7 - Environmental product declaration (EPD) labelling of construction and building materials

Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to present the eco-label Type III: Environmental product declaration (EPD), regulated by the ISO 14025 (2006), and its application to label construction and building materials. The purpose of the EPD is to provide quantified environmental information about the life cycle of a product in order to facilitate environmental comparison between products that perform the same function. There are many different EPD programmes around the world, all of them operating by product category rules (PCR), which set out the specific guidelines and requirements for the development of the LCA study. As a result, environmental indicators for different impact categories through the life cycle of a product are obtained and included in the EPD in addition to other environmental information.