What went live this week
On October 28, 2026, five new EPDs from Glaseksperten A/S appeared in EC3. All five are three-layer low-E insulating glass units with argon-filled cavities. Each one declares a single, specific configuration. None of them is a broad product family. The configurations are:
- 6TGEN-20AR-4-18AR-6TGEN (toughened outer panes, mixed cavity widths)
- 6TGEN-16AR-4-16AR-33.1LMEN (toughened outside, 33.1 laminated inside)
- 55.2LMEN-12AR-8-12AR-55.2LMEN (heavy laminated panes on both sides)
- 4TGEN-18AR-4-18AR-4TGEN (a lighter, all-toughened build)
- 4EN-18AR-4-16AR-33.1LMEN (coated float outside, laminated inside)
EPD-Global, the Norwegian program operator previously branded EPD-Norway, issued all five. The other declarations in Glaseksperten's portfolio also sit with that operator. We've covered its strengths in more depth in our guide to EPD-Norge's Nordic-built credibility. EC3 doesn't name a developer for this batch. According to the company's own posts, its first EPDs came out of a collaboration with LCA.no and its EPD generator tool.
Who Glaseksperten is and why glazing data matters
Glaseksperten is a Danish-owned glass manufacturer. It runs a 20,000 m² production facility in Hjørring and serves residential, commercial and public buildings. It processes toughened, laminated, fire-rated and insulating glass, and it's also the Scandinavian partner for MicroShade solar-shading glazing units.
Glazing is a big line item in a building's carbon budget. Triple-glazed units weigh a lot, they're energy-intensive to make, and every façade uses hundreds of them. If a consultant can't find product-specific data, they plug in a conservative generic value. That's a bit like pricing a car with the most expensive options package by default: the product looks worse on paper than it really is.
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Deepening coverage, not detouring
This batch builds out a category Glaseksperten already covers. It doesn't open a new one. The portfolio already held low-E triple glazing EPDs, MicroShade triple units, acoustic double glazing, fire-rated units and a long list of laminated and toughened panes. All 38 declarations are current, and the earliest expiries don't arrive until 2029.
The new five fill gaps in the configuration matrix. They cover symmetric toughened builds, mixed toughened and laminated builds, and a heavy 55.2 laminated sandwich for safety-critical openings. A consultant modelling a school, an office or a ground-floor shopfront has a better chance of finding the exact makeup they need without approximating.
How the competitive picture shifts
In Denmark, the obvious comparison is SCANGLAS, which calls itself the country's largest glass processor. It published multi-variant two- and three-layer insulating unit EPDs through EPD Danmark. Those declarations bundle 13 to 15 pane variations into one document. Glaseksperten does the opposite and publishes one EPD per configuration. Both approaches work. Single-configuration EPDs give a precise number. Multi-variant EPDs cover more ground per document.
The multinationals are further ahead on volume. Pilkington holds 26 current EPDs in EC3, including Insulight double IGUs published through EPD International. Most of those expire in 2028 (see our look at Pilkington's glass lineup and EPD coverage). Saint-Gobain's Glass Solutions arm, which includes a Danish entity, shows eight current EPDs. For more on that, read Saint-Gobain Glass products and EPD coverage. With this batch, Glaseksperten has more current, configuration-specific triple glazing data than either multinational has listed for the Danish market.
Why BR18 makes this commercially sharp
Denmark tightened its building carbon rules in July 2025. The previous blanket limit of 12.0 kg CO2e per m² per year was replaced with differentiated limits by building type, and those limits tighten again in 2027 and 2029 (Social- og Boligstyrelsen, 2025). Every kilogram counts, and generic glazing data usually comes in pessimistic.
That's the real value of these five EPDs. Once a consultant has modelled a product with verified data, swapping it for an undocumented alternative pushes the carbon number up. The product with an EPD doesn't have to win on price alone, and it's harder to value-engineer out. Manufacturers rarely see the bids they quietly lose for lack of data, so that risk is easy to underestimate.
Visibility on the website and the EC3 delay
Glaseksperten has a tidy EPD download page grouped by toughened, laminated, fire-rated and MicroShade glass. When we checked, the new three-layer low-E series wasn't listed there yet, and neither was a dedicated insulating glass section. Adding one would help specifers who start on the manufacturer's site rather than in a database.
Timing is worth a look too. The batch carries a validity date of January 1, 2031, which points to issuance around the start of 2026. If that's right, the EPDs took roughly ten months to show up in EC3. Shortening that gap gets products into consultants' carbon models sooner. Readers who want faster listings for their next EPDs are welcome to contact the author directly.
A clearer view through the glass
Five EPDs in one release is a solid step for a mid-sized Nordic processor. Glaseksperten isn't trying to cover everything in one document. It's building a library of exact configurations that consultants can drop straight into a BR18 calculation. If the website catches up and future releases reach EC3 faster, those configurations will be easier for specifiers to find and use.
