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“SMET hasmade it easier to access EPDs for your projects … available now, free for downloadon the ‘EPD Ireland’ programme.”
WITH A FOCUS ON SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION - SMET DELIVERS WITH EPDs AVAILABLE FOR A DIVERSE RANGE OF BUILDING MATERIALS… Transparent, responsible and healthy
S ustainable construction trends have driven the demand for (EPDs) for building products. In many building certification systems, the criteria for evaluating sustainability include a standardised, systematic life- cycle assessment (LCA), which – as the name suggests – covers a building’s entire lifespan. The data used in these assessments are based on EPDs prepared in accordance with international standards ISO 14025 and EN 15804. EPDs contain statements on the energy and resource use as well as the extent to which a product contributes to the greenhouse effect, acidification, eutrophication, destruction of the ozone layer and smog formation. They also environmental product declarations include details of the technical properties needed to assess the performance of a particular product in the building, such as in terms of service life or impact on indoor air quality. Remember a product with an EPD is not automatically a product with low environmental impact – the EPD only provides the environmental information about the product, which allows you to discover this by comparing it to other products at the building level. However, in obtaining an EPD, the manufacturer will receive an EPD Project Report, which explains the sources of impacts through the life cycle, which will allow them to consider how they might best reduce
them. For designers and specifiers, EPDs have a major role to play in enabling better product choices in delivering lower carbon buildings. DOWNLOAD EPDs SMET has made it easier to access EPDs for your projects and is delighted to offer a comprehensive listing for a range of its superior German-made materials including screeds, tiling, renders, plasters, primers and sealers.
uptake in EPD within industry, particularly via knowledge sharing webinars and briefing papers. The building products specialist is also a member of the Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB) and can also be found listed in the Passive House Plus members directory, Marketplace Plus. Contact ISO 14001 accredited SMET for further information when choosing materials with EPDs for your low carbon project. EPD Ireland EPD Ireland is a member of Eco Platform, the organisation of European EPD programme operators, which ensure the quality of the programme and maximise harmonisation of EPD programmes across Europe. All the declarations published under EPD Ireland programme are available in digital format (XML and CSV) on the EPD Ireland’s website and on ECO Platform’s ECO Portal.
These EPDs are available now, free for download on the ‘EPD
Ireland’ programme - Ireland’s go-to Environmental Product Declaration platform. To access these third party verified EPDs, open the platform: www. igbc.ie/epd and search for ‘SMET’. The IGBC (Irish Green Building Council) developed the EPD Ireland programme. This allows Irish producers to create an Environmental Product Declaration for their product, using Product Category Rules (PCR) for Ireland and have it verified and published on the platform. EPD Ireland also allows manufacturers to upload EPD from other programme operators on its website as is the case above. EPD ALLIANCE SMET is a member of the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP), a non-profit sustainability organisation, which seeks to increase interest and
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