EPD Guide

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Country & Regional Overviews

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Which Program Operators are common in a country or region? Which regulations mandate or prefer products with EPDs?

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A simple U.S. map with glowing beacons over states where public owners commonly require EPDs, plus an inset showing LEED v5 and a generic program operator badge.

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...

John Johnson
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean coastal map labeling France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, and Türkiye with subtle icons for their primary EPD programs and data hubs.

EPDs across the Mediterranean, decoded

Thinking about selling into Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Türkiye or nearby markets and...

Walker Ryan
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A stylized Alpine map where train lines connect major cities to icons for program operators and databases, signaling how data flows across borders.

EPDs in the Alps Region: What Manufacturers Need to Know

Selling across Austria, Switzerland, Northern Italy, Southern Germany, Slovenia and into France...

John Johnson
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean map visualization of Central Europe showing Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, and Czechia with arrows between program operators and national data hubs, highlighting mutual recognition routes and database destinations.

EPDs in Central Europe, mapped for 2025

Trying to win specs across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, and neighbors can feel like five...

Toby Urff
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean map of Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Greece with small icons for the main program operators used in each country.

EPDs in Southern Europe, explained for manufacturers

Selling into Spain, Italy, Portugal, or Greece often hinges on whether your product has a credible,...

John Johnson
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A stylized border gate turning into an EPD label, symbolizing exports from the Balkans entering the EU market with verified data.

EPDs in the Balkans, explained

If you make cement, steel, façades, windows, tiles, insulation or MEP components in the Balkans, an...

Toby Urff
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean map of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania showing arrows to common EPD program operators and data flows from factories to declarations.

EPDs in the Baltics, explained

Curious how EPDs play out across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania? Here is the short, practical view...

John Johnson
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean map of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway showing three program operator icons in their capitals and arrows to building site icons, implying data flow from EPDs to projects.

EPD Scandinavia: rules, operators, next moves

Scandinavia moves fast on low‑carbon building, and Environmental Product Declarations sit right in...

John Johnson
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean map of the five Nordic countries with icons for climate declarations, carbon limits, and LCA requirements, visually distinguishing which policy applies where.

EPDs in the Nordics, decoded for manufacturers

Thinking about Nordic EPDs and how they intersect with fast‑moving building rules? Here is the...

Eric Hansen
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean map highlighting Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, each with an icon representing its main EPD pathway: a database icon labeled NMD for the Netherlands, a verified stamp flowing into a building model labeled TOTEM for Belgium, and a certificate icon surrounded by EU stars for Luxembourg.

EPDs in the Benelux, decoded

Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg all speak EN 15804, yet each routes environmental data a...

John Johnson
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A rising line labeled construction activity beside a steady line labeled EPD adoption, converging toward a target icon.

EPD Albania: a clear path for manufacturers

Albania’s building boom is real, and buyers on larger private and donor‑funded projects...

Toby Urff
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A product carton stamped with a stylized "ECO EPD" visa sticker moving across a simple Balkans‑to‑EU map, symbolizing mutual recognition.

EPD Montenegro: what manufacturers need to know

If you sell construction products into Montenegro or export from Montenegro into the EU, an...

Walker Ryan
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean map showing a manufacturing plant in Bosnia shipping steel and cement products to EU cities, with icons for CBAM, EPD, and verification along the route.

EPDs in Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2025 Field Guide

If EU-bound sales matter or tenders are getting tougher at home, an Environmental Product...

Eric Hansen
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean, minimal map graphic showing a factory in Serbia connected by simple lines to EU city silhouettes, with icons for steel, cement, and ceramics along the route.

EPDs in Serbia: What Manufacturers Need Now

Selling into the EU or competing for EU‑funded projects puts Serbian building‑product makers under...

Walker Ryan
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A stylized architectural plan of a building in Sofia with a prominent circular EPD seal overlay, icons for cement, insulation, steel, and cables orbiting it.

EPDs in Bulgaria, Explained

Making sense of EPDs in Bulgaria can feel like switching subtitles mid‑movie. The good news is the...

Walker Ryan
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean timeline running from 2025 to 2030 that highlights 2028 for large new buildings and 2030 for all new buildings, with simple icons for permits and EPCs.

EPDs in Greece: What Manufacturers Need to Know

Selling into Greek projects is shifting from nice-to-have documentation to quantified climate...

Eric Hansen
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean map of typical A4 routes into and within Lithuania using icons for truck, rail, and ferry, showing how transport scenarios feed a product’s GWP.

EPDs in Lithuania: rules, programs, and buyer expectations

Selling into Lithuania or manufacturing there and wondering how EPDs fit? Here is the plain‑English...

Eric Hansen
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean graphic of a procurement funnel labeled “Criteria, Price, Carbon,” showing how an EPD feeds quantified carbon into the decision flow.

EPDs in Latvia: what manufacturers need to know

Latvia’s public sector buys big, and it increasingly wants proof. Environmental Product...

Eric Hansen
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A product box with a simple power‑plug icon connecting into a stylized building silhouette, a glowing "carbon" meter stabilizing as the plug clicks in.

EPDs in Estonia: the practical playbook

Estonia is moving whole‑life carbon from slide decks into permits. From 1 July 2025, new buildings...

John Johnson
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean map of Ireland overlaid with two flowing arrows. One arrow labeled EU EPBD pushes from the continent toward Ireland. The other labeled Irish public procurement rises from Dublin outward. Icons for concrete, timber, and insulation ride the currents.

EPD Ireland, decoded for manufacturers

Specs in Ireland are moving fast toward lower carbon materials. Public buyers increasingly ask for...

Toby Urff
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A stylized map of Portugal connected by clean lines to EU stars, with icons for factory, verifier, and document, showing the path from plant data to a published EPD accepted across Europe.

EPD Portugal: how manufacturers move faster

Considering an EPD for products made or sold in Portugal? Here is the practical map. Which operator...

Toby Urff
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A graphic with two concentric gauges labeled Building Impact and Construction Process, each with needle positions set below colored thresholds, to visualize Denmark’s dual‑limit approach.

EPDs in Denmark: rules, operators, next steps

Denmark’s construction rules are turning EPDs from nice‑to‑have into project gatekeepers. Carbon...

Eric Hansen
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean map of Finland showing icons for program operators, a database icon for CO2data, and a permit stamp to represent the 2026 climate report requirement.

EPD Finland: What Manufacturers Need To Know Now

Finland is moving fast on low‑carbon construction, and product EPDs are becoming practical tools...

Toby Urff
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A stylized map of Sweden with icons for buildings and infrastructure. Lines connect factories to project sites, with small tags showing A1–A5 and a checkmark badge for EPDs.

EPD Sweden: A Manufacturer’s Field Guide

Sweden turned climate transparency into a building permit checkpoint, so product data is no longer...

John Johnson
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean map of Central Europe highlighting Czechia connected to icons of program operators like IBU and Environdec, showing ‘recognition pathways’ across EU projects.

EPDs in the Czech Republic: What Manufacturers Need

If you make construction products in Czechia, an environmentální prohlášení o produktu is quickly...

Toby Urff
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean map of Poland with icons for a factory, a document shield, and cloud nodes that connect to EU stars, symbolizing ITB and EPD Polska linking into ECO Platform and EU markets.

EPD Poland, explained for manufacturers

Bids in Poland are increasingly asking for environmental product declarations that speak EN 15804...

Walker Ryan
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A stylized Swiss topographic map showing factory icons, transport routes, and a checklist overlay linking plant data to an EPD document, with German and French language bubbles.

EPD Switzerland: rules, operators, tender moves

Switzerland speaks fluent EPD, but the dialect is special. Teams juggle EN 15804, KBOB LCA data,...

John Johnson
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean flow diagram showing product data flowing to an EPD, then to the B‑EPD database, then branching to a TOTEM calculator icon used by designers.

EPDs in Belgium, Explained for Manufacturers

Belgium treats EPDs as more than a brochure. If a brand talks about environmental performance, it...

Walker Ryan
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean diagram showing a product on the left, an EN 15804 A2 LCA feeding an EPD, then arrows to MRPI and the NMD database, ending with two calculators labeled MPG and MKI.

EPD Netherlands: what manufacturers need to know

Selling into the Dutch market runs on numbers, not slogans. Permits hinge on MPG, infrastructure...

Walker Ryan
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean flow diagram showing choices from product data collection to EN 15804+A2 verification, then branching to publication with BRE or a European operator, and final use in BREEAM and WLC assessments.

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...

John Johnson
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A simple map of Spain highlighting Madrid and Barcelona with small, stamped icons for the two main program operators and arrows pointing to EU recognition via ECO Platform.

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...

John Johnson
5 min read
12/14/2025
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Stylized metro lines labeled EN 15804, CAM edilizia, EPDItaly, IBU, and EPD International converging at a central station named Specs, with small train icons representing product lines.

EPD in Italy, explained for manufacturers

Italy is one of Europe’s most active markets for product‑specific Environmental Product...

John Johnson
5 min read
12/14/2025
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Two labeled tiles, FDES and PEP, clicking into a stylized INIES database block that feeds a simple building LCA diagram for RE2020.

EPD France, explained for manufacturers

Selling into France means speaking the language of FDES and PEP. If your EPD lives outside INIES,...

John Johnson
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean pipeline graphic showing data boxes for energy, materials, packaging, transport and waste flowing into a verified EPD, then into the ÖKOBAUDAT database and finally into a stylized building LCA dashboard.

EPD Germany: what manufacturers need to know

Selling into Germany rewards clarity. If your product touches a building, an EN 15804‑based...

Toby Urff
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean, minimal passport book where stamps are stylized icons for EN 15804, ECO Platform, INIES, and ÖKOBAUDAT to visualize cross‑border acceptance.

EPDs and the European Union market, explained

The EU is one market, yet rules and buyer habits vary country by country. If your products cross...

Walker Ryan
5 min read
12/14/2025
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A clean map of Europe showing icons for program operators, databases, and ECO Platform nodes, with dotted lines indicating recognition across borders.

EPD in Europe, demystified for manufacturers

Trying to sell across the EU and UK without product‑specific EPDs feels like showing up to a tender...

Eric Hansen
5 min read
12/14/2025
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