What is an Enviromental Product Definition (EPD)?

An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is a standardised document that provides quantifiable environmental data about a product based on life cycle assessment (LCA). It follows internationally recognised standards such as ISO 14025 and EN 15804. Manufacturers can not self-certify and an EPD is certified by a 3rd party, allowing specifiers to be sure of your product environmental credentials. You can submit your Type II & Type III EPDs to Bimstore making your products stand out amongst others.

Adding your EPD Data on to your product

To show your sustainability data on Bimstore, you must submit your Sustainability Data (an LCA) and submit it when you upload your EPD Document to your product listing. If you have an EPD that covers multiple products, you can create a single LCA Dataset and attach it it to each product when uploading your EPD.

Step 1 - Creating a LCA Dataset

1. Login to your Bimstore Manufacturer Admin Area and in the left menu, click 'Sustainability Data' then in the top right click 'Create' to create a new LCA Dataset
2. Give your LCA Dataset a name, and if you have an approved EPD select 'Approved' as the type. If your EDP and LCA Dataset are applicable to multiple products or variants of a product, then make sure to create a name that is not product / variant specific.
3. Complete as much of the data fields as possible, the more data you are able to provide, the more your product will appear in searches. If you have an approved EPD the data must match the values stated in the document and, as a minimum, the 'Manufacturing (A1-A3)' must be provided. 
4. Ensure that any data you submit is accurate and as shown in your EPD document,  then click 'Save'. This will save the LCA Dataset in your LCA list.

Step 2 - Submitting the LCA Dataset when uploading an EPD Document.

1. Login to your Bimstore Manufacturer Admin Area and in the left menu, click 'Products'.
2. A list of your products will be shown, click 'Variants' on the applicable product.
3. A list of Product Variants will be shown, click the 'Edit' button on the applicable product variant.
4. The product page will be shown.  In the bottom right click the 'Add document' button to add a new document. This will add a new document at the bottom of any existing documents.
5. On the new item, select 'EPD' as the document type and then upload your EPD document to the file field. 
6. Click 'Save' to submit your document for Approval.

Our team will review your document and the attached LCA to ensure both align. Once approved your EPD document and the LCA Data will be shown against your listing on Bimstore.   

If you wish to update your LCA Dataset or EPD you must update the LCA Dataset infomation and then resubmit it with the updated document as 'Step 2 above' above.