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To enable Mrs Fischer to create this It would be impossible for Mrs Fischer to
life-cycle assessment, she will need collect all of this data by herself.
detailed information about the
building, and every individual product.
And all of this needs to be examined
over the entire life-cycle: from the
extraction and production of raw
materials, through the construction
and use phases of the building, right
up to its dismantling, disposal
and recycling.

The solution are EPDs –the Environmental Product Declaration. So, how does Mrs Fischer get the life-cycle assessment data
An EPD contains all relevant data from a product’s life cycle of the products, in order to calculate a building LCA with which
assessment, assigned by the manufacturer to environmental to evaluate Mrs Mueller‘s office building?
impact categories and verified by independent experts.
Here I‘ve got all the
information I need for a
sustainability certificate.

Thanks to EPDs!

Systematic Independent Accessible
assessment verification information

E P DTHIRD-PARTY VERIFIED

ISO 14025 and EN 15804

See for yourself – start the film!
http://ibu-epd.com/service/videos/
www-ibu-epd.com — info ibu-epd.com

Focusing on details.
Seeing the big picture.