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Developing an EPD – Where to start?

A practical workshop for manufacturers

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A practical workshop for manufacturers.

Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) are now the common currency for evaluating the environmental impacts of construction products.

This workshop is intended to give those considering the development of Environmental Product Declarations a practical insight into developing an EPD. It will bring together those who have already started on the journey, with those considering starting development of EPD. IGBC is currently developing an EPD programme for Ireland called EPD Ireland. The workshop  will give an insight into their role in specification, including  LEED, BREEAM and Green public procurement. This practical workshop is restricted to a limited number of manufacturers and producers to provide  peer to peer learning and experience sharing to enable them to start on the road to developing EPD.

Speakers include:

8.45am Introductions  & networking
9.15am The EPD Ireland programme. – IGBC

Overview of the EPD Ireland Platform and programme.

Pat Barry – CEO IGBC
9.30am What is an EPD?

What is measured in an EPD?

Pieter Stadhouders – Ecoreview
9.45am Why develop an EPD? The specifier perspective. How EPD are used in procurement and specification.

Why specifiers are looking for EPD?

Ciaran O’Connor – State architect- OPW

Patrice McVeigh – O’Connor Sutton Cronin Consulting Engineers

Dr Billy O’Keefe – Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TBC)

10.15am Can I get help? Enterprise Ireland Support for development of EPD Declan White – Competitiveness dept – Enterprise Ireland
10.30am How to develop an EPD? – The producer experience – Discussion with those who have already started on the path to developing. What are the practical barriers, how can these be overcome.

Can smaller producers develop EPD?

David Murray  -MEDITE SMARTPLY
End 11.30am