Glen‑Gery’s portfolio and where EPDs fit now

Who Glen‑Gery is

Glen‑Gery sits under Brickworks North America and focuses on clay masonry. The brand is known for architectural face brick, thin brick systems, pavers, glazed and molded lines, plus specialty shapes that show up on flagship jobs. It sells heavily into commercial, education, multifamily, and premium residential.

What they sell in plain terms

Across colors, sizes, textures, and finishes, Glen‑Gery spans several product families. Think face brick, thin brick systems, pavers, glazed brick, structural and custom shapes. The SKU count runs in the hundreds, not dozens, which gives designers a wide aesthetic range without leaving masonry.

EPD coverage today

As of December 19, 2025, we could not locate product‑specific, publicly available EPDs for Glen‑Gery’s staple lines in the major registries specifiers check. Coverage appears low. Brickworks does publish group‑level sustainability targets and progress for its Australian and North American operations, which is encouraging, but that is not the same as a product‑specific, third‑party verified EPD that a project team can cite on a submittal (Brickworks Sustainability, 2024).

Why that gap matters on bids

LEED projects still lean on EPDs to complete materials credits. Under the current guidance used by many teams, Option 1 of the EPD credit typically counts qualifying products toward a fixed target and gives extra weight to product‑specific Type III EPDs with external verification (USGBC Credit Library, 2024). LEED v5 was ratified by USGBC members on March 28, 2025 and keeps EPD‑based disclosure while raising the bar on embodied carbon performance across materials (USGBC, 2025). When an EPD is missing, teams often must apply conservative defaults for carbon accounting, which can push a substitution. No one wants to lose a spec because of paperwork friction, but it happens.

Likely best‑sellers to prioritize

If we had to pick three fast movers for EPDs, we’d start with thin brick (high design use, frequent on interiors and facades), modular face brick (core volume driver), and clay pavers for sitework. Competitors and adjacencies already show buyers that product‑specific EPDs exist for brick and paver formats. One example on the public record is PMET’s Modular Brixx Bricks and Pavers, verified by NSF and valid to June 16, 2027 (NSF, 2022). That is a proof point for owners who prefer vendors with ready‑to‑submit declarations.

Competitive set Glen‑Gery sees most

Main rivals in U.S. masonry specs include General Shale, Acme Brick, The Belden Brick Company, Endicott, Brampton Brick, Interstate Brick, Triangle Brick, and Sioux City Brick. In certain markets, imported or cross‑brand lines from large European groups appear on shortlists as well. Several peers have begun publishing product‑specific EPDs for selected lines, though availability varies by region and plant. When two aesthetics are close, the brand with a verified EPD often wins the tie on projects that track embodied carbon.

A quick note on corporate sustainability signals

Brickworks reports a 15 percent Scope 1 and 2 reduction target by 2030 from a FY22 baseline across combined Australian and North American operations, with additional performance metrics published in 2024 (Brickworks Sustainability, 2024). These are positive corporate indicators. To convert them into spec wins, product‑level EPDs are the missing link between strategy and purchase order.

What great EPD execution looks like here

Successful brick portfolios pick a recent reference year, collect utilities, fuels, raw materials and waste by plant, then publish product‑specific Type III EPDs that match how buyers specify. Start with the lines that sell most, then expand to hero textures and sizes. The payoff shows up in fewer RFIs, smoother LEED documentation, and a higher keep‑rate in substitution battles. Data wrangling is the hard part for most teams, not the modeling. We make that boring bit painless so engineers and product managers can stay focussed on production.

Where this lands for Glen‑Gery

The brand has the design equity and the range. Locking in product‑specific EPDs for thin brick, modular face brick, and pavers would close the credibility gap with procurement and sustainability reviewers. Do that and Glen‑Gery moves from “great samples” to “ready for carbon accounting” on every shortlist. That’s the difference between being admired and being selected, period.