Gerber Plumbing products and EPD coverage at a glance
Gerber Plumbing Fixtures plays in the sweet spot of residential and light‑commercial bathrooms, with dependable vitreous china and brassware that move quickly through distribution. If a project team is chasing LEED v5 points or an owner’s procurement policy, though, environmental product declarations can be the quiet tiebreaker that gets a product into the spec.
Who Gerber is and what they sell
Gerber, part of Globe Union, focuses on core plumbing fixtures and fittings for homes, multifamily and small commercial: toilets, urinals, lavatories, bathroom faucets, shower systems, and matching trim. Their catalog centers on practical, price‑right lines like Viper, Maxwell, Wicker Park and Lemora, plus Danze‑origin designs now under the Gerber name.
Product breadth, in plain English
Gerber covers several product families rather than being a pure play. Expect dozens of toilet and urinal models, with coordinating faucets and shower trims across multiple collections, adding up to hundreds of SKUs. That breadth lets wholesalers and contractors build full bathrooms from one brand without hunting for substitutions.
Where they show up in specs
Gerber is common in value‑driven multifamily, hospitality refreshes, education, and health care support spaces. WaterSense‑labeled options are easy to find, and the company even walks users through the EPA WaterSense search on its help center, which signals a real focus on efficient fixtures (Gerber help center, 2025).
EPD coverage today
As of December 25, 2025, we couldn’t locate any current, product‑specific, third‑party verified EPDs for Gerber in the major public registries reviewed. That includes well‑known program operators in North America and Europe. If an EPD exists behind the scenes, making it public and searchable would materially improve specability.
Why it matters commercially
LEED v5 keeps product transparency on the table, and teams still rely on EPDs to document embodied impacts during procurement. Member ratification of LEED v5 in March 2025 confirmed where the market is headed on materials reporting (USGBC, 2025) (USGBC, 2025). On projects with portfolio‑level carbon goals, missing an EPD forces design teams to use conservative defaults, which can push otherwise solid products out of contention.
Competitor snapshot you’ll meet on bids
TOTO publishes product‑specific EPDs for faucets and toilets through Sustainable Minds’ program, with current Transparency Reports covering multiple series (Sustainable Minds, 2024) (Sustainable Minds, 2024). Sloan lists EPD, HPD and Declare coverage for core commercial lines from flushometers to sensor faucets, verified through an accredited program operator. Kohler communicates the ability to provide product‑specific EPDs on many kitchen and bath fixtures through UL‑backed processes. Zurn Elkay publicly lists EPDs for vitreous china urinals and several drinking water products, making discovery simple for specifiers (Zurn Elkay, 2025).
A likely gap that costs specs
Take a common spec such as a two‑piece 1.28 gpf elongated toilet. Gerber’s Viper or Maxwell variants are workhorses, yet without a product‑specific EPD they may be screened out when the project requires one. Competitors do have directly comparable toilets and flush valves with current EPDs, so the contractor can swap without drama. That is where bids are won or lost quietly.
Rough count, rough coverage
Across bathroom fixtures, Gerber appears to serve several MasterFormat subdivisions, with total SKUs in the hundreds. EPD coverage, by contrast, looks limited to none today. If the team prioritizes faucets and vitreous china first, they can close most of the practical gaps buyers trip over.
What a fast path to EPDs looks like
Pick an LCA partner that takes on data wrangling inside plants, aligns PCR choice to what competitors already use, and publishes with your preferred operator. That turns a multi‑month scavenger hunt into a focused sprint. The payoff shows up in win rates, not in spreadsheets. And yes, speed matters when a spec review lands with a short fuse and a very specific ask.
Bottom line for product and sales leaders
Gerber has the portfolio to compete. To be definitly spec‑ready for 2026 bid cycles, prioritizing product‑specific EPDs for top‑volume toilets, urinals, and a few faucet families will remove avoidable friction and keep pricing from becoming the only tiebreaker. Keep the WaterSense drumbeat going, make EPDs easy to find, and watch the substitution risk drop.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Gerber have a sustainability page worth linking for specifiers?
They maintain help‑center guidance on finding WaterSense listings for Gerber models, which is useful for compliance documentation. See “How to perform a search on EPA WaterSense Product Search website” (Gerber help center, 2025).
Which competitors most often overlap with Gerber in bids and have EPDs?
TOTO publishes Sustainable Minds Transparency Reports for faucets and toilets (Sustainable Minds, 2024). Sloan lists EPDs across faucets, flushometers and fixtures. Kohler communicates UL‑backed EPD availability. Zurn Elkay provides EPDs for vitreous china urinals and drinking water products (Zurn Elkay, 2025).
Does LEED v5 still recognize EPDs for product selection?
Yes. LEED v5 maintains product transparency pathways, and the rating system was ratified by USGBC members in March 2025, reinforcing the market signal for EPDs (USGBC, 2025) (USGBC, 2025).
About the Author
With a passion for sustainability and a love for complex data, Toby helps manufacturers efficiently collect data from across their organization and get their EPDs done right. He’s especially interested in how AI can support human expertise, helping R&D and factory teams work faster, smarter, and with less friction.
