The role of the environmental product declaration, or EPD, allows end users to understand what’s in the ingredients in their construction materials, such as concrete. Mikaela DeRousseau, data and methodology manager at Building Transparency shares her insight in understanding EPDs better. Building Transparency is a nonprofit organization that provides open-access data and tools needed to enable the building industry to address and reduce its embodied carbon emissions.
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