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About constructionlca

Co-author Green Guide to Specification, expert in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), EPDs and sustainability for the construction materials sector Researching Building LCA and how we can increase uptake at the Open University. Tweets as @constructionlca

My 2022 EPD Numbers Infographic now available

Posted on February 12, 2022 by constructionlca

The latest update of my infographic on construction product EPD Numbers is now available at https://bit.ly/2022-EPD. EN 15804 EPD numbers are still contining to increase and are now over 12,000, over half available digitally. Taking account of construction product EPD … Continue reading →

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UK EPD listing

Posted on February 2, 2022 by constructionlca

The UK EPD listing which I used to provide for the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products has now been transferred to my website, and will be updated every couple of months. You can find it at https://constructionlca.co.uk/uk_epd/ Please contact me … Continue reading →

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When is an EPD not an EPD #2

Posted on August 5, 2021 by constructionlca

In a follow on from my previous post, I had been thinking of highlighting two documents which looked like EPD. One claimed that verification was optional for Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for business to business communication, and the other said … Continue reading →

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ASBP publish a comprehensive list of EPD for UK produced construction products in our new Briefing Paper

Posted on March 13, 2021 by constructionlca

I’m really pleased that as part of the series of EPD Briefing Papers I’ve been writing with the ASBP, I’ve been able to compile a new online Briefing Paper which lists all the EPD for UK produced construction products with … Continue reading →

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UK Government has required Whole Life Carbon assessments, which means embodied carbon assessments, for all new public works projects and programmes since December 2020

Posted on February 27, 2021 by constructionlca

In October 2020, the Government responded to the Committee on Climate Change’s 2020 Progress Report which had recommended to Government, in relation to embodied carbon in buildings, that the Government, “support the assessment and benchmarking of whole-life carbon in buildings.” … Continue reading →

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#RegulateEmbodiedCarbon – ACAN’s campaign

Posted on February 3, 2021 by constructionlca

Architects Climate Action (ACAN) launched their campaign to regulate embodied carbon in the UK this evening with over 300 people online! France, the Netherlands, Germany, Finland and Sweden have all got Embodied Carbon regulation in place, or require assessment of … Continue reading →

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More than 10,000 EN 15804 EPD at the start of 2021!

Posted on January 17, 2021 by constructionlca

At the start of January 2021, there are just over 10,000 Verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) to EN 15804 for construction products registered globally, as shown in my 2021 Infographic. Regulation in France, where the RE2020 Building LCA legislation will … Continue reading →

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When is an EPD not an EPD?

Posted on January 16, 2021 by constructionlca

Signify and Philips (its lighting brand) are talking a good talk about EPD on their website. The article is is called, “How Environmental Product Declarations are helping green the lighting industry“. They talk about why people might want EPD, for example: … Continue reading →

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Eco Platform news

Posted on December 10, 2020 by constructionlca

Eco Platform is the association for European EPD Programme Operators using EN 15804. The Eco Platform website has just had a revamp, coinciding with the launch of their digital EPD Eco Portal, where you can search for digital EPD by … Continue reading →

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Over 7000 EN 15804 Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) were available at the start of 2020 with numbers continuing to increase

Posted on October 12, 2020 by constructionlca

Rather late in the year I am adding my 2020 EPD Infographic to my blog which provides the numbers of EPD at the start of the year. The number of EN 15804 EPD have continued to rise, with French FDES … Continue reading →

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