EPD News
PCRs and EPDs for Electronics and electronic equipment
8th Dec 2022
We recently received an enquiry about EPDs for digital technologies in buildings. Namely network switches, servers, WAPs, and screens. At the moment there is no specific PCR for electronic equipment within the International EPD System. One is currently under development... Read more
PCR and EPDs for ventilation components, electrical cables and wires
8th Dec 2022
Note: If you have been directed here from a link in an Update from the Infrastructure Sustainability Council about the IS Materials Calculator +A1/+A2 EPDs the relevant EPD Australasia Technical Guidance Note and recommendation is available here Two PCRs developed... Read more
Fire up the BBQ – Red Meat EPDs
8th Dec 2022
Vegans and vegetarians may want to stop reading but fire up the BBQ as an updated PCR for meat from livestock such as cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats was finalised in October. An EPD based on the earlier version of... Read more
17 New and 8 Updated EPDs published
8th Dec 2022
Boom times as Australian and New Zealand businesses have developed 17 new and updated 8 EPDs in the previous couple of months. New EPD owners We welcome Adbri, Marley New Zealand and RX Plastics as the latest members of the... Read more
Validity of Construction Products PCRv1.1.1 extended until 31 March 2023
8th Dec 2022
The validity of the Product Category Rules (PCR) for Construction Products PCR 2019:14 v1.11 has been extended until 31 March 2023. The extension is in response to numerous questions we have received over the last few months from EPD owners,... Read more
Counting the cost of construction with EPDs
8th Dec 2022
James Mortensen, Carbon Planning Associate, Slattery The upfront embodied emissions generated in the construction industry are looming as a costly challenge. Many construction businesses are turning to carbon offsets. But offset prices are expected to increase over the next decade,... Read more
EPD digitisation: exciting development but not a reason for delay
8th Dec 2022
As demand for EPDs grows, the next step toward improving their value is digitisation. By making all the data in an EPD and the underlying LCA machine-readable, the registration, verification and sharing of EPDs will become easier, faster and cheaper.... Read more
Profile: Andrew Moore, TAG Chair, Technical & Quality Advisor & found of Life Cycle Logic
8th Dec 2022
Andrew D Moore has been Chair of our Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for over five years and was recently appointed to an operations role as Technical and Quality Advisor. He is an experienced and passionate sustainability scientist and founder of... Read more
Validity of Construction Products PCR v1.11 extended until 31 March 2023
31st Oct 2022
The validity of the Product Category Rules (PCR) for Construction Products PCR 2019:14 v1.11 has been extended until 31 March 2023. The extension is in response to numerous questions we have received over the last few months from EPD owners,... Read more
I use EPDs every day… and here’s how
20th Sep 2022
By Ciere Kenny, Sustainable Futures Consultant, Lendlease I have been working for Lendlease for almost 5 years as an internal Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and embodied carbon specialist. My role revolves around engaging with the business at a project and... Read more