EPD Guide

by Parq

Environmental Regulations & Laws Decoded

10 Articles
•Complete guide and resources

EU CPR, CSRD, UK PAS 2080, LEED v5! Acronyms everywhere! We translate legalese into plain English, flag looming deadlines, and share cheat‑sheets so you stay compliant (and sane) across markets.

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A passport page stamped with 'NYC Low-Carbon Approved' next to a simplified EPD document icon.

NYC Clean & Circular Rules: What Suppliers Must Know

New York City’s new Clean and Circular Design & Construction Guidelines turn circularity from a...

Toby Urff
5 min read
11/10/2025
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Visual of a product pallet stamped with a passport-style EPD badge clearing a customs gate while an unstamped pallet is turned away.

Concrete and Asphalt Innovation Act: What Manufacturers Need

Congress just set aside $200 million for low-carbon cement and asphalt R&D plus new cash bonuses on...

Walker Ryan
5 min read
11/10/2025
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An architect’s hand holding a transparent EPD sheet like an x-ray overlay on a building blueprint, revealing colored bars for GWP and other impacts.

Ann Arbor’s Low-Carbon Playbook for Building Products

Ann Arbor, Michigan quietly passed a 2021 resolution that tells its architects, engineers and...

John Johnson
5 min read
11/10/2025
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A stylized conveyor belt shaped like a Möbius loop carrying crushed glass, shredded plastic, and metal scrap to represent continuous material flow.

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)....

John Johnson
5 min read
11/10/2025
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Factory workers handing digital data bricks to a central platform that turns them into an EPD document.

Los Angeles Moves to Cap Embodied Carbon in Construction

On April 9 2024 the LA City Council instructed building-safety officials to write embodied-carbon...

Walker Ryan
5 min read
11/10/2025
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A simple flowchart showing product family, PCR selection, LCA modeling, verification, and GSA bid submission, each as crisp icons.

Beat GSA Clocks with Verified Low-Carbon EPDs

Federal bids move at sprint speed. GSA can award a construction contract in as little as 60 days,...

Toby Urff
5 min read
11/5/2025
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Stopwatch overlaid on a digital dashboard of material inputs, portraying the urgency of gathering mix data before grant windows close.

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...

John Johnson
5 min read
11/10/2025
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Dallas 2024 Bond Demands Embodied Carbon Proof

Dallas voters green-lit a $1.25 billion bond package that now comes with a sharp new string...

Eric Hansen
5 min read
11/10/2025
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Two product boxes competing in a relay race toward a city permit desk, one holding a stamped EPD document and sprinting ahead while the other fumbles loose papers.

Mississauga’s Green Development Standard: EPDs at the Permit Counter

Starting March 1 2025, every site-plan application in Mississauga must tick off a revamped Green...

Eric Hansen
5 min read
11/10/2025
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An oversized rubber stamp imprinting “EPD” onto a blueprint sheet, suggesting documents as travel papers for bids.

New York S6931A Turns EPDs Into Bid Passports

A quick heads-up for any manufacturer shipping into the Empire State: New York’s fresh S6931A bill...

Eric Hansen
5 min read
11/10/2025
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