Find timber product EPDs all in one place

Help your customers achieve their low-carbon targets

Merchants, their customers and other built environment professionals can now access Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for the most common timber products on Timber Development UK’s new EPD database.

An EPD is a standardised document that provides detailed information about the environmental impacts of a product throughout its lifecycle. It is based on the principles of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and follows international standards.

EPDs are used to evaluate the environmental impacts of various products to be used within a building to develop a building’s Whole Life Carbon (WLC) Assessment. They can support environmental rules and policies, help inform green building certifications, and facilitate the formulation of more sustainable decisions.

Merchants can use EPDs to assess the sustainability of the products they choose to stock. For manufacturers, EPDs can help them achieve their sustainability objectives and cultivate a favourable reputation among stakeholders and customers through meeting market demands by generating credible data.

Timber products with EPDs already uploaded onto the database include sawn softwood, CLT, LVL, Glulam, I-joists, softwood plywood and hardwood plywood.

The database includes EPDs from many TDUK members including UPM, Moelven, Jordeson Timber, Setra, Sodra Wood, Steico, Metsa, Swedish Wood, Vida, James Jones & Sons, Stora Enso, Riga Wood, BSW Timber, Forest Industries Ireland, Donaldson Timber Systems, and Wiehag Timber Construction.

“EPDs are essential to achieving net zero in our built environment, helping merchants, their customers, designers and specifiers make sustainable decisions on material selection,” said Charlie Law, TDUK Sustainability Director.

“The timber industry has invested significantly in producing EPDs that help make accurate estimates of the whole-life carbon of their products. This data is increasingly expected by clients and is a requirement for many major developers – particularly on large-scale projects.”

You can view the database at www.timberdevelopment.uk