EPD News
Kingspan EPD Case Study
6th Jun 2016
Kingspan recently published four EPDs for their Insulated Panel products. We spoke to Dr. Mark Tatum, Technical Manager to understand the motivation for developing their EPDs and why they decided to register their EPDs with the Australasian EPD Programme. “We... Read more
Workshop: Creating Business Value through LCA and EPDs
8th May 2016
Be part of an interactive workshop with Autex, Downer, Tork and LCANZ and find out how you can get most value out of your existing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies. Get first hand expert insight on how to master the... Read more
Timber EPDs a Success in the Market. Data Update Announced
1st May 2016
In July 2015, five EPDs were registered with the Australasian EPD Programme and uploaded to the WoodSolutions website. “They are very successfully telling the ‘better than carbon neutral’ story for Australian softwood, hardwood, particleboard, MDF and plywood”, says Dr Chris... Read more
Advantages of Publishing EPDs in Australasia
4th Apr 2016
A recent article highlights the benefits of publishing EPDs with the Australasian EPD Programme. The article by James Logie of Edge Environment outlines how EPDs are recognized in Green Star rating tools from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). In New... Read more
Record number of EPDs published in 2015
24th Jan 2016
Year on year, the number of verified EPD to EN 15804 appears to be doubling, with over 1000 registered globally over the past 12 months, and over 2000 now available from various programmes, read more at this article – https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/more-than-2000-verified-environmental-product-en-15804-jane-anderson A record number... Read more
Programme Board of Directors: 2015-2016
11th Oct 2015
The Australasian EPD Programme extends our thanks to outgoing Directors of the Programme for the period 2014015. Their contribution and governance has been very beneficial during the first year of the programme’s operation. In particular we acknowledge non-returning directors Bryan... Read more
Green Star EPD Webinar 24th February
17th Jan 2015
Did you know Green Star projects in Australia can earn up to three points by providing Environmental Product Declarations? Join experts from Green Star, BlueScope Steel and the Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society to learn the latest on Environmental Product... Read more
Launch of the Australasian EPD Programme
2nd Sep 2014
Wellington – 2 September 2014: The Life Cycle Association of New Zealand (LCANZ) announced today that the Australasian Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Programme has been launched at the New Zealand Life Cycle Assessment Conference in Wellington – the first programme of... Read more
First New Zealand EPD Published
31st Aug 2014
Allied Concrete has become the first company to register an EPD from New Zealand in the International EPD® System. Their EPD covers a range of 8 strengths of ready mix concrete from 28 batching plants around New Zealand using cement... Read more