{"id":4861,"date":"2016-05-16T11:11:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T01:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/?p=4861"},"modified":"2019-09-27T13:58:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T03:58:35","slug":"update-kingspan-leads-the-way-with-environmental-product-declarations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/2016\/05\/16\/update-kingspan-leads-the-way-with-environmental-product-declarations\/","title":{"rendered":"Update &#8211; Kingspan leads the way with Environmental Product Declarations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][cmsms_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/EPD-Kingspan-Wall-Insulated-Panels_web_art.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4862 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/kingspan-epd-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"kingspan epd\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/kingspan-epd-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/kingspan-epd-500x707.jpg 500w, https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/kingspan-epd-250x354.jpg 250w, https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/kingspan-epd-400x566.jpg 400w, https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/kingspan-epd.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>Congratulations Kingspan Insulated Panels for leading the way in the era of informed sustainable design, increased transparency and life cycle thinking.\u00a0Now architects, designers, building surveyors and other professionals seeking to maximise environmental assessment and sustainable design can access the the full suite of Kingspan Insulated Panels Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), published through the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epd-australasia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australasian EPD Programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These new publications comply with the requirements for manufacturer specific\u00a0EPDs under the Green Building Council of Australia\u2019s Green Star rating system in that they:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conform with ISO 14025 and EN 15804.<\/li>\n<li>Have been verified by an independent third party.<\/li>\n<li>Have at least a cradle-to-gate scope.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The publications are based on cradle to grave Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and can also help project teams to conduct a Green Star compliant, whole-of-building, whole-of-life LCA\u00a0to obtain additional points under the Materials category of the current Design &amp; As Built and Interiors rating tools as well as under the Innovation Challenge category of the legacy Green Star rating tools.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Kingspan see the development of EPDs as a natural progression in our sustainability journey.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The EPDs provide, both for us and the users of our products, more detail on the environment impact that our products have on the built environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Specifically for us it identifies the areas of highest impact in many of our key processes which are embraced in the cradle-to-grave concept. We seek to further optimise the manufacturing, raw materials and supplier selection processes, and use the EPD data to review product design and installation procedures. &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em>Dr Mark Tatam, Technical Manager, Kingspan Insulated Panels<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kingspan has published EPDs for:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/EPD-Kingspan-Wall-Insulated-Panels_web_art.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kingspan Wall Insulated Panels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/EPD-Kingspan-Roof-Insulated-Panels_web_art.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kingspan Roof Insulated Panels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/EPD-Kingspan-K-Dek-PVC-and-TPO-Roof-Insulated-Panels_web_art.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kingspan K-Dek PVC and TPO Roof Insulated Panels<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/EPD-Kingspan-Controlled-Environment-Insulated-Panels_web_art.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kingspan Controlled Environment Insulated Panels<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The EPDs have been authored by Kingspan Insulated Panels\u00a0and Edge Environment\u00a0and independently verified by Jane Anderson with thinkstep in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/cmsms_text][\/cmsms_column][\/cmsms_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][cmsms_text] Congratulations Kingspan Insulated Panels for leading the way in the era of informed sustainable design, increased transparency and life cycle thinking.\u00a0Now architects, designers, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":""},"categories":[518,1,222],"tags":[56,441,437,364,365,172,37,38,434,28],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/kingspan-epd.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Jonas Bengtsson","author_link":"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/author\/jonas-bengtsson\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.8 - 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