Part 2: LCAs and EPDs – What, why and how?
Join us as we explore how this once mostly academic community and under-funded technology vertical is now challenged with figuring out how to rapidly and credibly scale to meet the demand for education, resources and solutions.
Not that long ago these acronyms were only recognizable to a very few practitioners in a niche industry. Now that decarbonization has practically become a household word, there may only be a few people left in the global building & construction industry that haven't heard something about how these tools are powering big changes in the way things are getting funded, designed and built.
Join us for this crash session to learn about:
- The purpose of a product category rule (PCR) and why now it's critical they all get created the same way
- What & who is a program operator (Sustainable Minds is)
- The PCR creation process, how it works
- How the rules in the PCR are used to create the life cycle assessment (LCA) and define the content requirements for the environmental product declaration (EPD)
- What happens in the 3rd party review process – LCA review and EPD verification
- The manufacturer's journey to create EPDs — how to get started, what's involved, how long does it take
- How all EPDs are not created the same — survey of EPDs from different program operators, required / optional content
- Sustainable Minds Transparency Report [EPD]™ — launched in 2015, an innovation in EPD design and delivery, integrates product transparency into product marketing; first digital EPD, also delivered in PDF and published in EC3
- Meeting the demand for more EPDs: LCA & EPD calculators — what kinds of products are these best for
Watch Part 1: PCRs – What, why and how?
Who should attend?
- MFRs who have created, or will be creating, EPDs
- Industry organization leadership considering creating PCRs
- LCA practitioners
- Providers of PCR, LCA and EPD verification services
- Design & construction industry professionals
