Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) Webinar - Feb 2024-EPDs February Webinar

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Video Summary

In this webinar, Royce Covington from PCI introduces the topic of Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Product Declarations. The presentation is conducted by James Salazar and Hannah Renaud from WAP Sustainability Consulting. They discuss the importance of EPDs in the context of increasing regulations, such as buy clean legislation which requires EPDs for material submissions. The speakers emphasize the need for updated data and representative EPDs in the construction industry. The process involves life cycle assessment to evaluate the environmental impact of products, focusing on cradle-to-gate analysis for precast concrete. The webinar demonstrates the data collection tool called Theta for creating product-specific EPDs. The goal is to have critical mass participation to meet timelines and update industry benchmarks. Participants are encouraged to provide data for the industry-wide EPD study and create their own product-specific EPDs for transparency and compliance.

Keywords

Life Cycle Assessment

Environmental Product Declarations

EPDs

Buy Clean Legislation

Construction Industry

Cradle-to-Gate Analysis

Theta Data Collection Tool

Industry-wide EPD Study