16.03.2024

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5 min read

Demystifying the EPD Process

Key Summary

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  • EPD Significance: Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are crucial tools in construction, akin to food nutrition labels, offering insights for informed decisions.
  • Standards and Regulations: Compliance with ISO 14025, EN 15804, and EU directives ensures transparency and credibility in the construction industry.
  • EPD Process Overview: From data collection to third-party verification and publication, the EPD journey is comprehensive, ensuring accuracy and credibility of environmental data.
  • Role of Software in Simplification: Emidat automates LCAs and EPDs, simplifying EN 15804 compliance and enhancing user efficiency.

What standards exist today (2024) for EPDs?

Currently, the market predominantly adheres to ISO 14025 and EN 15804 standards, indicating a trend towards greater alignment in EPD requirements. The most important standards and regulations are as follows:

International standards

  • Standard and principles: ISO 14025: This standard provides principles and requirements for Type III environmental declarations, including EPDs. It outlines the methodology for preparing and presenting EPDs consistently and transparently.
  • Life-cycle assessment: ISO 14040 and ISO 14044: These standards provide guidelines for conducting life cycle assessments (LCAs), which are often used as the basis for EPDs. They establish principles and frameworks for assessing environmental impacts across a product’s entire life cycle.

European Standards and Regulations

  • EN 15804 Standard: Specifically pertains to EPDs for construction products. It ensures transparency and comparability, providing guidelines for the preparation and presentation of EPDs within the European market.
  • EU Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria: EPDs may form part of the criteria for green public procurement in the EU. This encourages the procurement of products with lower environmental impacts, thereby promoting sustainability in public-sector purchasing.

European Union Regulations

The EU implements various regulations and directives that influence EPD requirements, including:

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  • Construction Products Regulation: Sets standards and requirements for manufacturers to provide information on the environmental performance of their products, including EPDs. It aims to ensure transparency and consistency in environmental information provided by companies operating within the EU.
  • Ecodesign Directive: Sets requirements for improving the environmental performance of energy-related products, impacting the information required in EPDs.
  • Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD): Mandates reporting on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, which may include disclosures related to product environmental performance, aligning with EPD requirements.

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