Articles Tagged with ''EPDs (Environmental Product Declarations)''

Materials Compass gives designers, engineers, and specifiers access to the world’s largest construction life-cycle assessment (LCA) database, showing the environmental impact of more than 250,000 construction products. 

Sustainability was an important theme throughout the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance 2024 Fall Conference, with sessions covering vinyl life cycle assessments, the future of environmental product declarations and embodied carbon legislation on the federal and state levels.

To provide architects with the assurance and documentation they need to meet and verify their sustainability goals, glass manufacturers can electively participate in a range of programs and initiatives that certify their products are a sustainable choice.

ClarkDietrich has published an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Optimization Report for its low embodied carbon (LEC) cold-formed steel products, becoming the first steel framing manufacturer to have the data available to help achieve credit for Option 2 under LEED v4.1’s “Material and Resources Credit: EPDs.”

Kingspan Insulated Panels North America has released an environmental product declaration (EPD) for its K-Roc™ HF Series insulated metal panels (IMPs). EPDs have become the industry standard for identifying the best building materials to lower embodied carbon in the built environment. 

Vitro Architectural Glass announced it has updated its third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) so that its architectural glass products all meet the Top 20 percent Low Embodied Carbon (LEC) material category based on standards set by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

Guardian Glass has published new Environmental Product Declarations for its flat unprocessed glass products and processed glass products produced in North America.

While much attention has historically been focused on operational carbon emissions generated during a building's lifecycle, the significance of embodied carbon cannot be overstated.

Participants at the 2024 Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance Annual Conference were given the opportunity to take part in an interactive session entitled, "The EC3 Tool for Glazing and Fenestration Products | Facilitating Improvements in the EPD System."

Polyglass U.S.A. Inc. announced the successful completion of Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for several of its roofing membrane products, published by the Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association.