Dickson-Constant: EPDs for shade fabrics and flooring
Architects love Dickson-Constant for durable shade textiles and design-forward woven flooring. Specifiers love proof. Here is where their Environmental Product Declarations stand today, what’s covered, what is not, and how that affects bids when projects prefer or require product‑specific EPDs.
Dickson-Constant in one glance
Dickson-Constant is a French technical textile manufacturer best known for solar protection fabrics for awnings and screens, plus woven vinyl flooring. Their materials show up on façades, pergolas, and high traffic interiors from retail to hospitality.
What they sell, simplified
The portfolio centers on two families. First, solar protection textiles, including acrylic awning cloth and screen fabrics for interior or exterior shading. Second, Dickson Woven Flooring, a resilient woven vinyl surface for tiles, planks, and rolls.
How broad is the range
Across colors, patterns, widths, and backings, the catalog spans several product categories with hundreds of SKUs. Collections refresh regularly, which matters for EPD scope and renewal timing.
EPD coverage today
As of December 18, 2025, Dickson-Constant lists four current, third‑party verified EPDs published with INIES. Three cover solar protection textiles that include fabrication in the declared system. One covers Dickson Woven Flooring. The woven flooring EPD is valid until October 31, 2027. The solar protection fabric EPDs are valid until May 2, 2029.
What that means in practice
If a project team needs fabric for exterior blinds or awnings, product‑specific EPDs are available, which removes friction in submittals and carbon accounting. If the team needs woven vinyl flooring, an EPD exists and is active, which keeps the specification competitive when owners ask for product‑level disclosures.
Where the gaps likely are
Dickson also markets decorative and marine‑grade textiles for furniture and covers. We do not see current EPDs for those lines. If outdoor upholstery is a top mover for a dealer channel, that missing EPD can create extra work for the specifier or push them toward alternatives that already publish.
The spec reality check
Owners and design teams increasingly award preference to product‑specific EPDs in material schedules under current green building programs, including the LEED v5 framework in development that continues recognition for product‑level disclosures. Project teams like clean documentation because it shortens review cycles.
Competitors you will meet on bids
Shade textiles and tensioned membranes often pit Dickson against Serge Ferrari and Mermet, both with multiple EPDs on solar protection fabrics active into 2026 to 2028. For woven vinyl flooring, Bolon and Chilewich publish current EPDs that cover rolls, tiles, or acoustic backings. This is the shortlist a specifier will reach for when an EPD is a go or no‑go item.
- Serge Ferrari covers solar protection, acoustic, and furniture textiles with a suite of current EPDs that run through 2026 and 2027.
- Mermet lists EPDs for fiberglass based shade fabrics active through July 2028.
- Bolon’s woven vinyl lines carry EPDs, with one acoustic backing EPD running to June 2023 2030.
- Chilewich publishes an EPD for its BioFelt 2.0 flooring, valid into October 2028.
A fast path to full coverage
Closing gaps is mostly about picking the right PCR, locking a reference year, then collecting plant‑level energy, material, and waste data with minimal disruption. Teams that make data collection painless help manufacturers keep engineers focused on production while the paperwork moves. That is the lever that gets EPDs published quickly without burning out internal experts.
Bottom line for product managers
Dickson-Constant is in a strong spot on solar protection textiles and has an active EPD for woven flooring. The obvious win is to extend coverage to high volume furniture and marine fabrics so channel partners dont need to hunt for substitutes on EPD‑sensitive projects. In markets where EPDs tilt the table, missing documents quietly redirect revenue.
Frequently Asked Questions
What product families from Dickson-Constant currently have EPDs and how long are they valid?
Four current EPDs appear as of December 18, 2025. Three cover solar protection textiles that include fabrication steps and are valid until May 2, 2029. One covers Dickson Woven Flooring and is valid until October 31, 2027.
Which Dickson-Constant lines seem uncovered by EPDs right now?
Decorative outdoor upholstery and marine‑grade textiles are likely not covered. Adding EPDs there would reduce friction on hospitality and multifamily projects that increasingly request product‑specific declarations.
Who are the main competitors with EPDs in these categories?
Serge Ferrari and Mermet for shade textiles, plus Bolon and Chilewich for woven vinyl flooring. All publish current EPDs, which can influence specification when EPDs are preferred or required.
Why do EPDs matter commercially for shade fabrics and woven vinyl flooring?
They provide product‑level carbon metrics that many owners and design teams now require in bids. Having an EPD avoids defaulting to conservative database values, keeps products in play on LEED‑aligned projects, and can shorten submittal reviews.
About the Author
John brings a clear, research-driven perspective on the EPD, LCA and HPD space and keeps a close pulse on environmental trends and standards in North America, helping clients understand where the industry is heading and how to get there.
