RTS EPD's – Reliable Source of Environmental Information of Building Products in Finland

AbstractThere are a lot of different ways of presenting environmental information. The Building Information Foundation RTS sr launched a national EPD-program in 2016. The Information gathered from the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is verified by a third party and therefore neutral and reliable. Environmental performance of construction products is compiled according to the standard EN 15804:2012 + A1:2013 and with a methodology processed in the committee PT18 RT EPD's. The name of the publication is “Methodology (PCR) for compiling environmental declarations for building products: EPD's published by The Building Information Foundation RTS (2016)”.The EPD's are created in Finland by the Principal Committee PT18 of The Building Information Foundation RTS. A newly opened Internet pages epd.rts.fi provides all relevant information concerning declarations, application procedure and also list of new RTS-environmental declarations. A work group of the Committee PT18 will audit and approve/reject the applications. The Building Information Foundation RTS will apply for the membership of The ECO Platform during the year 2016.The eco-profiles and other environmental aspects provide input data for the assessment of environmental impacts of the buildings. The purpose of the declarations is to provide environmental information of construction products in a standardized and transparent way. The EN-standardized method developed by CEN/TC350 is utilized in other European countries as well by different EPD-programs. The purpose of the ECO Platform is to aim for equivalent application of EN 15804:2012 + A1:2013 across Europe on voluntary basis