Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is like a nutrition label, but for a product's environmental impact. It is a verified, standardized report that reveals the "ingredients" of a product's ecological footprint. Based on scientific Life Cycle Assessment, it quantifies impacts like global warming potential, water use, and resource depletion from raw material extraction to disposal. Created by manufacturers, it provides transparent, comparable data. This allows architects, builders, and consumers to make informed, sustainable choices, favoring products with lower environmental impacts for projects like green buildings.