Scott Tallon Walker Architects signed our Environmental Product Declarations commitment. STW Architects has a long, award-winning, track record not just of excellence in architecture, but of creating efficient fit for purpose buildings that are highly valued by their users. Their commitment to using products that have EPDs will help them compare the environmental impacts of products, […]
2 new EPD commitment signatories for WGBW2020: KRA and Lower Carbon
We are delighted to announce that 2 new companies signed IGBC’s Environmental Product Declarations commitment during World Green Building Week: KRA Visionary Project Partners and Lower Carbon Ltd. Both the companies, aware of the embodied carbon emissions that are released for the construction of building and infrastructure, are now committed to acting to reduce the […]
KSN joins Environmental Product Declarations commitment campaign
We are glad to announce that KSN has just signed IGBC’s Environmental Product Declarations commitment. KSN Construction Consultants and KSN Energy are now fully committed to the act on climate change and enable Ireland to fully decarbonise the construction sector. Including the commitment in their policy documents, they will encourage the use of Environmental Product […]
RKD joins Environmental Product Declarations commitment campaign
RKD has just signed IGBC’s Environmental Product Declarations commitment to enable Ireland to fully decarbonise the construction sector encouraging the use of EPDs. The international architecture firm has already adopted some of the key points in the commitment and included an EPD clause in their template for RKD’s specifications list, as well as hosted an […]
Getting ready for EN 15804+A2: Consultation for amended PCR and General Programme Instructions
EPD Ireland’s Product Category Rules are based on the EN 15804 + A1 2012 “Sustainability of construction works – Environmental product declarations – Core rules for the product category of construction products” standard. In order to align with the EU Product Environmental Footprint, the EU commission asked the CEN committee to revise the standard. In […]
A new Environmental Product Declaration published for IMS Greenstone Recycled Aggregates
We are delighted to announce that a new EPD has been published under our programme EPD Ireland: EPDIE-20-22 for IMS Greenstone Recycled Aggregates. The EPD covers 3 recycled aggregate types: Class 6F2 Clause 503 Clause 803 The constituent raw materials comprise recycled concrete construction demolition waste. Aggregate is manufactured in accordance with I.S. EN 13242:2002 […]
EPD Ireland grows and achieves milestones: the first 6 months of 2020 in numbers
The first 6 months of 2020, despite covid19 outbreak, were very successful for EPD Ireland. Since the beginning of the year, 7 new EPDs have been published under the programme for 19 different products, by 6 Companies (Kilsaran, Quinn Building Products, Tegral Building Products, Xtratherm, Ecocel and Integrated materials Solution Ltd). Kilsaran Paving Products Kilsaran M4 Masonry Mortar […]
7 reasons why you should publish an Environmental Product Declaration under EPD Ireland
Publishing an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) of your construction product gives you the opportunity to improve your business while demonstrating your Company’s commitment to transparency. Many Irish manufacturers have already chosen to evaluate the environmental performance of their building products. This is the first step towards improvement. Why should you do the same? In this […]
Welcome to Xtratherm in EPD Ireland: a new EPD for Thin-R insulation boards has been published
We are delighted to announce that a new EPD has been published under our programme EPD Ireland: EPDIE-20-23 for Xtratherm Thin-R insulation boards. The EPD is carried out for 4 Xtratherm Thin-R products, that differ in thickness: Thin-R 25mm thick board Thin-R 50mm thick board Thin-R 100mm thick board Thin-R 150mm thick board The main […]
Ecocel Cellulose Fibre Insulation EPD has been published
We are excited to announce that a new EPD has been published under our programme EPD Ireland for Ecocel Cellulose Fibre Insulation (EPDIE 20-24). This is an eco-friendly home insulation product made from recycled newspapers which creates only 0.31-35kgs of CO2 per kg of product produced while average insulation creates 4kgs of CO2 per kg […]
Sisk joins Environmental Product Declarations commitment campaign
This month, John Sisk&Sons signed IGBC’s Environmental Product Declarations commitment to enable Ireland to fully decarbonise the construction sector encouraging the use of EPDs. The construction company is now committed to ask for EPD’s and prefer products with EPD’s where possible within procurement restrictions. The Sisk sustainability and procurement teams will help drive the demand […]
Quinn Therm Insulation Boards and Quinn Lite Pac EPS EPDs have been revised
Quinn Therm Insulation Boards and Quinn Lite Pac EPS EPDs have been revised on 18/03/2020. Quinn Building Products has already assessed more than 20 building products under EPD Ireland programme, publishing also the following EPDs: Quinn Roof Tiles, Quinn Lite and the latest one, Quinn Hollowcore Slabs. Quinn Hollowcore Slabs EPD had also been registered […]
Kilsaran Paving Products & M4 Masonry Mortar EPDs have been published
We are delighted to announce that Kilsaran has published two new Environmental Product Declarations under our programme, EPD Ireland: Kilsaran Paving Products (EPDIE 20-18) Kilsaran M4 Masonry Mortar (EPDIE 20-19) The first EPD presents the results for 3 Paving Products: – Newgrange Paving Block 80mm Silver Granite – Clima Pave 60mm Curragh Gold – Corrib Paving […]
EPD Ireland’s first Cradle to Grave EPD published: Cedral fibre cement slate
We are delighted to announce that Tegral has published an Environmental Product Declaration under our programme, EPD Ireland: Cedral Fibre Cement Slates (EPDIE-20-21). The EPD presents the results for Cedral fibre cement slate. The constituent raw materials of the slate comprise cement, GGBS, limestone, admixtures, synthetic fibres, pigments, paint and water. This is the first cradle […]
Quinn Hollowcore Slabs, the first EPD for structural precast elements published under EPD Ireland
We are delighted to announce that Quinn Building Products has published a new EPD under our programme, EPD Ireland: Quinn Hollowcore Slabs (EPDIE 20-20). This is the first EPD for a structural precast element published under the programme. This new EPD presents the results relating to a 1m length of 1.2m wide section of Quinn […]
SMARTPLY Oriented Strand Boards (OSB) – EPDIE-19-17 has been published
We are delighted to announce that MEDITE SMARPLY has published a new EPD under our programme, EPD Ireland: SMARTPLY Oriented Strand Boards (OSB) – EPDIE-19-17. The new EPD replaces the seven separate declarations previously produced by the company under EPD Ireland: OSB2 (EPDIE 18-01), OSB3 (EPDIE 18-02), OSB3 T&G (EPDIE 18-03), FLAME RETARDANT (FR) OSB3 […]