Hi all! I have a doubt about EPD, could someone help me? This credit explains that products with LCA (ISO 14044) or EPD (ISO 14025) that have at least cradle-to-gate scope are valued as 1/4. My doubt is: In this case, can the manufacturer do the product declaration WITHOUT external verification? Auto-declaration is enough? Thanks.

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Keith Robertson

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Solterre Inc.

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Tue, 04/05/2016 - 16:46

By my understanding, a manufacturer's self-documentation is not enough. An example of an ISO 14044 EPD valued at 1/4 is the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute LCA of concrete. http://www.nrmca.org/sustainability/epdprogram/Downloads/NRMCA%20LCA%20Project%20Report_v1.0b_20140929.pdf I hope that this helps.

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