Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) Webinar-EPD Webinar

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Video Summary
In the video, Royce Covington, Manager of Member Services at PCI, introduces a webinar on Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). He provides some introductory information and informs attendees that a handout of the presentation has been sent. He explains that all attendee lines are muted and instructs them to use the GoToWebinar Toolbox to raise their hand or submit questions. He mentions that the webinar will be recorded and uploaded to the PCI eLearning Center.<br /><br />Jared Brewe, Vice President of Technical Services at PCI, begins the presentation and discusses basic sustainability concepts related to EPDs. He explains that EPDs are based on Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) and Product Category Rules (PCR). He explains the different stages and modules of an LCA, as well as the importance of considering all environmental impacts, not just global warming potential, in sustainability design. He also introduces the concept of HPDs (Health Product Declarations) and explains how they differ from EPDs.<br /><br />Brewe discusses the influence of Portland cement usage and transportation distances on the environmental impact of precast concrete production. He highlights the importance of operational energy during the use phase and emphasizes that the choice of structure and envelope combination does not significantly affect environmental impact. He mentions several existing resources provided by PCI, including industry average EPDs, a sustainability designer's notebook, and webinars available on the PCI eLearning Center.<br /><br />Brewe concludes by discussing future plans for updating EPDs and developing additional resources. He mentions that PCI is working on a tool to streamline data collection and EPD generation, and upcoming webinars will cover data collection and tool usage. He also mentions the formation of a sustainability committee and upcoming publications and webinars on EPDs and embodied carbon.<br /><br />Overall, the video provides an overview of EPDs, their relationship to LCAs and PCRs, and the current and future resources available from PCI.
Keywords
EPDs
LCAs
PCRs
sustainability
concrete production
operational energy
data collection
sustainability committee
embodied carbon