Bauwerk Parkett: products and EPD coverage at a glance

Who Bauwerk is

Founded in Switzerland, Bauwerk Parkett focuses on wood flooring for residential, workplace, hospitality, and premium multi‑family projects. They are a pure play in parquet: engineered two‑layer and three‑layer boards, plus classic solid strip options and designer formats.

What they sell, in plain speak

Bauwerk’s assortment spans patternable lines like Formpark and Unopark, broad‑plank families such as Villapark and Casapark, and slim formats like Studiopark and Cleverpark. Surface treatments range from natural oil to matt lacquer, with HDF‑core variants and acoustic “Silente” builds. Across species, widths, colors, and finishes, the SKU count sits in the hundreds.

EPD status today

Bauwerk publicly points to participation in an association EPD through the German IBU program, not a suite of product‑specific EPDs per SKU. See their sustainability page for the official language and certifications overview (Bauwerk Sustainability).

For the French market, multilayer parquet is covered by FDES entries in the INIES framework. FDES are verified, EN 15804‑based Type III declarations and are valid for five years (INIES, 2025). In practice, that means designers in France often have a usable declaration for 2‑layer and 3‑layer parquet families, even when a product‑specific EPD is not published for each Bauwerk SKU.

Where coverage is strong vs thin

Strong: engineered parquet at the family level in markets that consume FDES, and general association‑level disclosure that helps with early vetting. Thin: product‑specific EPDs tied to individual SKUs, specialty formats like chevron or custom herringbone, and classic solid parquet. Accessories that influence whole‑assembly carbon, such as underlays and adhesives, also merit a look if the goal is full‑system reporting.

Why this matters for specs

When a project team must model whole‑building carbon, a product without a product‑specific EPD usually forces conservative default factors. That creates friction and can nudge a swap to a competing product that does have one. With LEED v5 aligning more teams around robust materials data, the absence of SKU‑level EPDs can quietly cost pipeline. Sometimes you never see the projects you don’t win.

Likely best‑sellers without a matching EPD

The Formpark design lines and the Villapark wide‑plank family are frequent shortlist candidates in offices and hospitality. If an architect wants that exact format and finish with an EPD, a lack of SKU‑level coverage can stall approval. One practical play is to prioritize EPDs for a subset of top movers in oak, across the most requested widths and finishes, then expand once those start pulling through.

Competitors that often show up with EPDs

Engineered plank competitors like Kährs publish product‑specific EPDs for 13–15 mm engineered wood floors at plant level, which are easy for specifiers to cite in submittals (Kährs EPDs). Solid hardwood specialist Junckers lists multiple EPDs registered with EPD Denmark for its solid ranges, which often unlocks sports, education, and civic work where solid is preferred (Junckers EPDs). Norwegian‑rooted Boen provides EPDs for 2‑layer and 3‑layer parquet as well (Boen EPDs). These are the names Bauwerk is most likely to face in Europe and exported projects.

The commercial playbook

If sales hears “we need an EPD,” treat it as a product management brief, not a dead end. Start with the top ten SKUs per region, use a common PCR, capture one solid reference year of plant data, and publish in the buyer’s go‑to program operator. Where France is in scope, remember that FDES verification and five‑year validity are expected by RE2020 practitioners (INIES, 2025). The fastest wins come from narrowing to one plant, one thickness, and one surface per family, then cloning that workflow to adjacent variants. The time you save there pays back when bids land.

What good looks like next quarter

Publish product‑specific EPDs for a targeted set of engineered SKUs in oak with the most common widths and finishes. Map a second batch for chevron and herringbone where design teams ask first. Plan solid parquet as a follow‑on if those volumes justify it. Keep accessory coverage in view so the whole assembly does not trip carbon accounting. We can then reuse the data spine to extend coverage across regions and program operators without redoing every calc. That is how you move from parquett prestige to practical spec wins.

Useful links

• Sustainability at Bauwerk with association EPD mention and certificates overview: Bauwerk Sustainability
• Competitor examples with published EPDs: Kährs, Junckers, Boen