EPD-Norge: Nordic-built credibility for your next EPD

EPD‑Norge in one minute

EPD‑Norge is the country’s EPD program operator, run by a foundation and aligned with ISO 14025 and EN 15804. It is a founding member of ECO Platform, so its declarations carry the familiar ECO mark recognized across Europe. The portfolio now lists well over 8,000 published EPDs, a signal that specifiers know and check the registry (EPD‑Norge, 2025).

Why Norwegian buyers look for the logo

From January 1, 2024, public buyers in Norway must weight climate and environmental criteria at a minimum of 30 percent when awarding contracts, with limited exceptions. That rule is actively tracked by the government’s procurement agency and shapes tender scoring every week (DFØ, 2025). For building projects registered under BREEAM‑NOR v6, one Mat 02 point is awarded when the project documents EPDs for at least 15 products that meet the scheme rules, and the manual explicitly accepts EPD‑Norge as a program operator (Grønn Byggallianse, 2024).

Standards status in 2025

New EPDs use EN 15804+A2, and the construction PCR Part A that underpins EPD‑Norge’s program is aligned to A2 for this cycle (EPD‑Global PCR Part A Ver 2, 2021). On top of that, ECO Platform’s updated verification standards apply to new EPDs from December 20, 2024, after a six‑month program transition. EPD‑Norge confirmed those dates to verifiers and developers and updated its GPI and checklists accordingly (EPD‑Norge, 2024).

Digital data that plugs into LCAs

Beyond PDFs, EPD‑Global Digi publishes machine‑readable ILCD+EPD XML datasets that teams can download. Many declarations are already available and coverage continues to expand to older records. This keeps product impacts flowing into building LCA tools without manual retyping, which is where tender time often evaporates (EPD‑Global, 2025).

What changed inside results this year

The technical committee has moved the reference service life for building‑product EPDs from 60 years to 50 years. The change takes effect as relevant PCRs are revised, so check which version your category sits under before modelling scenarios (EPD‑Global, 2025).

Prospective EPDs for new product lines

Since October 2024, manufacturers can publish a Prospective EPD for brand‑new lines using less than twelve months of plant data. A full update follows once a complete year is logged. BREEAM‑NOR clarifies that a P‑EPD counts the same way as a regular EPD inside the scheme, which removes an early‑sales bottleneck (EPD‑Norge, 2024) (Grønn Byggallianse, 2025).

Verification tempo, minus the guesswork

Independent verifiers control their own queues. Official average turnarounds are not published. In practice, clean models and complete evidence move faster. Most delays trace back to mismatched reference flows, unclear product grouping, or BOMs that drift from the PCR. Invest the hours upfront to document energy, fuels, and waste for the chosen reference year and you usually recieve that time back during review.

A partner choice that saves the calendar

Publishing through EPD‑Norge is rarely the slow part. Time disappears inside data collection and iteration. A well‑organized LCA partner will pull utility logs, waste manifests, and upstream transport distances straight from your ERP, then keep modelling aligned to A2 and the latest ECO verification checklists. That is how engineering time stays on R&D instead of spreadsheet archaeology.

When EPD‑Norge makes commercial sense

If Northern Europe is on your bid map and BREEAM‑NOR appears in client checklists, EPD‑Norge gives immediate local legitimacy. The A2 rule set future‑proofs results, the ECO mark travels across borders, and the XML datasets keep your numbers moving through design software. Pair that infrastructure with disciplined data collection and you trade paperwork friction for better tender math.