Congrats, Halton: first hood EPDs go live

What launched in July

Halton released its first kitchen hood EPDs in July 2025. The set covers two dishwashing‑area ventilation hoods, KVD and KVV, each modeled as product‑specific declarations. Both are verified and published with the program operator EPD Hub. Scope reads like real‑world kitchens: steam capture and low‑grease applications with supply air compensation.

The current lineup at a glance

Halton now shows four current, third‑party‑verified EPDs. In addition to the July hoods, there is a marine KW3 galley water‑wash hood published earlier in 2025, plus a chilled‑beams family EPD that groups RE6, REE and RXP models under one declaration. All are listed with EPD Hub, following EN 15804 and ISO 14025 rules. The chilled‑beams document appears to be a family‑scope EPD, while the hoods read as specific models.

Why this matters for Halton’s market

Halton builds indoor‑air solutions for demanding environments. Think professional kitchens, ships and offshore galleys, offices and healthcare spaces. EPDs move those products into more bids where verified, product‑specific impacts are preferred. LEED v5 was ratified by USGBC members on March 28, 2025, which keeps product EPDs in the conversation for materials transparency and embodied‑carbon tracking (USGBC, 2025) (USGBC, 2025). When a category lacks an EPD, teams often default to conservative factors. Halton’s new hood declarations remove that penalty.

Date check, for clarity

Halton’s kitchen hood EPDs landed in July 2025. The brand also shows a chilled‑beams EPD in place earlier, and a KW3 galley hood published in March 2025. So the “first” here is the first hood EPD wave for dishwashing‑area models, which builds on earlier EPD groundwork in other lines.

Competitive snapshot

Swegon is a long‑time EPD publisher across AHUs and room products, including comfort modules and chilled‑beam families, giving spec teams a familiar benchmark (Swegon overview). TROX publishes widely across air terminals, grilles and selected AHU configurations in Europe, though chilled‑beam coverage appears thinner by comparison (TROX in brief). In North America’s kitchen‑hood niche, big names like CaptiveAire and Greenheck market deep hood lines. We did not find hood‑specific EPDs publicly posted as of today, even though Greenheck publishes EPDs in adjacent categories like louvers. Translation for bids, Halton’s hood EPDs likely confer a near‑term edge where declarations are a checkbox rather than a nice‑to‑have.

Program operator note

All of Halton’s current declarations sit with EPD Hub, a digital‑first operator that was recognized by ECO Platform as an Established ECO EPD Programme Operator in December 2025, which improves acceptance and ECO Portal visibility in Europe (EPD Hub, 2025) (EPD Hub, 2025). For global HVAC brands, that recognition can reduce reviewer friction across markets.

Where to find Halton’s EPDs online

We found the chilled‑beam family EPD linked on product pages for RE6, REE and RXP, for example the REE and RXP pages that list “Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)” under Downloads on halton.com. We also spotted news posts announcing EPDs for chilled beams and for the FCE fire damper on halton.com’s News section. We could not find the new hood EPD PDFs on the kitchen‑hood product pages yet. Posting them prominently on the product pages and on a central sustainability or “Certificates” page would improve visibilty for specifiers and distributors.

What to watch next

Kitchen ventilation teams now have a product‑specific EPD option from Halton in dishwashing‑area hoods. The commercial playbook is simple. Extend coverage to core grease hoods and companion controls, keep the family EPD for chilled beams current, and mirror competitors’ PCR choices so reviewers can compare like‑for‑like. The transparency arena is officially open. Halton just walked onto the floor.