About John
John brings a clear, research-driven perspective on the EPD, LCA and HPD space and keeps a close pulse on environmental trends and standards in North America, helping clients understand where the industry is heading and how to get there.
Recent Articles
PCRs for Paints and Coatings, Explained
Picking the right Product Category Rules for architectural paints, varnishes, powder coatings, and industrial maintenance finishes can feel like choosing a director’s cut without seeing the movie. The PCR decision shapes scope, math, and claims, which then affect specability and sales. If you came searching for a PCR for paints and coatings, use this guide to understand what exists, what changed in 2025, and how to move quickly without rework.
The Health Product Declaration Database, Explained
Specs teams ask for HPDs, then everyone scrambles to find the right file, the right version, and proof it meets LEED or WELL. Here’s the short path through the alphabet soup so manufacturers can publish once, be easily found, and keep projects moving without email ping‑pong.
Health Product Declaration Examples: What Good Looks Like
If you make building products, a Health Product Declaration is your x‑ray. It shows what’s inside, how those ingredients were screened, and what risks they carry. Teams use HPDs to win material credits, satisfy corporate policies, and stay in the spec on projects that prize transparency. Below is the plain‑English guide we wish every manufacturer had when typing “health product declaration example” into a search bar.
Health Product Declaration (HPD): What Manufacturers Need Now
Specifiers keep asking for material health proof. An HPD gives them exactly that, in a format they already use. If EPDs are the carbon story, HPDs are the ingredient label that helps teams avoid hazards and keep projects moving without back‑and‑forth over chemistry details.
LEED Product Certification, Decoded
Here’s the simple truth. LEED certifies buildings, not products. Yet products can help projects earn LEED points when they carry the right disclosures and, in v5, demonstrate real impact improvements. If your team is hearing “LEED certified products” or “LEED product certification,” this guide translates the jargon into actions that move specs and bids forward without wasting cycles.
LEED Zero Energy for manufacturers, plain and simple
Owners keep asking for buildings that use no net energy over a year. Design teams then turn to products that cut loads, boost efficiency, and document impacts clearly. If your catalog helps projects hit a true zero energy balance and your paperwork is airtight, you win specs without racing to the lowest price.
INIES and RE2020 in France, explained
France tightened RE2020 carbon caps in 2025. If your product data is not in INIES, project teams default to generic values that rarely favor your product. Here is the practical playbook to stay specified and compliant without losing time to paperwork.
EU Green Public Procurement, explained for manufacturers
Public buyers in the EU spend close to €2 trillion each year, roughly 13.6–15% of GDP, and many of those tenders now score environmental proof, not just price (European Commission, 2025). If “EU GPP” or “Green Public Procurement” keeps popping up in bid documents, this is the field guide to understand what it means for product data, EPDs, and winning specs.
ISO 14025 and EPDs: The Standard That Anchors Trust
Standards alphabet soup can stall a launch. Here is the clean map of how ISO 14025 shapes Environmental Product Declarations for construction products, how it connects to PCRs and EN 15804, what changed in 2024–2025, and how to keep your declaration compliant without slowing product sales.
EN 15804 A2: what changed and what to do
If product EPDs felt like a simple scoreboard under A1, A2 turns the game into a box score. More indicators, clearer biogenic carbon rules, and end‑of‑life declared for everyone. Here is the fast track for manufacturers who need answers now, without trawling standards all night.
Industry Average EPDs, Decoded for Manufacturers
Searching for clarity on “industry average EPDs”? Here’s the straight talk manufacturers ask for when teams need a credible placeholder while building toward product‑specific declarations. We explain what industry‑wide or sector EPDs are, when they help win specs, where they fall short, and how to move from averages to your own verified numbers without drowning in data collection. No fluff. Just what decision‑makers need to reduce risk and keep bids moving.
EPD for My Product: What It Takes to Deliver
If a spec asks for an EPD and your product does not have one, you are gifting the stage to a competitor. The good news is that most building products can earn a credible, third party verified declaration with organized data, the right PCR, and a calm plan. Here is the map.
EPD Lead Time, Explained For Manufacturers
Timelines get slippery when data lives in ten places and no one owns the handoff. This guide breaks the work into clear stages, shows what actually drives delays, and offers a practical plan to bring an Environmental Product Declaration to life without heroics.
Product Category Rules for EPDs
Confused about which rulebook governs your Environmental Product Declaration and why it matters for sales, specs, and credibility? Think of Product Category Rules as the game manual. Pick the right one and your EPD reads clean, compares fairly, and lands on more shortlists. Pick the wrong one and you chase edits and explanations while competitors ship quotes.
EPD USA: what manufacturers need to know now
Trying to win bids in the United States without current, plant‑level EPDs is like showing up to a cooking show without a knife. This guide cuts through acronyms, pinpoints where Environmental Product Declarations matter commercially, and shows how to publish fast without derailing R&D or the shop floor.
EPDs in the Alps Region: What Manufacturers Need to Know
Selling across Austria, Switzerland, Northern Italy, Southern Germany, Slovenia and into France means one market on paper yet many moving parts in practice. The Alps run on EN 15804, but program operators, databases, and procurement triggers differ by border. Here is the no‑nonsense map to get your EPDs accepted, searchable, and used in real projects.
EPDs in Southern Europe, explained for manufacturers
Selling into Spain, Italy, Portugal, or Greece often hinges on whether your product has a credible, EN 15804‑aligned EPD. The rules are European, the habits are local, and the fastest route is knowing who publishes what, where buyers look, and which details actually move tenders. Here is the EPD Southern Europe landscape in one practical walkthrough.
EPDs in the Baltics, explained
Curious how EPDs play out across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania? Here is the short, practical view for manufacturers planning declarations, choosing a program operator, and aligning with fast‑moving public procurement rules. We keep it simple so product teams can move quickly without surprises.
EPD Scandinavia: rules, operators, next moves
Scandinavia moves fast on low‑carbon building, and Environmental Product Declarations sit right in the slipstream. If your products sell in Denmark, Sweden, or Norway, knowing who publishes EPDs, which rules bite today, and what is proposed next will save weeks and win specs. Here is the landscape, minus fluff, plus the numbers that matter.
EPDs in the Benelux, decoded
Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg all speak EN 15804, yet each routes environmental data a bit differently. If you want your product to show up in the right tools and on the right desks, the trick is matching your EPD to how each country scores buildings and buys materials.
EPDs in Estonia: the practical playbook
Estonia is moving whole‑life carbon from slide decks into permits. From 1 July 2025, new buildings over 1,000 m² must calculate a building carbon footprint, and the EU’s revised EPBD phases in disclosure for large new buildings in 2028 and for all new buildings in 2030 (Estonia Ministry of Climate, 2025) ([European Commission, 2025](https://energy.ec.europa.eu/news/calculating-global-warming-potential-new-buildings-open-public-feedback-2025-10-06_en)). If “EPD Estonia” has landed on the desk this week, here’s how to navigate with speed and confidence.
EPD Sweden: A Manufacturer’s Field Guide
Sweden turned climate transparency into a building permit checkpoint, so product data is no longer a nice-to-have. If “epd sweden” pops up in a meeting, it usually means two things: the project team must file a climate declaration and they prefer product-specific EPDs they can trust. Here is the landscape, in plain English, and how to move fast without tripping over local rules.
EPD Switzerland: rules, operators, tender moves
Switzerland speaks fluent EPD, but the dialect is special. Teams juggle EN 15804, KBOB LCA data, SNBS or Minergie requirements, and multilingual tender packs. If you are searching for EPD Switzerland or Umweltproduktdeklaration Schweiz, this overview shows where EPDs matter in bids, which program operators are common, how KBOB data interacts with product‑specific results, and the practical steps that get manufacturers specified more often with less internal thrash.
EPDs in the United Kingdom, explained for manufacturers
Selling into the UK and hearing BREEAM, PAS 2080, or EN 15804 on repeat? Here is the no‑nonsense map. What counts as a UK‑ready Environmental Product Declaration, where it moves the needle with clients, which program operators are common, and how to get from scattered plant data to a verified PDF without derailing your team’s day jobs.
EPD Spain: what manufacturers need to know now
Selling into Spain or exporting from a Spanish plant brings a familiar rulebook with a few local twists. If “EPD Spain” or “Declaración Ambiental de Producto España” is on your radar, here is the landscape that actually moves specs and tenders, without the noise.
EPD in Italy, explained for manufacturers
Italy is one of Europe’s most active markets for product‑specific Environmental Product Declarations. If you sell construction materials into Italy, understanding EPDItaly, CAM edilizia, and EN 15804 will help you win public tenders and keep specs sticky. Here is the practical playbook we wish every product team had before typing “epd italy” into a browser.
EPD France, explained for manufacturers
Selling into France means speaking the language of FDES and PEP. If your EPD lives outside INIES, project teams often cannot use it in RE2020 models. Here is the landscape, who verifies what, which rules apply, and the milestones that can make or break a spec this year.
EPD Automation, Explained For Manufacturers
If EPDs feel like a maze of spreadsheets, supplier emails, and last‑minute scrambles, you are not alone. Automation can turn that maze into a mapped route. The trick is knowing what to automate, what to keep human, and how to avoid traps that quietly add months. Let’s make the moving parts visible so you can move faster without risking credibility or compliance.
Digital EPDs, demystified for manufacturers
If your team still treats an EPD as a static PDF, you are walking into today’s specs with yesterday’s toolkit. A digital EPD is the same verified declaration, only structured so software and buyers can actually use it at speed. Here is the landscape, what matters commercially, and how to get ready without drowning in files.
EPD databases, decoded for manufacturers
You need reliable, comparable EPDs without getting lost in portals. The trick is knowing which database fits which job, and what to check before you save or share a single PDF. Think of this as your map to the terrain, not a tour bus.
Choosing an EPD Consultant That Actually Ships
Your product team is stretched. Specs are slipping to competitors with declarations in hand. If you are weighing an epd consultant against doing it in‑house or buying software, this guide maps the work, the tradeoffs, and the signals that lead to a clean, publishable EPD without hijacking your roadmap.
ISO 14025 and EPDs, Plainly Explained
ISO 14025 sets the ground rules for credible, comparable Environmental Product Declarations. If the phrase epd iso 14025 keeps popping up, this is the map. We break down how it fits with EN 15804, what program operators actually do, and how manufacturers can move from spreadsheet chaos to a clean, publishable declaration without slowing production or sales.
EPD requirements, plain and practical
If teams across sales, product, and the plant keep asking what it actually takes to get an EPD approved, this is your field guide. We cut through standards jargon and regional quirks so you can decide what to do first, what not to do at all, and how to meet EPD requriements without derailing day to day work.
EPD program operators, explained for manufacturers
Program operators publish and police Environmental Product Declarations, but not all run their programs the same way. If you are weighing UL, IBU, Environdec, ASTM, NSF, or a smaller registry, this guide shows what they do, how they differ, and how to pick the best fit without slowing your launch.
EPD program operators: the map and the shortcuts
Choosing where to publish an EPD is like picking an airport hub. The wrong connection adds layovers, verification queues, and confusing paperwork. The right epd program operator gets you a clean, compliant declaration that specifiers can actually find and trust.
Construction EPDs: The Straightforward Playbook
If the phrase epd for construction products has you toggling between twenty tabs, breathe. An Environmental Product Declaration is simply a third‑party checked report that turns your product’s impacts into comparable numbers. Teams that publish credible EPDs stop losing specs by default and start competing on performance. The trick is knowing which EPD to make, where to publish it, and how to get the data without hijacking your R&D or plant managers’ week.
EPD certificate, explained for manufacturers
Procurement keeps asking for an “EPD certificate,” yet what they really need is a defensible, third party verified declaration that clears specification hurdles without slowing sales. Here is the plain‑English guide manufacturers use to decide what to produce, where to publish it, and how to keep it current with minimal friction.
Gajeske’s HDPE focus and the EPD opportunity
Gajeske is a Texas‑rooted specialist in polyethylene piping systems for water and gas. They stock deeply, fabricate in‑house, and support crews with fusion techs and rentals. Here’s how their portfolio stacks up for specs that increasingly ask for Environmental Product Declarations, and where faster EPD moves could turn into more wins.
Graphic Packaging International: products and EPD coverage
Paperboard shows up everywhere, from beverage carriers to ovenable trays. Graphic Packaging International is one of the biggest names supplying those formats. If a buyer asks for environmental transparency at the material level, can their team hand over an EPD today, or do specs drift to rivals who already have them?
AFS Formwork: products and EPD coverage
AFS is a specialist in permanent formwork walling. If a spec calls for product‑specific EPDs and a key line is uncovered, bids slow down and substitutions creep in. Here is where AFS is strong today on disclosures, where enviromental reporting still lags, and how that plays on real projects.
Bradford Insulation: products and EPD coverage
Bradford is a household name in Australian insulation. If your team bids on homes, schools or healthcare projects, their range will pop up in specs. The question is simple. Do their current EPDs cover the SKUs your sales team is pushing the hardest?
CSR: Products and EPD coverage snapshot
CSR is a multi‑brand building materials heavyweight in Australia and New Zealand. Think plasterboard, fibre‑cement, autoclaved aerated concrete, insulation and permanent formwork. If your projects lean on walls, ceilings, façades or basements, CSR likely has a system in the mix. The big question for specifiers today is simple: how fully are those ranges covered by product‑specific EPDs, and where are the gaps that could slow down approvals or lose a spec at the last minute?
PABCO Paper: Products, Competitors, and the EPD Opportunity
PABCO Paper sits upstream of walls, boxes, and bakery cases. That makes their data powerful. If their core products carried product‑specific EPDs, downstream brands could document lower‑risk numbers faster, earning preference on projects that now scrutinize embodied carbon from day one (USGBC, 2025). Here is where they play, how broad the line looks, and the commercial upside of closing the EPD gap.
Caleffi: Hydronic hardware, strong brand, EPD opportunity
Caleffi makes the widgets that make hot and cold water behave. Think mixing, balancing, separating, zoning. Their catalog spans hundreds of SKUs across plumbing and HVAC. Public, product‑specific EPDs are scarce for the brand, which means specifiers on low‑carbon projects may default to rivals that show their numbers. The upside is practical and fast to capture if they focus on the right families first.
FI.VE: valves, manifolds, and the EPD gap
FI.VE, short for F.I.V. Fabbrica Italiana Valvole, builds brass valves and hydronic system components used across residential and light commercial jobs. Their catalog is broad and deep, yet their Environmental Product Declaration footprint appears thin. If a spec calls for documented carbon and material transparency, that gap can quietly push a bidder behind a rival that comes with paperwork in hand.
American Gypsum: products, EPDs, and the spec math
American Gypsum is a focused wallboard maker with a broad catalog. The punchline for specifiers is simple. Do their Environmental Product Declarations cover the boards that actually win bids, or are teams stuck reaching for industry‑wide paperwork while competitors show product‑specific proof?
PABCO in focus: products and EPD coverage
PABCO is a familiar name from the West Coast to the Rockies. They make the stuff that actually goes into walls and onto roofs, not just brochures. If a sales lead asks for an EPD tomorrow, how ready is their catalog today, and where are the easy wins to unlock more specs without slowing operations to a crawl?
Gyprock, in brief: products, EPDs, and the spec edge
Gyprock is Australia’s homegrown drywall heavyweight. They sell far more than standard boards, and now they have an up‑to‑date plasterboard EPD that speaks directly to specifiers. Here is what they make, where the environmental coverage is strong, and where publishing a few more declarations could unlock easier wins on projects that prefer or require EPD-backed products.
StaticWorx ESD floors: products and EPD status
StaticWorx is a go‑to name in static‑control flooring for electronics, data centers, labs and 24/7 control rooms. They cover multiple material families, which is great for spec flexibility. The watch‑out is disclosure. One flagship line now carries a product‑specific EPD, but the rest of the portfolio still reads light on third‑party environmental declarations. For teams chasing LEED v5 points or meeting owner policies that prefer product‑specific EPDs, that gap can quietly cost shortlist spots.
TOLI flooring in focus, products and EPDs
TOLI is a century‑old Japanese interiors brand that competes on design breadth and quality across commercial flooring. Specifiers know the name. What they need next is simple EPD coverage, collection by collection, so choosing TOLI never slows a bid or a LEED v5 scorecard.
SelecTech: Products and EPD Coverage
SelecTech sits at the intersection of quick-install interlocking floors and mission‑critical static control. If your projects touch labs, cleanrooms, data centers, or fast‑turn tenant improvements, their catalog will look familiar. The big question for specifiers in 2026 is simpler than it sounds: which of these tiles and sheets carry an Environmental Product Declaration, and where are the gaps that could quietly cost a spec?
Delta Light: EPD coverage at a glance
Architectural lighting gets specified early and swapped late, which means an Environmental Product Declaration can be the quiet tiebreaker that keeps a fixture in the plan. Here’s how Delta Light stacks up today, where their portfolio is well covered, and where an EPD push could unlock more bids.
Selux lighting: product range and EPD reality
Selux is a familiar name in architectural and urban lighting, with a portfolio that spans streetscapes to facades. Buyers increasingly ask for product‑specific EPDs when LEED v5 or corporate policies set the rules of engagement. Here is how Selux’s offer stacks up today, where EPDs fit, and the fastest path to close any gaps without slowing sales.
Focal Point Lighting: Products and EPD Coverage Snapshot
Focal Point designs and builds specification‑grade luminaires and integrated acoustic solutions from its Chicago base. If you sell or spec lighting into offices, education, healthcare or mixed‑use interiors, the question is simple. Do their products carry the environmental paperwork increasingly expected on LEED v5 projects and owner standards, or will a missing EPD quietly push them off the shortlist.
Industry-Wide EPDs: One Size Fits None
Picture filing your company taxes alongside every competitor in the sector. You would end up with an average number that says little about how efficiently you actually run the business. Industry-wide Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) work the same way, and the result can cost real money on bids where embodied-carbon numbers decide the shortlist.
Saint-Gobain Glass: products and EPD coverage
Saint‑Gobain Glass is a heavyweight in architectural glazing. From float substrates to high‑selectivity coatings and fully built insulating glass, their catalog shows up everywhere commercial façades do. If your team sells into projects that ask for product‑specific EPDs, here is the quick read on what they make, how broadly those lines carry declarations, and where adding a few targeted EPDs could unlock more specs with less friction.
Vulcraft: products, competitors, and the EPD picture
Vulcraft sits at the center of many roof and floor systems. They make the joists that carry the loads, the steel deck that completes the diaphragm, and bar grating for platforms and access. Here’s how their portfolio maps to Environmental Product Declarations today, where coverage is strong, and where adding one more declaration could unlock more specs with less drama.
Vitro Architectural Glass: EPD coverage at a glance
Vitro’s glass shows up everywhere from office towers to campus labs. The question spec teams ask is simple: do the flagship flat and coated products carry Environmental Product Declarations, and are those EPDs specific enough to keep a project from swapping to a competitor at bid time?
SageGlass at a glance: products and EPDs
Electrochromic glass turns a facade into a responsive skin. SageGlass is one of the few manufacturers that build this as their core business. If dynamic glazing is on your roadmap, here is how their lineup breaks down and how well their environmental product declarations cover the spec you need.
Connor Sports and EPDs: where coverage stands
Connor Sports is synonymous with maple basketball courts and Final Four moments. Specifiers are asking a simpler question lately. Can those flagship hardwood systems and newer rubber lines show a third‑party verified EPD on demand. Here is a fast, practical read on what they sell, how broad the lineup is, and where environmental declarations are published today, plus where gaps could quietly cost specs on EPD‑required projects.
Vebro Polymers: resin floors, big EPD opportunity
Vebro Polymers sells a wide portfolio of resin flooring systems across industrial, food, commercial, and parking applications. The product range is broad, the marketing clear, and the technical credentials are growing. The public EPD footprint looks thin, which means an easy win is sitting right there for teams who want to get specified more often.
California SB 253: A Manufacturer’s Quick Start
Corporate climate reporting is about to rub shoulders with product-level documentation. California’s Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, better known as SB 253, pulls large manufacturers into annual Scope 1, 2, and later Scope 3 disclosure. Here’s what matters commercially, how it intersects with EPD work, and what to do now so reporting boosts specs instead of slowing sales.
CALGreen 2022 Update: EPDs That Win California Specs
California’s July 2024 CALGreen supplement quietly flipped the script on embodied carbon. Large nonresidential projects and schools now need proof, not promises. If your products show up without credible, product‑specific EPDs, you risk being sidelined while competitors get written in. Here is what changed and why it matters to your product.
Boston Article 37: Zero Net Carbon, Explained
Article 37 just made Boston the toughest proving ground for new buildings. If your products feed structure or enclosure, design teams will ask for embodied carbon numbers, fast. Here is what Zero Net Carbon zoning changes, how EPDs slot into submittals, and the moves that keep your products on the spec instead of the sidelines.
Washington’s Buy Clean Buy Fair, explained
Contractors on Washington state projects are beginning to ask for EPDs, HPDs, and facility details they can upload to a new reporting database. If your concrete, steel, or engineered wood lacks clear documentation, your bid time balloons and your odds drop. Here’s what the BCBF pilot taught the state, what the 2024 law now requires, and how manufacturers can stay in the spec without the scramble.
Deckorators: product range and the EPD gap
Deckorators builds an eye‑catching portfolio across decking, railing, cladding and more. Yet in project specs that prioritize environmental transparency, the brand’s Environmental Product Declaration coverage matters as much as color and grip. Here’s a fast read on what they sell, where they compete, and how their EPD posture stacks up today.
MoistureShield: products and EPD coverage snapshot
Composite decking keeps winning specs when the paperwork lines up. MoistureShield has a broad outdoor living portfolio and strong recycled‑content messaging, yet its Environmental Product Declaration footprint is quiet. Here is what they sell, where EPDs stand today, and the fast path to close the gap without slowing sales.
Tnemec vs. coatings rivals: who has EPDs now?
Specifiers want product-specific, third‑party verified EPDs. In protective and resinous flooring, coverage varies by brand and by PCR. Here is a fast, practical read on where Tnemec stands today versus the manufacturers your sales team most often meets in the wild.
Boost Recycled Float Glass, Lower GWP Fast
Your EPD’s GWP is a hair too high and reformulation feels risky. Good news. Raising cullet share in float glass can drop cradle‑to‑gate impacts while keeping performance, optics, and specs intact. Think knobs and levers on the furnace and supply chain, not a chemistry rewrite.
OFS Optics: EPD coverage for a fiber‑first portfolio
If you specify fiber in campuses, hospitals, or data centers, OFS is probably already on your radar. The question buyers ask more often now is simple: do the go‑to OFS products carry Environmental Product Declarations, or are you forced to reach for competitor SKUs to keep LEED and owner policies happy? Here is the fast, no‑fluff read on where OFS stands and where the commercial upside sits if their portfolio gets covered.
Corning in construction: products and EPD reality
Corning isn’t a typical “building materials” brand, yet it shows up on drawings more than many think. From in‑building fiber networks to sleek Gorilla Glass interiors, its products influence performance, aesthetics, and carbon math. Here’s where Corning is present in projects today and how well those lines are backed by Environmental Product Declarations, plus where coverage gaps could be costing specs.
ASM Modular Systems: EPD readiness check for spec wins
Raised access floors live or die by transparent data when projects tighten carbon targets. Here is a quick-read on ASM Modular Systems, what they sell, and how their Environmental Product Declaration coverage stacks up in a market where EPDs often decide who gets shortlisted.
Knauf: products, scope, and EPD coverage
Knauf is not a single‑product brand. It is a multi‑category building materials group whose spec footprint stretches from gypsum boards to insulation and acoustic ceilings. That breadth is a strength, but only if the EPD story is as complete as the catalog. Here is the quick manufacturer’s view of where they’re covered, where gaps likely remain, and how that plays on bids that score product transparency.
Georgia-Pacific Building Products: EPDs that win specs
Georgia-Pacific’s building portfolio is big, familiar, and on many submittal lists. The open question for specifiers is simpler than it sounds: do the right products carry current EPDs, or will a competitor’s paperwork get the nod when LEED or owner policies make transparency non‑negotiable?
USG, in brief: products and EPD coverage
USG is synonymous with Sheetrock in North America, yet its catalog stretches far beyond gypsum board into ceilings, grid, tile backer, structural panels, and floor prep. For manufacturers watching how EPDs shape specs, USG is a useful yardstick: broad product lines, lots of transparency work, and still a few accessory gaps that most brands face.
Tnemec EPDs in EC3: a fast snapshot
Need a clear view of Tnemec’s environmental product declarations without wading through portals for hours? Here’s the quick, practical rundown of what exists today, where it sits in MasterFormat, and how spec teams can use it to win work without last‑minute scrambles.
AI’s GPU Boom Is Rewriting Supplier Disclosure Rules
AI training campuses are rising faster than substation upgrades. Owners are racing to cut both operational and embodied impacts, and that pressure lands on suppliers first. If your products end up in data halls, switchrooms, or shells, expect tougher documentation asks, tighter embodied‑carbon budgets, and shorter bid clocks. Here’s how the GPU gold rush is reshaping environmental disclosures, and how manufacturers can stay in the spec instead of watching it drift away.
Graboplast: product range and EPD coverage, fast
Graboplast is a century‑old Hungarian flooring maker with a broad playbook from resilient vinyl to sports parquet. If you sell into healthcare, education, and arenas, you’ll see them on bids. The question buyers ask now is simple: which of these products are backed by current, third‑party verified EPDs, and where are the gaps that could hold up a spec?
NOX Corporation: EPD coverage across LVT lines
If you sell resilient floors into projects that score every kilogram of carbon, an EPD can be the ticket to the shortlist. Here is how NOX Corporation stacks up, where its portfolio shines, and where a missing declaration might quietly cost a spec in healthcare, education, workplace, or retail.
Morava Wood Products: products, EPDs, and specability
Czech-made solid hardwood floors, strong craftsmanship, and an early step into product transparency. Morava Wood Products has one product-specific EPD live today, yet a portfolio that likely spans dozens of SKUs. Here is what they make, what is covered, and where faster EPD expansion could prevent lost specs when projects favor verified data.
CBI Europe: products and EPD coverage snapshot
CBI Europe sits at the intersection of design and performance for interiors. If you specify metal or wood ceilings, radiant ceilings, or raised access floors, they’re likely in your shortlist. Here’s what they make, how broad the range is, and how well those lines are backed by Environmental Product Declarations so you can win specs without last‑minute scrambles.
Shaw Industries: product breadth and EPD reality check
Shaw Industries Group, Inc. makes a lot of floors and sells into almost every commercial setting you can picture. The question specifiers ask is simpler. Where do Shaw’s Environmental Product Declarations already cover the catalog, and where could a missing EPD still knock a popular line out of contention on an EPD‑required project?
Greenlam Industries: EPD-ready where it counts
Architects increasingly filter bids by one thing first: can this product prove its impacts on paper. Greenlam’s decorative surfaces show up everywhere, yet only some lines arrive with Environmental Product Declarations in hand. Here’s a quick, candid read on where Greenlam shines today and where a few targeted EPDs could unlock more specs tomorrow.
Atlas Carpet Mills: products and EPD coverage snapshot
Atlas Carpet Mills plays in designer commercial flooring with broadloom, carpet tile, and rugs. The portfolio spans multiple style families and well into the hundreds of individual SKUs, which is great for spec flexibility. The question specifiers ask in 2025 is simple: which of those products carry current, third‑party verified EPDs so they can count toward project goals without friction?
Florim USA, at a glance: products and EPDs
If your projects lean on porcelain tile, Florim USA is hard to miss. The Clarksville, TN manufacturer sells a wide span of formats and looks via its MILEstone brand. The question specifiers ask first today is simple. Which of these products carry current, third‑party EPDs, and where are the gaps that could block a bid or slow a submittal?
INNOWOOD: composite timber, one EPD to rule most of it
Composite timber shows up on shortlists when it looks like wood, installs fast, and clears sustainability checks without slowing the bid. INNOWOOD fits that brief with cladding, screening, ceilings and decking systems made from recycled wood and polymers. The open question for specifiers is coverage: does a single Environmental Product Declaration really span the products you want to sell this quarter, in this market, under this rating system.
DR Johnson Wood Innovations: products and EPD reality
Oregon’s DR Johnson Wood Innovations helped kickstart U.S. mass timber. Today’s spec questions are pragmatic: what do they sell now, how broad is the lineup, and how well are those products covered by Environmental Product Declarations? Here’s the quick read manufacturers and bid teams actually need.
Halbmond Teppichwerke: products and EPD coverage
Halbmond makes design-forward carpets in Germany and sells into hospitality, office and public spaces. If you specify flooring where EPDs unlock points or meet policy, the question is simple: how much of Halbmond’s range is covered today, and where are the easy wins to close gaps fast.
Taizhou Huali Floors: EPD status and spec potential
Taizhou Huali New Materials is a high‑capacity OEM for resilient flooring that sells into North America and Europe. If you spec LVT, SPC or WPC, you’ve probably touched a Huali‑made plank. The open question for bid teams is simple: do their declarations keep pace with their product breadth, or are specs drifting to rivals with fresher paperwork?
Kastamonu Entegre: EPD coverage in one glance
Kastamonu Entegre is big in wood‑based interiors, from MDF and particleboard to laminate flooring. If you sell into projects that prize documentation, the question is simple. Which of their ranges already carry product‑specific EPDs and where could a missing declaration still slow down a spec?
HMTX Commercial: Portfolio and EPD Coverage
Specifiers know HMTX Commercial for resilient performance and design range across healthcare, education, office, and hospitality. If you sell or manage these products, here is the quick read on what they make and how well those lines are covered by Environmental Product Declarations, so you can win projects that ask for verified carbon data without slowing your team down.
Interface, Inc. EPDs: Coverage, Gaps, Competitors
Interface is a global flooring brand spanning carpet tile, luxury vinyl tile, and rubber. Specifiers regularly ask one thing first: do you have EPDs for the exact construction I’m putting into the spec. Here’s a fast read on their portfolio and how well it’s covered, plus where missing declarations could quietly cost a project win.
Ege Carpets: product range and EPD coverage
Ege Carpets A/S is best known for design‑forward textile flooring for commercial interiors. If you specify flooring for offices, hospitality, retail or education, you’ll likely meet Ege on shortlists. Here’s the quick read on what they make and how well those products are backed by Environmental Product Declarations that win specs when EPDs are required.
Roppe: products and EPD coverage at a glance
Roppe is a resilient flooring mainstay that plays across rubber, vinyl, wall base and stair solutions. If you sell into healthcare corridors, education hubs or high‑traffic retail, you’ve met them. The question buyers ask today is simple: do the SKUs I need come with current, product‑specific EPDs or will my team be stuck with generic assumptions that hurt our bid?
2tec2: woven flooring and EPD coverage snapshot
Design‑forward, heavy‑duty woven vinyl is 2tec2’s lane. If you specify in offices, hospitality, healthcare or retail, you’ve seen their tiles, planks, rolls and now rugs. The open question for many teams isn’t about design, it’s about documentation. Do their hero SKUs come with current, project‑ready EPDs that keep bids moving without extra carbon penalties?
Sika resinous flooring EPDs, at a glance
Sika is a global heavyweight with a deep bench of building chemistry. Spec teams love the reach, then ask a practical question: do its resinous flooring systems come with product‑specific EPDs today, and where are the gaps that could stall a bid or a LEED point hunt?
EPD-or-Else: Data Centers Rewrite Supplier Rules
Hyperscale operators once obsessed over kilowatts. Now they care just as much about kilograms of CO₂. If your concrete, steel, cable trays, or switchgear lack a verified Environmental Product Declaration, don’t expect an invitation to the next megawatt party. Here’s why the procurement portals at AWS, Google, and Microsoft are turning into digital metal detectors that beep for missing EPDs—and how manufacturers can still make it past security.
How Beckers Group Is Losing Specs to PPG and Jotun
When buyers sort coil-coating options inside EC3, two familiar logos dominate the results. PPG uploads fresh Environmental Product Declarations by the dozen, Jotun tags hundreds more. Beckers Group? Nothing shows. That silence is starting to echo in bid rooms where carbon limits tighten every quarter.
Emeryville’s Mass Timber Points: EPDs Unlock the Bonus
Emeryville, California hands developers up to 50 hard-won points—and extra height and floor area—when they switch steel or concrete for mass timber. The catch? Those points shrink fast if the project tops its wood deck with high-cement concrete. A clean, product-specific EPD is the ticket that keeps every point on the scoreboard.
UK Net Zero Building Standard: What Manufacturers Must Know
Embodied-carbon caps are tightening across the UK. The pilot UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard, due for full release in late 2025, puts hard numerical limits on both upfront carbon and whole-life energy. Miss the mark and your product is off the table. Here is how those thresholds work, why Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are the proof the market trusts, and what to do before the rules bite.
SB 5810: Washington’s Budget Powers Buy-Clean EPD Push
Hidden in Washington’s new two-year operating budget is a tidy $1.112 million line item to stand up the state’s first public database of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and working-conditions data. When that system goes live, state agencies will finally have the plumbing they need to enforce the 2024 Buy Clean & Buy Fair law. If your concrete, steel, or lumber still lacks a current EPD, the countdown just started.
FHWA Sustainable Pavements: What Material Makers Must Know
State DOTs finally have a federal playbook for low-carbon roadways. The FHWA Sustainable Pavements Program is turning those guidelines into funding lines, data templates, and bid requirements—and suppliers without transparent Environmental Product Declarations risk being left off the roster.
Texas Ready-Mix EPD Grants: SB 2353 & HB 1499 Explained
EPDs are edging from nice-to-have to ticket-to-play. Texas lawmakers just poured fresh concrete on that trend. Two sister bills—SB 2353 in the Senate and HB 1499 in the House—would pay small ready-mixed producers back for the software and database fees that stall many EPD projects. If you run a batch plant in the Lone Star State, read this before the rulemaking dust settles.
Ann Arbor’s Low-Carbon Playbook for Building Products
Ann Arbor, Michigan quietly passed a 2021 resolution that tells its architects, engineers and contractors to pick materials with the lightest carbon backpacks. It stopped short of a hard mandate, yet any supplier hoping to win city work now faces a simple question: can you prove your concrete, steel or panel beats the baseline?
Colorado HB22 1159 Powers Circular Markets and Your EPD Story
Colorado recycles just 16 percent of its waste—half the national average (Eco-Cycle, 2023). HB22-1159 fires up a statewide engine to flip that script by turning trash into high-value feedstock. If you make building products, the new law quietly rewrites the playbook for sourcing, reporting, and selling low-carbon materials.
Michigan HB 5567: Low-Carbon Materials Study
Michigan’s House Bill 5567 looks small on paper—a two-page amendment that simply orders a study—but it could tug an entire supply chain toward transparent carbon data. If you make concrete, steel, asphalt, coatings or insulation in the Great Lakes state, the bill’s ripple effects will land on your desk even if lawmakers never pass a full “Buy Clean” mandate.
Canadian Window Titans: Performance vs. Planet Score
From Edmonton blizzards to Halifax salty fog, Canadian climates punish ill-prepared windows. Durabuilt, JELD-WEN and All Weather each promise cozy indoor temps, but which one keeps heat in and carbon out? We stack their lab-tested U-factors beside hard-to-find life-cycle numbers so specifiers can spot who’s merely efficient and who’s future-proof.
Wood vs. Aluminum Windows: Who’s Owning Carbon Numbers?
Embodied-carbon rules in California and New York now cap window emissions on public jobs at 80 kg CO₂e per square meter. Specifiers are combing EPDs line by line—and noticing which brands still hide behind marketing gloss.
Liquid Membranes and Carbon: What’s Under Your Roof?
Every liquid-applied roof promises seamless protection, but its hidden cost sits in the carbon column of an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). We lined up three market staples—Kemperol 2K-PUR, Sikalastic 644, and Carlisle’s KEE HP—to see how much CO₂ they burn before the first raindrop hits the deck.
Local Concrete, Global Impact: Irving Materials' Digital Edge
Ready-mix may seem hyper-local, but specifiers now vet every cubic yard against global carbon benchmarks. Regional producers who surface verifiable numbers fastest win the bid. Irving Materials shows how a 79-year-old Midwestern firm can publish plant-level EPDs on demand and still keep trucks rolling.
Timber vs Steel Trusses: Embodied Carbon Face Off
Architects are finally scrutinizing the roof structure the same way they eye concrete mixes. Manufacturers that can quote a credible carbon number per square foot win specs before the drawings leave the studio. Wood players like Trussway and UFP have the advantage of biogenic storage, while Clark Dietrich’s new low-embodied-carbon (LEC) steel line tries to narrow the gap. The math below shows how wide that gap still is—and why prefabrication flips the waste conversation on its head.
Efficiency Pump Showdown: Grundfos, Xylem, Wilo
Pumps chew through as much as 10–15 % of the electricity Europe produces (Europump, 2025). Swap one motor here, tweak a control loop there, and a utility bill can nosedive faster than you can say “variable-frequency drive.” We benchmark three global heavyweights—Grundfos, Xylem, and Wilo—to see how their headline efficiency gains translate into real-life carbon cuts and life-cycle cost wins manufacturers can take straight to the bank.
Cement Decarbonization Playbook: CEMEX vs Holcim vs CRH
Seven percent of global CO₂ comes from cement. Buyers of ready-mix and structural precast know it, and more bid packages now demand environmental product declarations that show a credible glidepath to net-zero. We dug into the three biggest Western producers—CEMEX, Holcim, and CRH—to see whose numbers, technology bets, and supply-chain moves are most likely to win tomorrow’s low-carbon specs.
Turn EPD Scores into Spec-Winning Stories
An architect’s inbox is a battlefield: twenty tabs of ‘sustainable’ claims, one seat on the basis-of-design podium. Reps who arrive with hard EPD numbers instead of glossy adjectives cut through the noise. Here is a playbook for flipping Sto, YKK AP, and CRL data into the memorable proof points specifiers crave.
Synthetic Thatch: From Tiki Décor to Eco-Luxury Spec Staple
Thatched roofs are no longer a cute add-on for pool bars. Resorts chasing LEED v5 points and hurricane-proof uptime now demand polymer leaves that last decades, survive 160-plus-mph winds, and arrive with credible environmental data. Here is how four leading brands stack up—and why an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is fast becoming the passport to every upscale island bid.
Illinois HB 5461: Carbon-Smart Concrete’s Near Miss
The Concrete Carbon Utilization, Reduction, and Removal Breakthrough Act (HB 5461) almost turned Illinois into a test lab for low-carbon concrete. The bill died on January 7, 2025, yet its blueprint of tax credits for Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and performance-based specs is a spoiler trailer for what will almost surely return. Concrete producers who wait for the sequel risk falling behind when the curtain rises again.
Illinois HB 3141 reshapes water-main projects
A one-page bill rarely rattles product teams, but Illinois House Bill 3141 does just that. Starting January 1, 2026, the Illinois EPA becomes the single gatekeeper for every public water-main, hydrant, and valve that sits in state rights-of-way. If you sell pipe, fittings, or cast-iron heroes that keep firefighters in business, your submittal package—and the environmental data behind it—suddenly matters more than ever.
London Retrofit-First SPD: A Manufacturer’s Carbon Cheat-Sheet
Corporate fit-out giants eyeing the Square Mile have a new rulebook: reuse before rebuild. The City of London’s Planning for Sustainability Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), adopted in January 2025, makes “retrofit first” more than a slogan. For manufacturers, the guidance turns product data—especially Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)—into a passport for planning approval. Miss the signal and your steel, glazing, or HVAC kit may never cross the draughty threshold of a London tender.
PA HR 83: Will Your Products Pass the Sustainability Test?
Pennsylvania’s House Resolution 83 tells the Joint State Government Commission to figure out how—and how soon—the Commonwealth could require greener materials in both public and private builds. While it is “just a study,” history shows that procurement rules often follow close behind. Manufacturers that sell steel, cement, glass, or any of the usual heavy hitters now face a ticking clock: document embodied carbon or risk losing future bids.
New York’s Low-Carbon Tax Break: A6566/S7648 Decoded
Eight and a half percent. That is the average sales-tax bite on every cubic yard of concrete, lumber stud, or metal deck shipped into New York jobsites. Under the twin bills A6566/S7648, low-carbon versions dodge that bite entirely while qualifying plants pick up new grants to fund their EPD work. Miss the paperwork and you still pay full freight.
NY A6566: Low Carbon Tax Perks Need EPD Proof
Sales‐tax exemption on concrete, steel, asphalt, and other materials in New York will soon hinge on a single document: a verified Environmental Product Declaration. Assembly Bill A 6566, the “Building Embodied Carbon Breakthrough Act,” pairs a carrot (up to $10 k per plant to cover EPD costs) with a stick (15 % GWP cuts required to claim the exemption). If your mix designs or melt routes live in filing cabinets, now is the moment to dig them out.
Nebraska L.B.163 puts climate on the front burner
A one-page bill could tip Nebraska’s climate strategy from passive to proactive by standing up an Office of Climate Action. If that happens, expect new grant windows, procurement scorecards, and data demands to ripple through every factory gate.
Illinois SB 2484: A Buy Clean Blueprint
If your concrete, asphalt, steel, or even refrigerator ends up on Illinois-funded jobs, Senate Bill 2484 could soon make an Environmental Product Declaration as vital as a spec sheet. The proposal moves global-warming-potential caps, LCA language, and a looming study into the State’s procurement rulebook. Sit tight? Better to sprint.
RE2020: France’s Carbon Rulebook Hits 2025 Gear
France just ratcheted down the carbon caps for new buildings. If your product’s footprint is missing from the INIES database, project teams may skip you rather than miss the permit.
HB 6027: Connecticut’s Buy Clean Blueprint
Connecticut is flirting with a procurement rule that would give state-funded buildings a clear preference for steel, concrete, insulation and other materials with a lighter climate footprint. If HB 6027 crosses the finish line, any manufacturer without credible embodied-carbon data could watch millions in public-project revenue disappear.
How The EPD Landscape is Developing in 2025
Thirteen thousand five hundred twelve new Environmental Product Declarations landed between January and September 2025. That single figure speaks volumes. Behind it sits a reshaped supply chain, a few dominant program operators, and hundreds of manufacturers racing to turn transparency into tender wins.
BIM Meets EPD: Win Specs Faster
BIM files are the new product catalog for architects. If your environmental product declaration sits in a PDF while competitors deliver machine-readable impacts straight inside Revit, guess whose widget lands in the spec. Here’s how manufacturers can plug trustworthy EPD data into Building Information Modeling and turn carbon transparency into deal flow.
EPD Turkey: Regional Operator Snapshot
Deadline-driven specifiers in Istanbul want proof, not promises. That’s why more than 170 Turkish manufacturers have parked 836 Environmental Product Declarations inside the EPD Turkey registry as of July 2025. If your plant sits anywhere between Edirne and Erzurum—and you crave an EN 15804-compliant document that still speaks the language of European buyers—SÜRATAM’s program operator may be the shortest runway to take-off.
Where EPDs Decide Who Wins Public Bids
Across the US and Europe, public buyers have put Environmental Product Declarations on the must-have list. Miss one form and you are out of the running before price ever enters the room. Below is the current lay of the land, what triggers the mandate, and how big the projects must be.
EU CSRD: What Manufacturers Must Know Now
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive keeps shapeshifting: first the 2022 headlines, then the August 2024 ESRS release, and now a February 2025 “stop-the-clock” that chopped 80 % of companies from scope. The rules are still coming for thousands of building-product makers that sell into Europe’s supply chains. Skip the noise and see what the directive really demands—and how the product-level data you already collect for an EPD can tick half the boxes.
EU Construction Products Regulation: What Manufacturers Must Know
CE marking alone no longer cuts it. The recast EU Construction Products Regulation (effective 7 January 2025) folds sustainability metrics and digital product passports into market-access rules. Miss the new data asks and a product shipment can stall at the border. Here is the fast-track tour for anyone juggling LCA data, EPD deadlines, and cross-Atlantic sales goals.
ESPR: The EU’s New Eco-Design Rulebook
The EU just gave every product a sustainability scorecard. Miss the requirements and your next shipment to Europe could sit on the dock—literally.
EPD Timeline: Clocking Every Step to Publication
Bid windows keep shrinking, yet a verified Environmental Product Declaration rarely appears overnight. Knowing which tasks swallow time lets you organise resources, keep sales teams in the loop, and sidestep deadline drama. Below we unpack the typical calendar, flag the stages that most often slip, and share benchmark numbers pulled from program-operator FAQs and 2025 market surveys.
EPD Alternatives: Four Paths to Show Impact
An Environmental Product Declaration is not the only passport you can hand a skeptical buyer. From Europe’s new PEF to classic eco-labels, several badges promise to prove your product’s green chops. The catch: each one solves a different problem and carries a different price in time, data, and credibility.
The EPD Template: Form Last, Data First
Anyone can download a fresh Environmental Product Declaration template in seconds, but only solid numbers turn that shell into market currency. Focus on nailing the data and the rest of the layout rules will fall neatly into place.
BREEAM Materials credits: win specs with solid data
BREEAM’s Materials category looks small on paper but often swings the final rating. If your products arrive with a robust, third-party EPD, you hand design teams an easy credit—and nudge competitors off the shortlist.
EPDs Win Specs and Tenders
Every week, bid managers lose hours hunting for proof that their product meets the carbon limits hidden deep inside tender documents. An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) drops that scramble. It pins down climate data in a format that owners, architects, and public buyers already trust. When the clock is ticking, the bid that arrives with a current EPD usually reaches the shortlist before one packed with promises but no numbers.
Keep Your EPD Alive: Validity & Updates
Nothing kills a spec faster than an expired Environmental Product Declaration. Yet many manufacturers forget that the five-year timer, moving targets, and surprise data calls. Here’s how to avoid the last-minute scramble.
"No One Asks for EPDs" Is a Myth
If your reps swear nobody ever asks for Environmental Product Declarations, blame the sales funnel, not the market. Buyers who need EPDs simply drop you from the shortlist before the first call. The real demand hides in tender language, not sales calls.
Transport Data: Trucks, Trains, Reality
If your EPD feels stuck at the border between factory gate and construction site, nine times out of ten the holdup is transport data. Carriers sit on pallets of numbers but pull them together about as fast as a dial-up modem. Here’s how to tease out what you need, and what to use when the data ghosts you.
From Raw Data to Published EPD in Six Moves
“Third-party EPD” can sound like a six-letter mystery. In reality it’s a relay race: data leaves your plant, races through an LCA engine, gets scrutinized by an independent referee, and crosses the finish line at a program operator. Follow this lap-by-lap breakdown so your product earns its declaration without lost time—or lost sleep.
Multi-Site Manufacturing: One Product, Clear Carbon Math
One widget, three plants, five time zones, your procurement team loves the flexibility, but your LCA analyst sees a migraine. Different electricity grids and transport routes can swing cradle-to-gate emissions by triple-digit percentages. Here is how to keep the numbers honest and auditors happy.
Module A: Upfront Carbon Decoded
Module A covers everything that happens before a product reaches the jobsite—extraction, processing, factory work, trucking, and on-site installation. Get this slice wrong and the rest of your EPD wobbles. Nail it and you cut the biggest chunk of embodied carbon right where specifiers are staring. Here is how to make Module A numbers rock-solid and sales-ready.
Module B: The Use Phase Reality Check
Manufacturers often obsess over A1–A3 raw-material numbers yet forget that specifiers keep scrolling to Module B. If you cannot show how a product behaves in the messy middle of a building’s life, you risk losing on bids that score whole-life carbon. The seven sub-modules track every kilowatt, gasket swap, and drop of rinse water once your product is installed. Nail them, and you turn an LCA line item into a powerful proof of performance.
CE Mark 2025: Decoding the New CPR Rulebook
Europe’s Construction Products Regulation just hit refresh. As of 7 January 2025, every CE-marked product must share more than strength and safety stats. Digital Product Passports will soon surface carbon footprints and recycling clues in a single scan, and early pilots already cut site waste by up to fifteen percent (Build Up, 2025). For manufacturers, that shift spells both new paperwork and a fresh edge in specification battles.
Life Cycle Assessment: The X-Ray of Product Impact
A new contractor spec drops on your desk, and there it is: “Provide LCA data.” If the term still feels like alphabet soup, you are not alone. Yet manufacturers meeting this ask win bids faster and fend off cheaper rivals that lack proof of performance.
LEED v4 to v5: Your EPD Playbook
When LEED v4 landed, EPDs felt like extra credit. With v5, they are a front-row requirement. Every specifier now scans for transparent carbon math, and projects short-list brands that can prove it fast. Manufacturers that treat EPDs as paperwork risk missing bids before they begin.
Module C: The End-of-Life Wild Card
Most teams sweat over raw-material data, then slap a generic “landfill” line on the last page of the LCA. Trouble is, end-of-life assumptions now sway procurement scores, circular-economy claims, and even demolition permits. Ignore Module C and you hand rivals free points.
Resinous Flooring EPDs: Who’s Really Winning?
Sustainability has turned resinous flooring from a commodity into a credentials race. Specifiers now scan databases before samples. If your product’s environmental story is missing or expired, it may never reach the shortlist.
LEED v5: Embodied Carbon Moves to Center Stage
LEED v5 flips the script: before a project can claim even its first point, the team must tally the cradle-to-gate carbon of concrete, steel, glass and other high-impact materials. That shake-up puts Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) in the spotlight—and manufacturers without them risk being locked out of specifications from day one.
Digital Product Passports and the New EU Ecodesign Rulebook
A quiet deadline is racing toward every factory gate in Europe. The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) took effect on 18 July 2024 and, with it, the Digital Product Passport (DPP) became real law instead of buzzy concept. Brussels has now set the clock: product groups on the first ESPR Working Plan, published April 2025, will need passports first, and all physical goods sold in the EU are expected to carry one by 2030. Manufacturers who rely on Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) today have an inside track, but only if they tighten their data house now.
Build Your ROI Calculator for EPDs
Your CFO wants numbers, not vibes. An Environmental Product Declaration feels like paperwork until someone shows how it unlocks bids that were off-limits yesterday. Below is a simple framework you can copy into a spreadsheet today, fed by data points the market already tracks.
