Terras de San Marino’s first EPD earns a spotlight

What Terras de San Marino just published

Terras de San Marino has released its first Environmental Product Declaration for Terras Brick 11. It is a product-specific declaration for a single clay unit masonry product in MasterFormat 04 21 00. The declaration was issued in August 2025 under program operator Icontec, based on the PCR “Construction clay products A2.”

This is a factory specific profile rather than an industry average. In practical terms, it lets specifiers compare Terras’ brick to peers on verified cradle to gate impacts instead of generic placeholders.

Why it moves the spec needle

Many owners and design teams now request product-specific EPDs to lock in lower embodied carbon baselines and to protect their own reporting. With LEED v5 ratified on March 28, 2025, momentum for product-level transparency keeps climbing (USGBC, 2025) (USGBC, 2025). An EPD means Terras’ brick can be evaluated on its measured profile, not a penalty factor that can knock a product out of contention.

Think of the EPD as the passport at the jobsite gate. Without it, a product may wait in the long line and sometimes never make it inside.

How the competitive field looks

In clay unit masonry, competitors split into two camps right now. Some publish product-specific EPDs across many brick lines. Others rely on industry-average coverage or none at all.

• Egernsund Wienerberger publishes multiple brick EPDs across several plants and formats, signalling mature transparency coverage. See their broader positioning here Wienerberger.
• Several well known U.S. brands appear in EC3 with no current product-specific brick EPDs as of January 19, 2026. Profiles on Triangle Brick and U.S. Brick show market context but the EC3 view still lacks product-specific entries for these names.
• The Brick Industry Association maintains an industry-average EPD that covered 39.3% of U.S. brick production by weight in 2023, updated in 2025, which helps on baselines but does not replace a product-specific declaration for project scoring or head to head comparisons (BIA, 2025) (BIA, 2025).

Net effect. Terras has entered the transparency arena with a product-specific record. That catches up to global leaders and creates an edge in bids where peers only offer an industry average.

Program operator and PCR notes

Icontec served as the program operator. The EPD references the category rule for construction clay products A2, which aligns with EN 15804 A2 style reporting. Where developer or LCA consultant credits are not listed publicly, it is standard for the operator to verify third party review before publication.

Where it shows up online

We looked for the EPD on the company website on January 19, 2026 and could not find a download or product page link. Visibility matters because procurement teams often pull documents straight from a manufacturer’s page. Adding the EPD PDF to the Terras Brick 11 product page and the sustainability section should be the next site update. It is a small change that can recieve a quick win in submittals.

What smart next steps look like

Scale coverage from this single product to a small family set that maps to top sellers. Keep data collection simple inside the plant, assign one owner, and plan quarterly checks on utilities, materials, and yields. If more variants exist by geometry or finish, bundle them under a family EPD where the PCR allows and where performance is materially similar.

For teams choosing an LCA partner, prioritize two traits. First, a process that handles the heavy data wrangling with your ERP and utility bills so your production team stays focused on throughput. Second, the experience to select the right PCR and program operator for your sales markets without rework later.

Bottom line

Terras de San Marino now meets specifiers where they already are. One product-specific EPD on a flagship brick turns carbon questions into clear answers, and it puts their name on shortlists that used to default to brands with long running EPD portfolios. The first publication is the hardest step. The next few should come faster, and pay off faster, too.