Category Archives: Environmental Product Declarations

EPD Infographic for 2025 published

My infographic detailing the numbers of registered construction product EPD at the start of 2025 is now available at https://bit.ly/2025-EPD. At the start of January 2025, there were nearly 40,000 verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) to EN 15804 for construction … Continue reading

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What is the story with Module D?

his article provides an overview of Module D provided in construction production EPD.  It describes the background to Module D, supplementary information in the EPD which aims to provide transparency on the environmental benefits resulting from reusable products, recycled materials and recovered energy leaving a product system, However, the paper identifies and explains a number of serious limitations with Module D and its use. These limitations highlight the importance of careful consideration when using Module D in environmental assessments and comparisons, and this paper provides guidance on the appropriate use of Module D. Continue reading

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What will the CO2nstruct Zero Performance Framework Metric for EPD be based on?

Finally, with only 14 months to go before 2025, CO2nstruct Zero have said that they will be able to provide data on their 2025 target for 40% of product portfolios to have EPDs in Quarter 1 of 2024. In the … Continue reading

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My 2022 EPD Numbers Infographic now available

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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When is an EPD not an EPD #2

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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More than 6000 EN 15804 EPD now available!

My latest update of EPD numbers at the start of 2019 is now available – bit.ly/2019EPD  

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Update to 2018 EPD numbers

With the revival of the Finnish RTS EPD programme, and the latest numbers from Inies for Verified French ‘Fiche de Declaration Environmental et Sanitaire’ (EPD in French), the numbers for Verified EN 15804 EPD in January 2018 which I have … Continue reading

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EPD numbers continue to increase…

Following on from my 2017 EPD Infographic,  I have again tracked the numbers of verified EPD for construction products aligning to EN 15804. Growth in numbers has continued, and there are now over 5000 EPD available globally.  In 2017, new … Continue reading

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Who should benefit from recycling in construction product EPD?

EN 15804, the construction product EPD standard, attributes the impact of treating waste to the waste producer, according to the polluter pays principle.  After treatment, when waste has been recovered and reaches the “end of waste”, the resulting secondary material … Continue reading

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thinkstep’s proven solutions in the growing market for EN 15804 EPD

The number of Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) verified to EN 15804 is growing rapidly. For the past couple of years, I have been monitoring the number of EPD produced within each of the construction EPD programmes around the world, and … Continue reading

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