with Construction Products Regulation (CPR) (EU 305/2011) ensuring harmonized standards across EU member states.

Applications

• Building Thermal Insulation: Cellular glass products manufactured to EN 13167:2012/FprA1 provide excellent thermal insulation for walls, floors, and roofs, helping to enhance energy efficiency of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings.
• Prefabricated Elements: CG boards and slabs are often used in composite panels and prefabricated insulating components, offering consistent thermal performance and durability.
• Moisture and Fire Resistance: Ideal for applications where moisture resistance and fire safety are critical, such as building façades, underground structures, and flat roofing systems.
• Sustainable Construction: Factory made CG products made according to this standard contribute to building sustainability through long service life, stability under weathering, and environmentally sensitive manufacturing processes.

Related Standards

• EN 13172 – Thermal insulating products: Assessment of constancy of performance of factory made products. Essential for conformity evaluation in conjunction with EN 13167.
• EN 14305 – Factory made rigid polyurethane foam (PUR) products. Some overlapping testing may apply for PTD and FPC purposes.
• EU Construction Products Regulation (CPR) (EU 305/2011) – Legal framework for CE marking and placing construction products on the European market, supported by EN 13167 clauses and Annex ZA.
• EN ISO 10456 – Building materials and products: Hygrothermal properties - Tabulated design values and procedures for determining declared and design thermal values.
• National regulations on dangerous substances – Complement EN 13167 requirements related to chemical safety and emissions, differing by country within Europe.

By adhering to EN 13167:2012/FprA1, manufacturers and specifiers ensure factory made cellular glass insulation products meet high standards of thermal efficiency, durability, safety, and compliance with European regulations, facilitating their appropriate use across diverse construction applications.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2014
Toplotnoizolacijski proizvodi za stavbe - Proizvodi iz penjenega stekla (CG) -
Specifikacija
Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made cellular glass (CG) products -
Specification
Wärmedämmstoffe für Gebäude - Werkmäßig hergestellte Produkte aus Schaumglas
(CG) - Spezifikation
Produits isolants thermiques pour le bâtiment - Produits manufacturés en verre cellulaire
(CG) - Spécification
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 13167:2012/FprA1
ICS:
91.100.60 0DWHULDOL]DWRSORWQRLQ Thermal and sound insulating
]YRþQRL]RODFLMR materials
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
FINAL DRAFT
EN 13167:2012
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
FprA1
August 2014
ICS 91.100.60
English Version
Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made cellular
glass (CG) products - Specification
Produits isolants thermiques pour le bâtiment - Produits Wärmedämmstoffe für Gebäude - Werkmäßig hergestellte
manufacturés en verre cellulaire (CG) - Spécification Produkte aus Schaumglas (CG) - Spezifikation
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for unique acceptance procedure. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 88.
This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 13167:2012. If this draft becomes an amendment, CEN
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of this amendment
into the relevant national standard without any alteration.

This draft amendment was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made
by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has
the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
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Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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Contents Page
Foreword .3
1 Modification to the Foreword .4
2 Modification to 3.2, Symbols, units and abbreviated terms .4
3 Modification to 4.3.12, Release of dangerous substances .4
4 Modification to Clause 7, Evaluation of conformity .4
5 Modification to Clause 8, Marking and labelling .5
6 Modification to Annex B, Initial type testing (ITT) and factory production control (FPC) .5
7 Modification to Annex ZA, Clauses of this European Standard addressing the provisions
of the EU Construction Products Directive .5

Foreword
This document (EN 13167:2012/FprA1:2014) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 88
“Thermal insulating materials and products”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Construction Products Regulation (CPR), see informative Annex ZA, which is an
integral part of this standard.
NOTE Due to fact that the Framework Partnership Agreement between the Commission and CEN & CENELEC is not
signed yet, there are currently no New Approach Consultants in place for 2014. Therefore the provisions of CEN-
CENELEC Guide 15 cannot be met.
This shall not prevent the processing of draft standards nor the offering of harmonized standards to the Commission. In
particular, draft standards can be sent to vote without Consultant assessment.
This note will be removed from the Foreword of the finalized publication.

This amendment (EN 13167:2012/FprA1:2014) modifies the European Standard EN 13167:2012 identifying
those clauses of the standard which are needed for the compliance of the European Standard with the
Construction Products Regulation (CPR).
This amendment introduces
a) an addition to the foreword;
b) an addition in 3.2;
c) a new subclause 4.3.12;
d) modification of Clause 7;
e) modification of Clause 8;
f) modification of Annex B;
g) a new Annex ZA.
1 Modification to the Foreword
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Replace the 5 paragraph with:
"For relationship with EU Construction Products Regulation (CPR), see informative Annex ZA, which is an
integral part of this standard.".
2 Modification to 3.2, Symbols, units and abbreviated terms
Replace
"ITT is Initial Type Test" with
"PTD is Product Type Determination (previously named ITT for Initial Type Test)"
and add the following abbreviated terms:
"AVCP is Assessment and Verification of Constancy of Performance (previously named attestation of
conformity)
DoP is Declaration of Performance
ThIB is Thermal Insulation for Buildings
VCP is Verification of Constancy of Performance (previously named evaluation of conformity)".
3 Modification to 4.3.12, Release of dangerous substances
Replace the text of 4.3.12
"National regulations on dangerous substances may require verification and declaration on release, and
sometimes content, when construction products covered by this standard are placed on those markets.
In the absence of European harmonized test methods, verification and declaration on release/content should
be done taking into account national provisions in the place of use.
NOTE An informative database covering European and national provisions on dangerous substances is available at
the Construction web site on EUROPA accessed through: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/construction/cpd-ds/.".
4 Modification to Clause 7, Evaluation of conformity
Replace Clause 7 with:
"
7 Assessment and Verification of the Constancy of Performance (AVCP)
7.1 General
The manufacturer or his authorized representative shall be responsible for the conformity of his product with
the requirements of this European Standard. The Assessment and Verification of Constancy of Performance
(AVCP) shall be carried out in accordance with EN 13172 and shall be based on Product Type Determination
(PTD), Factory Production Control (FPC) by the manufacturer, including product assessment and tests on
samples taken at the factory.
The compliance of the product with the requirements of this standard and with the stated values (including
classes) shall be demonstrated by:
 Product Type Determination (PTD),
 Factory Production Control (FPC) by the manufacturer, including product assessment.
If a manufacturer decides to group his products, it shall be done in accordance with EN 13172.
7.2 Product Type Determination (PTD)
All characteristics defined in 4.2 and those in 4.3 if declared, shall be subject to Product Type Determination
(PTD) in accordance with Annex B.
For the relevant characteristics, PTD on products corresponding also to EN 14305 may be used for the
purpose of PTD and Declaration of Performance (DoP) according to this standard.
7.3 Factory Production Control (FPC)
The minimum frequencies of tests in the factory production control (FPC) shall be in accordance with
Annex B. When indirect testing is used, the correlation to direct testing shall be established in accordance with
EN 13172.
For the relevant characteristics, FPC on products corresponding also to EN 14305 may be used for the
purpose of FPC and DoP according to this standard.".
5 Modification to Clause 8, Marking and labelling
Add the following indent: "
 the intended use of the cellular glass for insulation of buildings is given by the abbreviation ThlB.".
6 Modification to Annex B, Initial type testing (ITT) and factory production control
(FPC)
Replace "Initial type testing" with "Product type determination" and "ITT" with "PTD" within Annex B in:
 Annex B, title;
 Table B.1, title;
nd st
 Table B.1, 2 column, 1 line, title;
rd
 Table B.1, line 4.2.1, 3 column;
 Table B.1, text of footnote b.
7 Modification to Annex ZA, Clauses of this European Standard addressing the
provisions of the EU Construction Products Directive
Replace the existing Annex ZA with the following new Annex ZA:
"
Annex ZA
(informative)
Clauses of this European Standard addressing the provisions of the
EU Construction Products Regulation
ZA.1 Scope and relevant characteristics
1)
This European Standard has been prepared under Mandate M/103 "Thermal insulation products" given to CEN
by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association.
If this European standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the clauses of this
standard, shown in this annex, are considered to meet the provisions of the relevant mandate, under the
Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011.
This annex deals with the CE marking of the factory made cellular glass intended for the use indicated in
Table ZA.1 and shows the relevant clauses applicable.
This annex has the same scope as Clause 1 of this standard related to the aspects covered by the mandate
and is defined by Table ZA.1.
1)
As amended by mandates M126, M130 and M367
Table ZA.1 — Relevant clauses for factory made cellular glass and intended use
Product: Factory made cellular glass (CG) products
Intended use: Thermal insulation for buildings
Clauses in this and other European
Regulatory
Essential Characteristics standard(s) related to essential Notes
classes
f
characteristics
4.2.1 Thermal resistance and Declared R and λ
D D
—
thermal conductivity
Thermal resistance if possible
Declared d
4.2.3 Thickness —
N
Reaction to fire 4.2.6 Reaction to fire Euroclasses —
4.2.1 Thermal resistance and
a
—
thermal conductivity
Durability of thermal resistance
against heat, weathering,
b
—
4.2.7 Durability characteristics b

ageing/degradation
b
—
4.3.2 Dimensional stability
Declared DS
c
4.2.7 Durability characteristics Euroclasses —
Durability of reaction to fire against
— Declared DS
heat, weathering, ageing/degradation
c
4.3.2 Dimensional stability
4.3.3 Compressive strength — Declared CS
Compressive strength
4.3.5 Point load — Declared PL(P)
4.3.4 Bending strength
Declared BS
4.3.7 Tensile strength parallel to
Declared TP
Tensile/Flexural strength
faces
4.3.6 Tensile strength
— Declared TR
d
perpendicular to faces
Durability of compressive strength
4.3.8 Compressive creep —
Declared CC
against ageing/degradation
4.3.9.1 or Short term water absorption
Declared WS or
Water permeability —
Declared WL(P)
4.3.9.2 Long term water absorption
Water vapour permeability 4.3.10 Water vapour resistance — Declared MU or Z
Acoustic absorption index 4.3.11 Sound absorption — Declared AP and AW
4.3.12 Release of dangerous
Release of dangerous substances to
— —
e
the indoor environment
substances
4.3.14 Continuous glowing
Continuous glowing combustion — —
e
combustion
a
Thermal conductivity of CG products does not change with time, experience has shown the cell structure to be stable.
b
For dimensional stability thickness only.
c
No change in reaction to fire properties for CG products.
The fire performance of CG does not deteriorate with time.
d
This characteristic also covers handling and installation.
e
European test methods are under development.
f
Also valid and applicable for multilayers
The declaration of the product performance related to certain essential characteristics is not required in those
Member States (MS) where there are no regulatory requirements on these essential characteristics for the
intended use of the product. In this case, manufacturers placing their products on the market of these MS are
not obliged to determine nor declare the performance of their products with regard to these essential
characteristics and the option “No performance determined” (NPD) in the information accompanying the CE
marking and in the declaration of performance (see ZA.3) may be used for those essential characteristics.
ZA.2 Procedures for AVCP of factory made cellular glass products
ZA.2.1 Systems of AVCP
The AVCP systems of factory made cellular glass indicated in Table ZA.1, established by EC Decision
95/204/EC of 31.05.95 (OJ L 129) revised by decision 99/91/EC of 25.01.99 (OJ L 29) amended by the
th
decision 01/596/EC of 8 January 2001 (OJ L 209) is shown in Table ZA.2 for the indicated intended use and
relevant level(s) or class(es) of performance.
Table ZA.2 — Systems of AVCP
Level(s)
or class(es)
Product(s) Intended use(s) AVCP system(s)
(reaction to fire)
a
Thermal insulation products For uses subject to (A1, A2, B, C) 1
(Factory made products) regulations on reaction to fire
b
(A1, A2, B, C) , D, E 3
c
(A1 to E) , F 4
Any — 3
System 1: See Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011 (CPR) Annex V, 1.2
System 3: See Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011 (CPR) Annex V, 1.4
System 4: See Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011 (CPR) Annex V, 1.5
a
Products/materials for which a clearly identifiable stage in the production process results in an improvement of the reaction to fire
classification (e.g. an addition of fire retardants or a limiting of organic material).
a
b
Products/materials not covered by footnote ( ).
c
Products/materials that do not require to be tested for reaction to fire (e.g. products/materials of classes A1 according to
Commission Decision 96/603/EC, as amended).
The AVCP of the factory made cellular glass products in Table ZA.1 shall be according to the AVCP
procedures indicated in Table ZA.3.1, Table ZA.3.2 and Table ZA.3.3 resulting from application of the clauses
of this or other European Standard indicated therein. The content of tasks of the notified body shall be limited
to those essential characteristics as provided for, if any, in Annex III of the relevant mandate and to those that
the manufacturer intends to declare.
Table ZA.3.1 — Assignment of AVCP tasks for factory made cellular glass products under system 1
for reaction to fire and system
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