Environmental Product Declarations (EPD/EPD)

The challenge

The company Carandini is one of the most prominent players in Europe in the design and manufacture of urban luminaires. In order to respond to the requirements of its customers, it has asked us to prepare the EPDs for five of its most important product families.

The solution

In order to successfully address the development of the five DAPs/EPDs within the established timeframe, a work plan with the following phases has been defined:

1. Lifecycle modelling of each product family
2. Selection of the product category rule (PCR)
3. Collection of life cycle data, from the manufacture of components to the end-of-life phase of luminaires.
4. Carrying out the LCA/LCA
5. Verification of the LCA/LCA study
6. Publication of the PD/EPD

Value contributed

Increasingly, construction projects require material suppliers to provide environmental product information by means of certified labels. EPD/EPD are Type III environmental labels, which transparently and reliably provide the environmental profile of a product or product family. EPD/EPD facilitate environmental comparison and provide guidance in the selection of the most sustainable options.