The Spec Off

Trusted by 182 Readers

How Leviton Is Losing to Legrand and Eaton on EPDs

Every RFP that crosses a specifier’s desk now carries a low-carbon scorecard. In wiring devices and...

Walker Ryan

11/17/2025

Alta Paints Trails PPG and Carboline on EPD Firepower

Bid tables across industrial flooring are turning into carbon scorecards. Contractors pull up EC3...

11/17/2025

Panduit vs CommScope and Leviton: The EPD scoreboard

Panduit’s copper cabling catalogue lists fourteen Environmental Product Declarations, all expired...

11/13/2025

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...

John Johnson

11/17/2025

Scatter plot with embodied CO₂ on the x-axis and daylight factor on the y-axis showing VELUX, FAKRO, and a grey question-mark dot for Columbia.

Skylight Daylight vs Carbon: VELUX, FAKRO, Columbia

Every extra lumen from above trims electric-lighting bills, yet every square metre of roof glazing...

Eric Hansen

10/28/2025

Sto Corp Versus DuPont and GCP: Losing Specs on EPDs

Architects hunting for airtight carbon numbers now see DuPont’s Tyvek sheets and GCP’s...

How Zandur Trails Johnsonite and nora on EPD Wins

Rubber flooring bids in 2025 often come down to one checkbox: does the product have a current,...

Four resinous flooring buckets labeled with icons for ESD, PU‑cement, moisture mitigation, and fast‑cure. They line up on a racetrack that leads toward a stylized data center campus silhouette.

Resinous flooring brands likeliest to win hyperscaler data centers

Hyperscaler data center work moves fast, specs are tight, and procurement teams want hard numbers...

Walker Ryan

12/10/2025

A clean visual map showing Tnemec in resinous floors and competitor logos positioned across categories like architectural coatings, floor systems, and intumescents. Icons indicate PCR alignment.

Tnemec vs. coatings rivals: who has EPDs now?

Specifiers want product-specific, third‑party verified EPDs. In protective and resinous flooring,...

John Johnson

12/1/2025

How Sinteplast Is Losing to PPG and Sika on EPDs

Bid tables across Latin America now list "EPD in hand?" right next to price and color match. PPG...

Eric Hansen