Congrats Glen‑Gery on debut EPDs

What Glen‑Gery just published

Glen‑Gery now lists ten current EPDs. The set spans family coverage for clay masonry and system coverage for thin‑brick cladding. Issuance started in February 2026 for cladding systems, followed by clay masonry in March 2026.

• Clay Brick and Structural Clay Tile family EPDs verified by NSF International, under the NSF/ASTM 1105‑25 Clay Masonry Products PCR. LCA developer: Sustainable Solutions Corporation. Valid through 2031.
• Thin Tech Classic, Thin Tech Elite, and Tru‑Brix cladding system EPDs verified by UL to ISO 14025 and ISO 21930 using UL’s Part B: Cladding Product Systems PCR. LCA developer: WAP Sustainability. Valid through 2031.

Why this matters in specs right now

Product‑specific EPDs cut out the guesswork that pushes projects toward conservative, higher‑carbon defaults. That change helps teams keep Glen‑Gery in the spec during value engineering instead of swapping to a brand that already had paperwork on file. It’s the difference between showing up to a playoff with a full roster or a short bench.

Categories and scope at a glance

The brick EPDs are modeled per 1 m² of vertically installed clay masonry with 3/8 inch joints, which mirrors how design teams compare wall assemblies inside takeoffs. The cladding systems read as system EPDs that bundle panels, rails, fasteners, and installation modeling, which is what submittals actually ask for on thin‑brick facades.

Competitive snapshot

Interstate Brick shows similar clay masonry coverage with a current NSF‑verified EPD using the same 1105‑25 rule set and validity into 2031. That keeps parity on core wall assemblies.

Brampton Brick lists a clay brick EPD that expired in June 2024 on the ASTM registry. No current renewal is visible as of April 30, 2026, which gives Glen‑Gery an edge when buyers want brand‑specific declarations in hand.

Egernsund Wienerberger in Europe maintains broad brick coverage with dozens of current, plant‑tied EPDs carrying into 2027, a useful bellwether for how fast masonry transparency is normalizing globally. Glen‑Gery’s move brings that rhythm to North American bids.

URLs specifiers can actually use

Glen‑Gery has already posted the system EPD PDFs on its site, which helps sales and AEC teams find them fast in submittals. Try Thin Tech Elite and Tru‑Brix here:

• Thin Tech Elite Cladding System EPD (glengery.com) https://www.glengery.com/sites/default/files/2026-04/Glen-Gery%20Thin%20Tech%20Elite-EPD%20102.1.pdf
• Tru‑Brix Cladding System EPD (glengery.com) https://www.glengery.com/sites/default/files/2026-04/Glen-Gery%20Tru-Brix%20-%20EPD%20103.1.pdf

We did not yet spot a public landing page that rounds up the new clay masonry EPDs on glengery.com. Adding a single, easy‑to‑find EPD hub page is a quick visibility win for specifiers and channel partners.

Timing note that saves deals

These EPDs were issued in February 2026 for cladding and in March 2026 for brick. That is more than two weeks before today. There is often a weeks‑to‑months lag between issuance and appearance in the global tools architects and GCs search first. If reducing that delay to a day or two is a priority next time, reach out and we can share the exact playbook. Its a surprisingly fixable operations problem.

What to watch next

Expect Glen‑Gery’s sales and technical teams to lean on the family and system scopes to cover wide slices of the catalog without SKU sprawl. The competitive math is simple. With current, operator‑verified PDFs live and easy to pull, brick and thin‑brick bids become about design, logistics, and service again, not paperwork gaps.

Quick background

Glen‑Gery manufactures clay brick, thin brick, structural units, and proprietary thin‑brick cladding systems for commercial and residential projects across North America. That footprint makes EPD coverage more than compliance. It is a lever to stay shortlisted on LEED v5‑oriented jobs and owner ESG programs where product‑level carbon data is now table stakes.