Targetti lighting: range and EPD coverage
Targetti is a storied Italian lighting brand with a deep catalog across indoor and outdoor applications. The product design chops are obvious. What is less obvious to many specifiers is how well these luminaires are covered by Environmental Product Declarations, and where that gap could quietly cost specs on projects that now prefer or require EPDs.
Who Targetti is, at a glance
Targetti designs architectural luminaires and sits inside the 3F Filippi–Targetti Group. The company profile lists 3 brands, roughly 600 employees, and about €100M revenue, signaling a serious industrial footprint (Targetti Company Profile, 2025).
What they make
The catalog spans indoor downlights, adjustable downlights, tracks and track projectors, 48V systems, ceiling and pendant luminaires, and wall-mounted pieces. Outdoors, it covers in‑ground, flood and linear projectors, wall recessed, poles, and bollards. Across regions this translates into dozens of product families and, when options are counted, hundreds of SKUs.
Does Targetti publish EPDs today
We could not locate product‑specific EPDs on Targetti’s international or U.S. sites. Their Certifications page highlights ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, and the sustainability section focuses on management‑system goals rather than product declarations. If a recent EPD exists, it is not easy to find on public pages, which matters for busy specifiers (Targetti sustainability).
Competitive reality in lighting
Global peers increasingly publish EPDs across key families. Signify reports more than 2,000 EPDs covering about 70,000 product variations, a scale that normalizes EPDs in everyday lighting decisions (Signify, 2024). Fagerhult promotes low‑impact designs with EPDs, including Wrapped at 11.7 kg CO₂e for A1–A3, which makes comparison straightforward for teams chasing carbon budgets (Fagerhult, 2025).
Where Targetti likely gets compared
Outdoor projectors and area lighting are high‑volume battlegrounds. If a Targetti family like DART or VADER lacks a visible EPD, specifiers may pivot to alternatives with published declarations. Examples include iGuzzini’s Agorà families that state PEP Ecopassport on product pages, and roadway luminaires at Signify with verified EPDs such as CitySoul Gen2 LED with publication and validity in 2025–2030 (EPD Hub, 2025).
Why this matters commercially
Projects pursuing corporate carbon goals or LEED v5 materials transparency tend to shortlist products with third‑party verified EPDs. Without one, lighting often receives a default penalty in carbon accounting, so a Targetti luminaire may have to compete harder on price and can be swapped late in design for a like‑for‑like with an EPD. Lighting also remains a double‑win category because efficiency saves operational carbon while an EPD de‑risks selection. Lighting accounts for about 12% of global electricity and roughly 5% of CO₂ emissions, which keeps it front‑of‑mind for owners (Signify, 2024).
Coverage snapshot by product category
- Interior downlights and track systems: broad family coverage, many variants, high likelihood of hundreds of SKUs when configured. Public EPDs not apparent.
- Exterior projectors and poles: multiple families suitable for education, retail, hospitality, civic. Public EPDs not apparent. This pattern suggests strong portfolio breadth with low visible EPD coverage, which is exactly where competitors are leaning in.
A practical starting point for Targetti
Pick one high‑runner family per application and publish a model EPD that represents a common configuration. Outdoor projectors for campuses and civic streetscapes are ideal, as are interior downlights for offices and education. Prioritize a PCR pathway commonly used by peers so comparisons land apples‑to‑apples, for example EN 15804 A2 aligned rules for construction products or EN 50693 for electrical products, depending on the operator’s accepted scope.
Data you likely have handy already
- One year of facility utilities and production volumes for the reference year
- Full bill of materials with aluminum and plastics grades, drivers, LEDs, packaging
- Assembly and test energy, yields, waste and scrap routes
- Distribution scenarios for your main markets, plus standard lifetimes and maintenance If a product is new, a prospective EPD can launch with partial data and be reworked after a full year. Teams often underestimate how much of this they already collect.
Speed without chaos
The slowest part is internal data wrangling. A good LCA partner will run the intake like a film set, not a fishing trip, map your BOM to databases, and verify quickly with the operator you prefer. The best ones make data collection white‑glove and keep engineering focused on designs, not spreadsheets. You should recieve clear timelines, draft results to preview, and publishing support with the operator.
Competitors Targetti meets most often
On public and institutional work: Signify, Fagerhult Group brands, iGuzzini, ERCO, Zumtobel, Delta Light, LUG, and North American mainstays like Acuity Brands in overlapping niches. Many post EPDs for flagship families, which tilts specs toward them when transparency is required or incentivized (EPD Hub, 2025).
What we would do first
Start with one exterior projector and one interior downlight family. Publish representative product‑specific EPDs with five‑year validity, then extend to sister variants. Make the PDFs easy to find on each product page and in a central download hub. That single change moves Targetti into more shortlists and keeps them speficied when carbon targets tighten.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Targetti publish EPDs across their catalog today?
We did not find product‑specific EPDs on Targetti’s public sites. Their downloads emphasize ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 management systems, not EPD PDFs (Targetti sustainability link above). If any exist, they are not easily discoverable, which still hurts in practice.
Which Targetti families look like smart first candidates for an EPD?
One exterior family used on campuses and civic projects, for example a DART or VADER configuration, and one interior downlight family used in offices and schools. These are high‑runner applications that frequently see EPD asks.
Which peers already publish EPDs for comparable luminaires?
Signify publishes roadway and area luminaires with verified EPDs and reports 2,000 EPDs globally (Signify, 2024). Fagerhult publishes luminaire EPDs and showcases low‑impact designs like Wrapped with 11.7 kg CO₂e A1–A3 (Fagerhult, 2025). iGuzzini product pages list PEP Ecopassport for families such as Agorà.
What PCRs do luminaire EPDs usually follow?
Common routes include EN 15804 A2 aligned rules used by European operators and EN 50693 for electrical and electronic products, depending on the operator and scope. The key is picking the pathway peers use so comparisons are transparent for specifiers.
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.
