PCI Industry Wide Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)-PCI Industry Wide Environmental Product Declarations Webinar

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The webinar is titled "Environmental Product Declarations" and is brought to you by WAP Sustainability Consulting. The presentation is led by James Salazar, Sustainability Director at WAP Sustainability Consulting, along with colleagues Hannah Renaud and Liana Miller. The goal of the webinar is to discuss the upcoming industry-wide Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) project in collaboration with PCI. They explain that LCA is the standardized practice of calculating the environmental impacts of a product over its life cycle, while EPD is a summary of the LCA research conducted in accordance with product category rules. The EPDs are third-party verified to ensure compliance with industry standards. The presenters discuss the process of data collection, including operations, energy inputs, water use, waste generation, and direct emissions for precast concrete manufacturers. They emphasize the importance of supplier data and its integration into the EPD analysis. The data collection timeline is estimated to begin in September and extend into next year. The webinar concludes with a Q&A session, covering topics such as fees for EPD development, third-party verification, and comparisons between different EPDs.

Keywords

Environmental Product Declarations

WAP Sustainability Consulting

James Salazar

Hannah Renaud

Liana Miller

Life Cycle Assessment

Environmental Product Declaration

PCI collaboration

data collection