Congratulations, Datek: first EPDs for smart lighting control

What Datek just published

Datek has released its first ever Environmental Product Declarations in April 2025. The pair covers the DLC Gateway IoT (LX9) and the DLC Gateway IoT Zhaga, both hardware nodes used in outdoor lighting networks, including a Zhaga Book 18 connector option for direct luminaire mounting.

Both declarations are product‑specific rather than a broad family. Listings point to the EN 50693:2019 rulebook for electrical and electronic products and show EPD Hub as the program operator. EC3 entries do not specify an external LCA developer for these.

Why this matters in the spec economy

Smart streetlighting is bought on performance, reliability, and now on transparent impact. In many tenders a product‑specific EPD prevents conservative default factors from inflating embodied‑carbon totals, which can quietly tilt a spec toward a rival without one. Think of the PCR as the rulebook of Monopoly, and the EPD as the audited scorecard everyone agrees to use.

For owners standardizing on Zhaga interfaces, having EPD‑backed gateways removes one more friction point in approvals. It also signals a credible internal data trail that procurement teams can audit without extra meetings.

Competitive context: who else is visible today

Signify N.V. publishes a wide set of EN 50693 EPDs that include lighting drivers and streetlight control nodes such as the Telensa Telecell family, so they are an established benchmark on transparency in connected lighting. Datek’s two gateway EPDs put the brand on that same playing field for control hardware.

Several lighting manufacturers visible in EN 50693 today, for example LED Linear and Elektro Elco, focus their EPD coverage on luminaires rather than control gateways. That means Datek enters the transparency arena where direct controller‑level coverage is thinner, which can be a practical edge when a spec specifically calls for EPD‑verified nodes.

Program operator choice, decoded

These EPDs are published with EPD Hub, a digital‑first operator recognized by ECO Platform as an Established ECO EPD Programme Operator as of late 2025. For cross‑market work in Europe, that recognition increases discoverability in the ECO Portal and helps specifiers validate records quickly.

A quick read on Datek’s portfolio fit

Datek Light Control builds networked lighting systems for cities, utilities, campuses, and road authorities. Gateways sit at the center of these projects as the communications brain for large mesh networks. Publishing controller EPDs first is a sensible move because it touches every node count and shows up in BoMs where transparency asks now appear as check‑boxes rather than nice‑to‑haves.

Where the EPDs live online

Datek has already listed these on its Certifications page, making downloads fast for submittals. See the “Environmental declaration” section with direct links for the Zhaga and LX9 gateways at https://datek.com/sustainability/certifications. That visibility step is easy to skip, but it’s definately the difference between a five‑minute spec task and a fire drill during bids.

Timing note for teams planning the next wave

These EPDs were issued in April 2025 and surfaced in public directories later. There is often a delay of weeks to months between an operator’s publish date and appearance in the databases architects use day to day, which is why prompt listing and metadata sync matter. If reducing that lag on future releases is a priority, readers can reach out to the author for practical steps to get new EPDs discoverable within a day or two.

What to watch next

Two product‑specific controller EPDs are a strong opening. Extending coverage to related control gear, such as cabinet gateways, photocell sensors, or family‑level controller lines, would let sales speak to more SKUs with fewer documents. That is the kind of tidy portfolio move that keeps bids simple and helps teams win on capability, not paperwork.