SPECIAL SECTION People Helping People BPeo People Hel
For Immediate Release
www.icc-es.org
For more information, contact:
environmental@icc-es.org
ICC-ES Environmental Programs Launches New Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Program
The Manufacturer’s Resource for Comprehensive, Independent Environmental Declarations Based on Life Cycle Assessment Principles
) Environmental Programs is announcing the launch of a new program, the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Program.
EPDs are designed to meet the global market demand for science-based, transparent, quality assured information about product EPD program.
“The overall goal of environmental labels and declarations is to encourage the demand for, and supply of, those products that cause less stress on the environment, through communication of verifiable and accurate information that is not misleading,” says Rob Brooks Environmental Programs. “The preference for EPDs is because they simply disclose technical, environmental information, rather than a green marketing claim or brand. Two or more EPDs empower a person to compare the environmental performance of one product to another product, provided the EPDs are based on the same Product Category Rules (PCRs),” added Brooks.
An EPD provides an opportunity for manufacturers to have increased transparency regarding the environmental impacts of their products using established international standards. Often likened to a nutrition label, an EPD provides a summary of the environmental impacts and related information in a form that is accessible, consistent and comparable. Consumers, building design teams, specifiers and other users can then make appropriate, informed product selections.
Certified EPD mark following successful completion of the application information
About ICC-ES
Evaluation Reports (ESRs) and provide evidence that products and systems meet requirements of codes and environmental criteria® more information, please visit
www.icc-es.org.
®
). For
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76