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AEC Technology Glossary

Sustainability & Performance

What is EPD (Environmental Product Declaration)?

An EPD is a standardized, third-party-verified document reporting a product's environmental impacts — most importantly its carbon footprint per unit. EPDs are the data source that makes comparing materials on carbon possible.

In practice

Specifiers use EPD databases to choose lower-carbon products and to feed LCAs with real numbers instead of industry averages. Coverage is growing fast as buy-clean policies require them.

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