Bravo, Econox: first EPD lands for ductwork

Econox’s debut, in plain view

Econox has published its first EPD, covering a family of circular ventilation ducts made of sendzimir‑galvanized steel with Z275 coating. The declaration spans common diameters from 80 mm to 630 mm and standard lengths of 1.5 and 3 meters, with airtightness to Luka D (ATC 2). Publication month is October 2025.

Program operator and rulebook

The EPD is issued through EPD Hub. It follows EPD Hub’s Core PCR, which is increasingly used for components where project teams want fast, comparable documentation across brands. The EPD is product‑specific and covers a defined product family rather than a single SKU, which aligns with how duct packages are actually purchased for jobs.

Developer or LCA author is not stated in the publicly available record. If that appears later, we will update this note.

Why this matters in specs and bids

On projects where whole‑building or system‑level carbon accounting is required, a product‑specific EPD avoids fallback penalties that come with generic assumptions. That keeps Econox on the short list when engineers or GCs filter for declared products, instead of losing out to a competitor because documentation was missing. Think of it like showing up to a qualifier with your lap time already verified.

What Econox makes, and who benefits

Econox sells ventilation components for building services, with circular ductwork as a core line used by HVAC fabricators, installers, and wholesalers across commercial and residential projects. An EPD for the duct backbone puts the brand inside the conversations that decide base scope, not just add‑alternates.

Competitive check: where the bar sits today

Lindab has published circular duct EPDs across multiple national entities, including Ireland and Belgium, with coverage that similarly treats ducts as a product family under EPD Hub. That means Econox is now benchmarked against an established competitor already visible in spec tools, not playing catch‑up in the dark. See overview coverage on Lindab.

Systemair and Hagab publish EPDs for ventilation components such as air handling units, airflow devices, dampers and hatches. Useful for full‑system transparency, yes, but not a direct substitute for plain galvanized ductwork. Econox’s first EPD places it side by side with brands that already declare core air path materials, which is what many projects screen first.

Net of all that, Econox has entered the transparency arena for ductwork, where Lindab already plays broadly, while several ventilation peers still focus EPDs on equipment rather than the duct backbone.

Where to find the EPD on Econox’s site

Econox lists “Environmental Product Declaration” under Documents on individual product pages, for example the spiro duct Ø630 page on their Dutch site and similar SKUs in the range. Examples: product page 1 and product page 2.

One suggestion for visiblity: add a central EPD and sustainability page that aggregates all declarations by product family so estimators and specifiers can grab them in one stop.

What comes next to widen coverage

If the goal is to make a duct package spec‑ready end to end, the logical next declarations are common fittings and connectors that carry meaningful mass share across a bill of materials, followed by rectangular duct families if they are in the catalog. Keeping the same operator and PCR family simplifies comparability across SKUs and makes maintenance cycles easier on internal teams. We favor approaches that minimize chasing data across plants and shifts, so engineering keeps building while the paperwork moves.

Takeaway for manufacturers watching this move

First EPDs are rarely about perfection, they are about access. Econox’s October 2025 declaration gives buyers something project teams can rely on today. If you are weighing your own first step, pick the product family that appears on the most quotes, pick a program operator you can work with quickly, and standardize data collection once so you can scale. That is how transparency stops being a side quest and starts driving win rates.

P.S. If you are Econox’s web team reading this, a single “Environmental Declarations” hub page would make these assets easier to find and share. That tiny UX tweak pays back fast in fewer back‑and‑forth emails during bids, it really does.