FLOS lighting: design icon, EPD opportunity

What FLOS makes for the built environment

FLOS is best known for decorative design icons, but the company also fields architectural and outdoor ranges, plus bespoke solutions for large projects. Think pendants, floor and table lamps, recessed and track systems, façade and landscape luminaires, and custom one‑offs crafted by its Italian and Spanish plants. Product families are in the dozens, with overall SKUs in the hundreds across sizes, finishes, optics and controls.

Sustainability signals on their site

FLOS publishes an ongoing “Flos for Planet” narrative that spans ISO 14001 certification for key plants, circularity aims, and a yearly sustainability report. It is a good window into process improvements and design-for-disassembly thinking. Explore their sustainability hub here: Flos for Planet.

EPD coverage today

As of December 10, 2025, we could not locate publicly accessible, product‑specific EPDs from FLOS for its luminaires. If any exist, they are not easy to find through typical specifier paths on brand or program‑operator portals. That gap matters when projects mandate EPD-backed documentation, because teams default to conservative generic factors and often shortlist brands with verified declarations instead.

Where EPDs would move the needle fastest

Start where FLOS is most frequently substituted in bids. In hospitality and premium office fitouts, specifiers regularly compare FLOS architectural families against linear systems and downlight grids from technical brands. A focused EPD rollout on cross‑category workhorses would pay back quickly: a flagship track system, a recessed downlight family, and one outdoor wall or bollard that shows up in campus plans. Dont confuse popularity with spec readiness.

Competitors likely to show up on the same schedule

On decorative briefs, FLOS often meets Artemide, Louis Poulsen, Vibia, Moooi and Tom Dixon. On technical scopes, ERCO, Fagerhult Group brands, Zumtobel Group, iGuzzini, Targetti, Delta Light and Trilux are frequent comparables. Several of these maintain public EPD portfolios for luminaires, which helps them sail through submittals when environmental documentation is a check‑box item.

A quick glance at the market’s direction of travel

Peers are scaling EPD coverage. One example is LEDVANCE, which has announced a plan to provide EPDs for at least 80 percent of its professional luminaire portfolio in Europe by the end of 2026, with dozens already published in 2024 and 2025 (LEDVANCE, 2024) (LEDVANCE, 2024). When project teams see two comparable luminaires and only one has a product‑specific, third‑party verified declaration, the documented option usually gets the nod.

If a likely bestseller lacks an EPD, what then

Take a high‑volume architectural family used across offices and retail. If a spec asks for product‑specific EPDs, the absence can block approval even when performance and design win hearts. In those cases we see teams switch to alternatives like an iGuzzini downlight family or a Fagerhult linear that already lists an EPD, keeping design intent close enough while clearing compliance.

How to stand up luminaire EPDs without the thrash

• Pick the common rulebook. For luminaires, many manufacturers use the PEP Ecopassport framework with the lighting product‑specific rules. A strong LCA partner will confirm the best‑fit PCR, timing, and the program operator that matches your markets.
• Lead with representative variants. One EPD can often cover a family with well‑defined parameter ranges, so start with the top sellers and document the boundary conditions clearly.
• Make data collection painless. Pull bills of materials, manufacturing energy by plant, supplier distances, packaging and end‑of‑life assumptions for a recent reference year. For new launches, a prospective EPD is possible and can be refreshed once a full year of production data exists.
• Publish where your buyers look. In the US, Smart EPD is common. In Europe, IBU and PEP are frequent homes. What matters is third‑party verification and easy discoverability in submittals.

Where this leaves FLOS in specifications

Design credibility is not the issue. Documentation is. With dozens of families and hundreds of SKUs, even a targeted first wave of luminaire EPDs would remove friction in LEED v5‑minded projects and corporate frameworks, making it less likely a FLOS fixture gets swapped for a “near‑enough” rival that already shows verified numbers.

Final take

FLOS has the brand heat and the manufacturing depth to compete anywhere. Turning that equity into consistent spec wins now hinges on getting family‑level, product‑specific EPDs into the catalog. Start with the few families that appear in every short list. Make the data capture simple for engineering and plant teams. Then ship the declarations and keep the bids moving.