Product LCA and EPD
We offer a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) that evaluates the environmental impacts of your building materials throughout their entire life cycle. Based on the results, we compile a clear and standards-compliant Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) that reliably summarizes the climate and environmental impacts of your construction product.
Environmental product declaration (EPD) for building materials
With the help of our experts, you can identify the most suitable EPD solution for your product portfolio, whether it's a single product or a broad product group. We have extensive experience in preparing EPD environmental declarations for products in the construction, process, and energy sectors.
We conduct a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for your products and compile an EPD environmental declaration based on the results, in accordance with current standards and product category rules. We support manufacturers in drafting EPDs, and assist developers, contractors, architects, and designers in interpreting the declarations, comparing the environmental impacts of building materials, and optimizing their carbon footprint. We act as your partner throughout the EPD consulting process.
EPD declarations provide a competitive edge and help you, as a manufacturer, develop your products and production processes toward greater environmental responsibility, making it easy to communicate your efforts to various stakeholders.
An EPD presents the emission data of your products without making direct environmental claims, offering a risk-free and professional way to communicate environmental aspects. The emission calculations behind the declaration also provide detailed insights into the emission sources of your products and production. This enables the development of raw material sourcing and production processes toward lower carbon emissions, with the environmental impact of improvements verifiable through numerical data.
Our experts support you in every stage of EPD preparation
An EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) outlines a product’s environmental impacts from raw material acquisition to the end of its lifecycle.
Its preparation is guided by the ISO 14040/44 standards, ISO 14025, and, specifically for construction products, also by EN 15804. The calculation provides verified and reliable environmental data for your project, as the declaration is always third-party verified.
Our experts help you choose the most suitable publishing platform for your EPDs and prepare the necessary documentation for third-party verification.
We also support you throughout the verification and publishing process, and if needed, guide your communication and marketing efforts to maximize the benefits of EPDs.
EPDs as a benefit to your construction project
In addition to climate impacts, our declaration provides information on how construction or material production affects natural resource use and water eutrophication.
You can use our declaration to meet EU taxonomy requirements, which offers a competitive advantage, especially in international markets.
By using construction products with EPDs, you can earn additional points in building environmental certification systems. We support you through every stage of the certification application process.
EPDs facilitate comparison of environmental impacts
Our third-party verified EPD is a tool for your project’s designers and contractors to make more environmentally responsible choices.
Our experts assist in comparing materials, taking into account technical and functional properties defined by legislation or the client.
Our declaration highlights product replacements in renovation projects and describes the environmental impacts of renovation and demolition waste handling.
Determine your project’s carbon footprint with our help
To assess climate impacts, you need data not only on the materials used in the building but also on the operational climate impacts of the property.
We also provide calculations of your building’s carbon footprint across its entire lifecycle.
Get in touch with our team
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Elli Niskanen engineering director, sustainable development+358 40 620 5076 elli.niskanenRenovation engineering
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Janita Rintala sustainable construction specialist+358 41 731 3118 janita.rintalaRenovation engineering
@ains.fi Espoo
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GAIN A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Making your product and production more sustainable gives you a competitive edge in today’s construction market.
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MAKE INFORMED CHOICES
Make responsible material selections for your construction project based on independently verified data.
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DEMONSTRATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
Use the EPD to help meet EU taxonomy requirements or as part of your building’s environmental certification process.
Comprehensive product LCA and EPD services
- Life-cycle assessment (LCA) of products, processes, and services
- Preparation of Environmental product declarations (EPDs) in accordance with the EN 15804 standard
- Carbon footprint calculation of products, processes and services (ISO 14067)
- Critical review of carbon footprint studies (ISO 14071)
- Comparison of environmental impacts of products using competitor analysis, interpretation of EPDs, and related training
- Carbon handprint calculation for products