Congrats, Taisei: first EPD now live

What launched in July

Taisei’s debut EPD covers the Bankyo Floor system YPE Type, a raised floor system used to create level, serviceable floor voids. The declaration is product‑specific and published with program operator EPD Hub. Release month is July 2025. Scope is cradle‑to‑gate with end‑of‑life options, matching what spec teams expect on EN 15804 projects.

Who Taisei serves, and why it matters now

Under the Bankyo brand, Taisei manufactures dry raised floor systems with height‑adjustable pedestals for offices, residential fit‑outs, and activity spaces where comfort and routing space both matter. That portfolio lives in the sweet spot where many tenders now prefer product‑level EPDs so they can model embodied carbon without conservative defaults. A verified EPD makes the product easier to compare and faster to approve in documentation.

Competitive snapshot (raised access flooring)

• Kingspan Access Floors has multiple product EPDs for steel‑encapsulated panels like RMG600 and RMG600+ that appear widely in office and data‑center specs (see Tate’s UK library for panel EPD downloads as a reference point). Tate downloads
• Tate Inc. in North America also lists panel EPDs across several grades plus structural grid systems used above the floor void. Example product pages show direct EPD links. RMG600+ page

The takeaway is simple. In access flooring, the market runs on product‑specific EPDs rather than a sector average. Publishing one puts Taisei shoulder‑to‑shoulder with established brands on submittal checklists and carbon comparisons. For broader context, here is a quick primer on raised access floors and industry‑wide EPDs on EPD Guide. Read the overview

What this changes in bids and specs

Project teams often assign a penalty when a product lacks a product‑specific, third‑party verified EPD, because models fall back to generic or pessimistic factors. With Taisei’s EPD, Bankyo is evaluated on its own numbers, which keeps the product in play when carbon targets are tight and reduces back‑and‑forth in RFIs. It also means fewer last‑minute swaps when owners require verified declarations in the materials log.

Visibility check (and a quick win)

We did find Taisei’s EPD announcement on the Bankyo site in Japanese, which is great for discovery. EPD news on bankyofloor.com

If the document is not yet linked from the main corporate domain, add a clear route from product pages and any sustainability hub so sales and channel partners can grab it fast. Many submittal delays are just hunters trying to locate the latest PDF.

What to do next to build on the momentum

• Expand coverage to adjacent SKUs that ride the same schedule line. Consider pedestals or additional panel variants so entire systems can be documented in one go.
• Keep the data collection drumbeat steady. One clean reference year makes renewals far easier and keeps declarations aligned with current rules.
• Align with the PCR competitors commonly use in your priority markets. That improves apples‑to‑apples comparability in buyer tools and shortlists.

Our read on the competitive math

Taisei has entered the transparency arena. In raised access floors that means competing on verified impacts alongside incumbents already publishing panel EPDs. That closes a credibility gap in commercial office and tech interiors and opens more conversations where an EPD is the ticket to entry.