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Tag Archives: EPD
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
Posted in EN 15804, Environmental Product Declarations, ISO 21930
Tagged EN15804, EPD
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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
Posted in Circular economy, EN 15804, EN15978, Environmental Product Declarations, EPD, Module D, Uncategorized
Tagged Circular economy, Comparison, EN 15804, EPD, Module D, Reuse
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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
Posted in Environmental Product Declarations
Tagged CO2nstructZero, EPD, metrics, Targets, UK
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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
Posted in EN 15804, Environmental Product Declarations, EPD
Tagged Digitisation, EPD, infographic
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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
Posted in EN 15804, Environmental Product Declarations, EPD
Tagged EN 15804, EPD, independence, ISO 14025, verification
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More than 10,000 EN 15804 EPD at the start of 2021!
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
When is an EPD not an EPD?
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
Over 7000 EN 15804 Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) were available at the start of 2020 with numbers continuing to increase
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
EPD Infographic – https://infogr.am/constructionlcas_guide_to_epd
If you’ve ever wondered how many EN 15804 EPD are out there, what products they cover, which EPD programmes have published the most EPD or how quickly the number of EPD are growing, then look no further than my Infographic on … Continue reading
Posted in Embodied Carbon Week 2014, EN 15804, Environmental Product Declarations, EPD, LCA, Life cycle assessment, Standards, TC 350
Tagged Denmark, EPD, France, Germany, infographic, LCA, Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA
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Great linkedin article from @AgnesSchuurmans on transport in #EPD
Agnes Schuurmans, whose blog I list in my blogroll, has posted a great article on LinkedIn about transport in Environmental Product Declarations – how important it can be and how manufacturers can provide data.
Posted in Embodied Impacts, EN 15804, Environmental Product Declarations, EPD, Uncategorized
Tagged EPD, transport
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