An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is a third-party-verified, registered document reporting a product's environmental impacts, based on an LCA conducted to the relevant Product Category Rules under ISO 14025 — and, for construction products, EN 15804. Green-building schemes, public procurement and major specifiers increasingly require EPDs as a condition of consideration.
Why EPD matters now.
Green-building schemes, public buy-clean policies and major specifiers have converted the EPD from a differentiator into an entry ticket — products without one are excluded before price is even discussed.
What it changes commercially.
An EPD programme protects and grows specification-driven revenue: eligibility for LEED/BREEAM-credited projects and public tenders, listing in the EPD libraries architects actually search, and — done at family level — a per-product cost low enough to cover the whole portfolio.
The standards we build to.
How the engagement runs.
- 01 — Portfolio & PCR strategyMap demand, select programmes and PCRs, group products into families.
- 02 — Build the LCAEN 15804 / PCR-conformant modelling built to pass verification first time.
- 03 — Manage verificationReviewer queries, evidence and resolution handled end to end.
- 04 — Publish & scaleRegistration, publication, and a renewal pipeline your team owns.
What you take away.
- Registered, verified EPDPublished through a recognised programme operator, valid typically five years.
- Underlying LCAEN 15804+A2 / PCR-conformant study built for verification first time.
- Verification managementThe third-party verification process run end to end.
- Portfolio strategyProduct-family grouping that minimises cost per declaration.
- Renewal pipelineA repeatable system for updates, renewals and new products.
What success looks like.
- Published, verified EPDs specifiers accept
- Tender and green-building eligibility protected
- Portfolio coverage at family-level cost
- A renewal system instead of recurring projects
Industries that use this most.
typical time to a published EPD once product data is available.
EPD: the questions buyers ask first.
Typically 8–16 weeks from data availability to publication: LCA build, verification, then registration with the programme operator. Construction-product EPDs to EN 15804+A2 sit at the longer end.
Five years is standard across major programmes, with updates required earlier if the product or process changes materially. We design the underlying model so renewal is an update, not a rebuild.
Usually not. Product Category Rules allow representative products and families with documented variation rules. Grouping strategy is the single biggest cost lever in an EPD programme.
Cost is driven by LCA complexity, the number of declared products, verification and programme fees. A family-grouped programme costs a fraction of per-SKU declarations — which is why we start with portfolio strategy, not the first product.
A PCF is a carbon-only figure, usually unverified, exchanged between businesses. An EPD is a multi-impact, third-party-verified, publicly registered declaration that specifiers and green-building schemes formally recognise. Tenders that say EPD mean EPD.
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