Scale LCA for Construction Materials

EPDs for construction products, built to EN 15804+A2. Cover every product, plant and market from one model.

Industry Challenges

Construction materials face unique sustainability pressures from architects, contractors, and green building certification programs

Too many variants to declare one by one

Dimensions, densities, finishes, recipes and plants multiply quickly. Separate EPDs for every variant are costly, while broad average or worst-case EPDs undersell your best products.

Every market has its own rules

Beyond EN 15804+A2, product-specific PCRs and national requirements, such as France’s FDES and Belgium’s B-EPD programme, shape what you can declare, and where.

Static EPDs go stale

EPDs are valid for five years, but recipes, energy contracts and suppliers change much faster. Every update means new calculations and another round of verification.

How LiveCycle AI Solves This

Scale one model across your product range

Import recipes and bills of materials from your ERP, and build parametric craddle-to-grave models for full product families and plants.

Apply EN 15804+A2, the relevant product-specific PCRs and national requirements from the same underlying model, and prepare results for the programme operator you publish with.

Keep EPDs live

LiveCycle flags when changes to recipes, energy or supplier data affect your results. Reviewer workflows keep reverification efficient, so your EPDs always reflect what you actually produce.

Applicable Standards & Frameworks

Calculate and declare LCA results in line with the leading standards and regulations for construction products.

EN 15804+A2

The European core rules for construction product EPDs

Wide range of Program Operators and PCRs

Support for EPD requirements across product categories, regions and Program Operators, including EPD International, EPD Norway, IBU, B-EPD, INIES (FDES), and NMD.

Construction Products Regulation (EU) 2024/3110

The revised CPR, which phases life-cycle environmental indicators, starting with GWP, into the Declaration of Performance and Conformity.

ISO 14025

International principles and procedures for Type III environmental declarations, the foundation of every EPD programme.

ISO 14040/44

International principles and requirements for conducting, reporting and reviewing life cycle assessments.

ISO 14067

International requirements for quantifying and reporting product carbon footprints based on LCA principles.

ISO 21930

International core rules for construction product EPDs, widely used in North America and other markets outside Europe.

GHG Protocol Product Standard

Product-level GHG accounting framework for quantifying and reporting emissions across a product’s life cycle.

Integrated LCA Databases

Access construction-specific environmental data from leading sources

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about LCA for construction materials

  • How does LiveCycle AI reduce LCA costs by 93%?

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  • Is the platform compliant with ISO 14040/14044 and EPD standards?

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  • What data do I need to get started?

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  • How long does it take to generate an EPD?

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  • Can I use this for multi-site manufacturing?

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