We just received comments back from review for the construction credits on a product and several of our industry-wide EPDs were flagged because they did not include conformance to ISO 21930 or EN 15804. If these EPDs are still conforming to the ISO 14044 standard, could I still track them as a product-specific declaration to contribute 1/4 of a product count? I just wonder if since it is a bulk report from multiple manufacturers, it may not even qualify for that.
Additionally, have you seen products that are logged on the UL Spot platform for meeting the LEEDv4 EPD requirements, yet they do not show conformance to either ISO 21930 or EN 15804? We have seen several products that are on the UL site that do not meet that requirement and am wondering if there is any way around it in order to still contribute credits. If these are specific products, third-party verified by UL but not meeting that final referenced standard, could we log them at least as product-specific declarations?
Irene Chung
Founding PrincipalVillage Consulting
May 5, 2020 - 3:03 pm
Does anyone have an answer to this? I have a product with "product specific EPD" that conforms to ISO 14044 and ISO 14025, but not EN 15804. In this case, I would think this counts as 1/4 EPD. Any thoughts?
Joanna Switzer
Sustainability Project ManagerAtkins
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May 6, 2020 - 10:07 am
Our Project team recently posed a similar question to our LEED coach for a Canadian (non-US) project adopting the v4.1BPDO path. I would assume the core issue/answer should be relevant to v4 & US projects as well. I don't recall seeing any official addenda about it so may be prudent to formally ask your LEED coach to ensure it's the consistent philosophy across LEED certification tech/support staff right now. At any rate, Q&A was as follows:
Q: LEEDv4.1 – EPDs – the criteria calls for “EPDs which conform to ISO 14025, and EN 15804 or ISO 21930” – Although ISO 14025 is consistently documented in published EPDs, We are not finding reference to EN 15804 in most EPDs – even those published and externally verified by respected providers such as UL. The LEEDv4 reference guide (bottom of pg 518) notes “For products not included in EN 15804 or the superseded ISO 21930 (i.e., furniture and other items not considered building products), conformance to ISO 14025 only is acceptable.” However, this suggests that ALL building product EPDs must document compliance with either EN 15804 or the superseded ISO 21930
A: Product Category Rules that conform to EN 15804 or ISO 21930 is required for all Type III EPDs. For UL EPD only: We are aware that some older UL EPDs did not include confirmation of EN 15804 or ISO 21930, however we have been assured by UL that all EPDs prepared by them do conform, and they are in the process of updating any EPDs that do not contain the standards. I would encourage you to visit the UL Spot website to find the most current versions of UL EPDs. For other Program Operators such as CSA or ASTM, they must still state conformance to EN 15804 or ISO 21930.
antai ramos stevens
shelterSeptember 23, 2020 - 7:46 pm
Hello there, were facing the same issue with both a product specific EPD and an industry EPD that comply with ISO 14025 (and 14044) and were verified by NSF ,but they dont mention specifically conforming to ISO 21930 (they do mention it as a reference). GBCI is not accepting them either, where you able to solve this?