Items Tagged with 'EPDs (Environmental Product Declarations)'

With a rebranded focus on carbon reduction, resiliency, and equity, the new version seeks to reclaim LEED’s leadership position in sustainability amidst the rising popularity of other programs like Fitwel and Passive House.

The high-performance roof membranes recently received an environmental product declaration (EPD) that provides a full cradle-to-grave life-cycle analysis, underscoring the membrane’s longevity and sustainability.  

The study explores the positive impact of life-cycle assessments on reducing embodied carbon in construction, the increasing influence of building material choices, and the barriers to further progress.

Bendheim’s new third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations offer the architectural community a broad range of sustainable glass and installation systems.  

While many precasters rely on industry-average EPDs to report environmental impact, the EPD generator allows for the creation of EPDs specific to Clark Pacific products.

The global brand worked closely with Intertek Assuris on an EPD approved by the International EPD System, regarded as the highest standard for third-party vetted sustainability pursuits.

NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete shared developments from their Fall 2024 Summit held on October 17, 2024, in Columbia, Md., with NEU members and federal agencies in attendance.

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.