EPD Development Services
Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Development & Verification
Need an EPD for your product? ECG develops and verifies Environmental Product Declarations to meet LEED, ISO, and market requirements.
An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is a detailed, transparent, and third-party verified report that communicates a product’s environmental impact across its entire life cycle. Based on a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), EPDs are increasingly specified by architects, designers, and procurement managers to support green building certifications like LEED v4 and meet demands for sustainable products. ECG provides end-to-end services to help you develop and verify a credible, market-ready EPD that complies with all international standards.
Key Components of an EPD
An EPD is built on three core elements to ensure consistency and comparability:
- Product Category Rule (PCR): A set of specific rules and guidelines that defines how the LCA should be conducted for a particular product category, ensuring all EPDs within that category are comparable.
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): An in-depth analysis of a product’s environmental footprint, conducted according to ISO 14040/44 standards, that evaluates impacts across all life stages.
- EPD Report: The final, standardized document that communicates the LCA results and other required information, which must adhere to ISO 14025 and the relevant PCR
Our EPD Services
ECG offers two primary services to meet your specific needs. If a PCR for your product category does not yet exist, ECG can assist in developing one.
- Full EPD Development: We manage the entire process for you. This includes conducting the comprehensive LCA for your product, creating the EPD report in compliance with the correct PCR, and preparing it for verification.
- EPD Verification: If you have already completed an LCA, ECG can help refine the analysis, prepare the EPD report, and provide third-party verification to ensure it meets all PCR and ISO requirements.
Our EPD Creation Process
- Identify PCR: We help identify the most relevant PCR for your product or assist in creating a new one.
- Scope & Data Collection: We collaborate with you to define the scope and provide a clear data request form to gather the necessary information from your supply chain.
- Conduct LCA: Using industry-standard software, we build the LCA model and generate a report compliant with ISO 14044.
- Prepare EPD: We prepare a market-ready EPD document that incorporates the LCA results and complies with the PCR.
- Verify EPD: We facilitate the third-party verification to ensure your EPD is accurate, reliable, and compliant with all international standards.