Monier: roofing lineup and EPD coverage snapshot

Who Monier is in 2025

Monier operates as part of BMI Group, focused on pitched roofing across many European markets while sister BMI brands cover flat roofs and waterproofing. The monier.com domain redirects to BMI’s country sites, where Monier often appears alongside Braas, Icopal, Vedag, Wolfin and other labels.

What they actually sell

Core offer is pitched roofing systems built around clay roof tiles, concrete roof tiles, and the matching components like underlays, battens, ridges, valleys, vents, fixings, and eaves solutions. In several markets they also sell roof‑integrated PV and solar accessories under the BMI umbrella. See the BMI sustainability and product hub for context (BMI, 2025).

Portfolio breadth in plain English

Across countries, Monier serves a handful of product categories rather than dozens. Expect clay and concrete tiles in multiple profiles, colors, and finishes, plus the system accessories that turn tiles into a weathertight roof. Counting distinct tile profiles, sizes, surface finishes, and colors, the SKU count is easily in the dozens per market, and in the hundreds once accessories and formats are included.

EPD coverage today

Coverage exists, though it varies by country and product family.

• Clay roof tiles: BMI Sverige’s clay tiles have a valid EN 15804+A2 EPD, registration S‑P‑08975, published April 2, 2023 and valid until April 2, 2028 (EPD International, 2023) (EPD International, 2023).
• France: BMI lists multiple FDES on its France site for Monier, including clay and concrete tiles and a PV integration system, which are the format required for RE2020 modeling in practice (INIES context, 2025) and (BMI France FDES, 2025).
• Membranes and underlays: Under the BMI umbrella, several roofing underlays and radon barriers carry third‑party verified EPDs in Europe, providing system‑level transparency alongside tiles. Specific program entries are visible through Kiwa and other operators in 2029 to 2030 validity ranges.

Where gaps likely remain

EPDs do not appear uniformly for every clay or concrete tile profile in every market, and pitched accessories like ventilation kits or some underlay variants are not consistently visible in national databases. That patchwork can push teams to default to conservative generic data in building LCAs, which quietly penalizes specability. If a locally popular interlocking clay tile is missing from your country’s registry, the project team may model a higher impact value than the product actually achieves.

Why this matters commercially in LEED v5

LEED v5 is ratified and live, with product transparency rolled into a consolidated, multi‑attribute materials credit. Product‑specific EPDs still count, they just contribute within a repackaged structure that rewards disclosure and optimization across fewer, clearer paths (USGBC, 2025 and USGBC, 2025). On projects that track embodied carbon closely, having product‑specific EPDs prevents default penalties and keeps bid conversations focused on performance, not price alone.

Competitive set Monier meets most often

• Clay roof tiles: Wienerberger and its acquired Terreal and Creaton portfolios are frequent head‑to‑heads in Continental Europe. Wienerberger continues to publish new EPDs across clay categories, including 2024 entries valid to 2029 in Austria, a signal of cadence and coverage (BAU EPD Austria, 2024).
• UK pitched roofing: Marley competes on clay, concrete and roof‑integrated PV, with multiple product‑specific EPDs published in 2024 and valid to 2029, a visible option when a spec calls for proof on tiles and solar together (EPD Hub, 2024 and Marley EPD library, 2024).
• Substitutable choices by setting: In education, healthcare and social housing, specifiers may swap between clay and concrete solutions to meet budget and carbon goals. Where flat‑to‑pitched interfaces exist, membrane brands can also enter the conversation.

A quick example of the spec risk

Imagine a region where Monier’s clay tile profile is popular, but no product‑specific EPD is listed in the local registry at bid time. A rival shows a current EPD for a roughly equivalent clay tile. The modeler plugs the rival’s product‑specific data into the LCA, then assigns a higher default to the Monier line. Result: the Monier option looks worse on paper even if factory data would tell a different story. That’s avoidable with a fast, market‑matched EPD pipeline.

What would “complete” coverage look like

• One current, EN 15804+A2 conformant, product‑specific EPD per high‑volume clay and concrete tile profile in each priority market, cross‑posted to the national database used by practitioners there, for example INIES in France where FDES are the practical norm for RE2020 modeling (INIES context, 2025).
• Matched EPDs for the must‑have system components that drive performance claims on site, such as underlays, ridge and verge systems, and roof‑integrated PV kits.

Execution notes from the field

• Pick the reference PCR that peers already use for the same tile category in your market, then keep an eye on expiry so the next renewal aligns with the updated rulebook. That minimizes modeler friction and speeds acceptance.
• Expect data requests to concentrate around a single reference year. For a new or relaunched tile, a prospective EPD can bridge the first months of production, then roll into a full year of data.
• Publish where people actually pull data. In France that means FDES in INIES, in the Nordics and DACH it often means IBU or EPD International entries mirrored to national portals.

Bottom line

Monier’s roofing lineup is broad enough to meet most pitched roof briefs, and the EPD picture is improving, but it is not yet wall‑to‑wall in every market. Closing the visible gaps on a handful of high‑runner tiles and a few core accessories would remove unnecessary barriers in carbon‑aware bids. The work is finite, the ROI typically shows up the moment a project team no longer has to guess. It’s the enviromental paperwork that keeps specs moving.