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EPD Australasia

Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About EPD Australasia

Credit names, credential names and conditions are in each rating tool's or policy's own words, shown where its publisher's terms allow.

Australian Government ESP PolicyProcurement policy

  • SESP Template – Products, 'Products have a lower environmental footprint'; Evaluation guidance – Products, 'Evidence of product sustainability'

    Status
    Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
    Named as
    EPD Australasia
    Edition named
    Not stated by the tool
    Products
    FFE, ICT Goods, Textiles
    Scope
    The rule is on the EPD; class membership is on the programme.
    The rule
    • EPD “verified” (the ESP Policy’s word) by a third party
    • EPD to ISO 14025
    Source
    Australian Government ESP Policy · SESP Template (unpaginated); Evaluation guidance p. 5, 6

Homestar v4.1, supersededRating tool

  • MAT-1 Table 21 Environmental product Declaration; industry-wide EPD

    Status
    Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
    Named as
    EPD Australasia
    Edition named
    Not stated by the tool
    Level
    1 · MAT-1 points per material category
    On what basis
    Industry wide EPD
    Products
    Any MAT-1 material category
    The rule
    • industry-wide EPD
    • independently audited
    • cradle-to-gate scope at minimum
    • manufacturer recognised as a participant in the EPD
    Source
    Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · MAT p. 5, 7
  • MAT-1 Table 21 Environmental product Declaration; product-specific EPD

    Status
    Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
    Named as
    EPD Australasia
    Edition named
    Not stated by the tool
    Level
    1.5 · MAT-1 points per material category
    On what basis
    Product Specific EPD
    Products
    Any MAT-1 material category
    The rule
    • product-specific EPD
    • independently audited
    • cradle-to-gate scope at minimum
    Source
    Homestar v4.1, superseded · MAT-1 · MAT p. 5, 7

BREEAM International NC v6.0, supersededRating tool

  • Mat 01 Life cycle impacts, criterion 5; CN3.2; Relevant definitions

    Status
    Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
    Named as
    EPD Australasia
    Edition named
    Not stated by the tool
    On what basis
    per product covered by an EPD that BREEAM calls “verified”
    Products
    construction products, classified by Mat 03 Table 46 material categories
    Scope
    Only two EPDs per classification group may be counted.
    The rule
    Not shown under BRE Global Ltd's terms
    Source
    BREEAM International NC v6.0, superseded · Mat 01 · p. 277, 278, 279
  • Mat 01 Life cycle impacts, exemplary level criterion 7; CN3.2

    Status
    Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
    Named as
    EPD Australasia
    Edition named
    Not stated by the tool
    On what basis
    per product covered by a manufacturer specific EPD that BREEAM calls “verified”
    Products
    construction products, classified by Mat 03 Table 46 material categories
    Scope
    Exemplary level only. Only two EPDs per classification group may be counted.
    The rule
    Not shown under BRE Global Ltd's terms
    Source
    BREEAM International NC v6.0, superseded · Mat 01 · p. 277, 278, 279

Not named by: WELL v2.

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