Biamp: products, markets, and EPD coverage
Biamp builds the tech that makes modern meeting rooms, paging systems, and large venues sound clear and feel controlled. If a project team asks for product‑specific EPDs, though, can their AV gear keep pace with the rest of the spec stack? Here is where Biamp shines, where its portfolio shows up on construction jobs, and how their enviromental reporting compares to peers competing for the same ceiling space and rack units.
Who Biamp is and where they play
Founded in 1976 and headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Biamp develops professional AV hardware and software used across offices, education, healthcare, hospitality, arenas, courts, and transit hubs (Biamp press, 2025). Their sustainability page outlines design‑for‑repair, recycling efforts, and facility initiatives, which is a useful start for specifiers evaluating suppliers (Biamp Corporate Responsibility, 2025).
What they sell, in plain English
Biamp’s range spans audio DSPs and platforms, beamtracking microphones, conferencing bars, amplifiers, control and touch interfaces, networked paging and voice comms, sound masking, and installed loudspeakers under brands like Desono, Community, Vocia, Cambridge, Impera, Apprimo, and Parlé (Biamp press, 2025). This is not a niche, single‑product company. Expect multiple product families across a dozen or so categories and likely hundreds of SKUs.
EPD coverage today
As of December 19, 2025, we could not locate product‑specific EPDs publicly published by Biamp in major registries. That is common in pro AV, where many electronics firms are only now translating LCAs into Type III declarations. For building‑integrated electronics, a practical path is the PEP Ecopassport program, which is purpose‑built for electrical and HVAC‑R equipment (PEP Ecopassport program, 2025).
Why this matters commercially
Owners and design teams increasingly favor products with transparent, third‑party‑verified impacts because they simplify project carbon accounting. In bids chasing LEED v5 ambitions, a product without an EPD often forces modelers to use conservative default data, which can push a swap to a comparable component that does have one. Meanwhile, adjacent categories in the same rooms already bring EPDs to the table, like acoustic ceilings that shape intelligibility and privacy just as much as electronics do (EPD International, 2024; Rockfon EPD library, 2025).
A likely gap example
Conferencing bars are now a staple line item in office retrofit bundles. Biamp’s Parlé VBC 2800 is positioned for Teams‑certified, larger rooms with AI noise reduction and room‑tuning tools (Biamp blog, 2024). If a workplace program mandates product‑specific EPDs for building‑integrated products, specifiers may pivot budget toward solutions that help them secure material credits elsewhere in the same scope, like ceiling systems with current EPDs, to keep the tally balanced (EPD International, 2024). That substitution can happen quietly during value engineering.
Competitors Biamp meets in specs
By application, Biamp will often face Shure, QSC, JBL Professional, Bose Professional, TOA, AtlasIED, and network‑audio players like Axis in paging and distributed audio. In sound masking, Lencore and LogiSon show up frequently. In conference rooms, IT‑centric alternatives from Logitech, Poly, and Neat may compete at the device level, while acoustic vendors such as Ecophon and Rockfon compete for the same acoustic outcomes with passive materials that already carry EPDs.
Where EPDs could start in Biamp’s lineup
Good early candidates are high‑volume, building‑integrated form factors that spend years in place and appear in schedules: in‑ceiling speakers and arrays, PoE amplifiers, paging endpoints, and the flagship conferencing bars. For electronics, PEP Ecopassport PCRs are commonly used. For enclosure‑heavy, permanently installed parts, an EN 15804 route via a building products program can also fit, provided the PCR choice aligns with how competitors in the same bid category are publishing.
Timelines and operator choices
Publishing windows vary by operator and verifier capacity. Some European program operators note verification queues of roughly six months before editorial and final approval, so planning ahead protects sales momentum (IBU FAQ, 2025). Many teams publish in North America with Smart EPD and in Europe with IBU or the International EPD System, then use mutual recognition where applicable to increase visibility without re‑work.
Actionable next steps for product and specs teams
Pick one anchor line, scope one factory year of data, and move. Start with a bill of materials by weight, energy and waste by process, packaging, and distribution modes. Confirm the dominant PCR used by alternatives in your target verticals, then match it so your EPD is directly usable in material credits. The payoff shows up in fewer documentation exceptions, fewer late‑stage swaps, and stickier specs when projects quantify embodied impacts.
The takeaway
Biamp is a broad AV platform vendor with solutions that get specified across many room types. Today the brand trails building‑adjacent categories that already offer EPDs, which can influence purchase decisions in projects that prefer verified declarations. Closing that gap on a few high‑velocity families would make their AV story harder to replace when the spreadsheet starts making choices for the team.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Biamp publish a sustainability or corporate responsibility page worth linking?
Yes. Their corporate responsibility page outlines design‑for‑repair and facility initiatives and is the best place to track updates (Biamp Corporate Responsibility, 2025).
How long should we expect for third‑party verification once an LCA is done?
Program operators indicate verification queues on the order of months. One operator advises planning for about six months before editorial steps and final approval, so build that into your launch plan (IBU FAQ, 2025).
If electronics lack an obvious construction PCR, what program fits?
For electrical and electronic equipment, PEP Ecopassport provides a tailored framework and PCR set used widely in building‑integrated electronics (PEP Ecopassport program, 2025).
About the Author
Walker Ryan is a climate-tech entrepreneur focused on driving industrial decarbonization through better data. As the founder and CEO of Parq, he helps manufacturers generate high-quality, third-party–verified carbon disclosures at scale—accelerating a traditionally slow and expensive process. Before starting Parq, Walker led over $200 million in sustainability-focused investments as VP of Strategy & Growth at ReStream Solutions, following earlier experience in investment banking at Deutsche Bank. He brings a rare mix of capital markets expertise and hands-on sustainability knowledge to tackling the infrastructure of industrial emissions.
