EPD News
Join us at the ALCAS Conference 2023
14th Mar 2023
The 11th Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment is being held on 19-20 July 2023 in Coolangatta QLD and early bird registrations are now open. This year’s theme is Responding to the climate emergency: metrics and tools for rational action.... Read more
EPD Australasia announces new pricing structure from 1 April 2023
25th Jan 2023
EPD Australasia is introducing a new fee structure which will apply from 1st April 2023. Fees for registration of EPDs will be abolished. Annual fees, which have not changed since the organisation began in 2014, will increase. Several new fee... Read more
EPD International Conference ISC2022
8th Dec 2022
Recordings from the successful 2022 EPD International Stakeholder Conference held on 9th September in Slovenia are now available for viewing. This year’s conference had presentations on the following topics: EU Legislation and EPDs by Olympia Dolla – Sustainable Construction Manager... Read more
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