EPD Guide

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LCA Modules & Stages 101

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•Complete guide and resources

A1–A5, B1–B7, C1–C4… alphabet soup, meet spoon. This section breaks down life‑cycle assessment modules and stages with real‑world examples that finally make the “cradle‑to‑grave” process clear.

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Industrial Worker Inspecting Scrap Metal

Module D: Your EPD’s Second Life Credit

Manufacturers lose bids when they ignore the carbon story after demolition. Module D adds that...

Walker Ryan
5 min read
8/11/2025
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Construction Worker Looking at a Demolition Site

Module C: The End-of-Life Wild Card

Most teams sweat over raw-material data, then slap a generic “landfill” line on the last page of...

John Johnson
5 min read
8/4/2025
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Building with HVAC System Visible

Module B: The Use Phase Carbon Hot Zone

Most EPD chats orbit raw materials, yet for many products the bigger climate bill arrives after the...

Eric Hansen
5 min read
8/19/2025
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Spec sheet morphing into a checklist of sustainability icons

Four Environmental Impact Categories You Should Know

You poured months into perfecting a product, yet one missing number can still keep you off the bid...

Walker Ryan
5 min read
6/10/2025
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Architect and engineer reviewing building material samples

Functional Unit and Reference Service Life: How to Keep Comparisons Fair

If you have ever argued about who makes the “greener” concrete panel, odds are someone’s functional...

Eric Hansen
5 min read
7/28/2025
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Truck on road with factory in background

Master Modules A4 and A5 for Leaner EPDs

Months of plant data finally sit polished in a spreadsheet, yet your verifier still needs truck...

Eric Hansen
5 min read
8/4/2025
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Hands organizing scattered paperwork

Life Cycle Inventory (LCI): From Numbers to Results

Most EPD delays start long before the verifier opens your report. The bottleneck is Life-Cycle...

Walker Ryan
5 min read
5/5/2025
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Race between two manufacturers – one with data, one scrambling

Life Cycle Assessment: The X-Ray of Product Impact

A new contractor spec drops on your desk, and there it is: “Provide LCA data.” If the term still...

John Johnson
5 min read
8/6/2025
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Gradle to grave illustration

Module B: The Use Phase Reality Check

Manufacturers often obsess over A1–A3 raw-material numbers yet forget that specifiers keep...

John Johnson
5 min read
8/18/2025
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Transport and factory

Module A: Upfront Carbon Decoded

Module A covers everything that happens before a product reaches the jobsite—extraction,...

John Johnson
5 min read
8/19/2025
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