MCA Offers New Environmental Product Declaration for Insulated Metal Panels
CHICAGO — An environmental product declaration (EPD) for insulated metal panels (IMPs) is now available from the Metal Construction Association (MCA). This is the first of three different EPD documents to be released in 2013 by MCA, an organization of manufacturers and suppliers whose metal wall and roofing components are used in buildings throughout the world.
“With the recent approval of LEED v4, we expect to see more of the design community looking for environmental product declarations as part of the overall emphasis on transparency in the new rating system. The EPD for insulated metal panels is based on the cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment (LCA) of this product category and is a major step forward for the metal construction industry in reporting the environmental impact of the manufacturing of this product and assemblies using the product,” MCA Technical Director Scott Kriner said.