The project team pursued this pilot using material data gathered for both BPDO credits. While some sections in the calculator are not applicable, the completed sections did provide clarity on the overall impact of each product from manufacturing to disposal. This exercise also furthered the team's understanding and ability to navigate HPD's and EPD's.
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Christian Mayer
3 thumbs up
July 28, 2021 - 12:31 pm
I found this excersice helpful for that too but I was surprised to see how for the material portion HPDs are still not informative enough on the overal impact of the product. Whereas an EPD can tell you the impacts per stage, the HPD focuses on the composition only, meaning you still need to look into maintenance and cleaning guidelines, intallation manuals and things like emissions certificates to get a better understanding.
I found the end of life human impacts category the hardest to assess with the existing industry documentation available.
I liked how this credit allowed me to piece together the information that we were alredy gathering and informally comparing but now in a more stantardized way.
Sumaiya Mehjabeen
Sustainability Specialist & DesignerThe Sheward Partnership
September 15, 2021 - 3:14 pm
I agree that this is a helpful exercise to unpack product EPDs and HPDs. In addition, we looked at Material Safety Data Sheets which I found informative. Environmental Data Sheets and Product Data Sheets (if available) also provide information/data needed for this credit documentation.
Jenni Huynh
Building Performance Analyst/DesignerPage
1 thumbs up
October 26, 2021 - 12:11 pm
Agreed with Christian and Sumaiya - it forced me to read EPDs and HPDs more thoroughly, as well as create EPDs to input into our LCA since Revit/Tally has a couple standard EPDs built in, but aren't applicable all the time. Extremely time-consuming, but worth it, especially if you plan on going for the BPDO credits and have compiled a good chunk of the data/documentation needed.
What we found to be most helpful in gathering information for this Innovation credit were the Safety Data Sheets (SDS), and if the manufacturer has one, their Corporate Sustainability Reports (CSRs) for some of the more detailed asks in the worksheet.
Adam Meltzer
Sustainable Design LeadCannonDesign
4 thumbs up
November 11, 2021 - 1:05 pm
I used EPD's, HPD's, manafacturer's websites and the SM Transparancy report to understand the possible harmful affects of the products on manufacturer's employees and installers. I also tend to look for products that are Greenguard Gold, Cradle to Cradle or Declare label certified to give me an extra layer of confidence.
Rachael McGinley
Head of SustainablityCBRE
2 thumbs up
July 13, 2023 - 4:50 am
The credit allowed the design team to discuss the pros and cons of three key building products. The credit language and excel template was easy to use.