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Environmental Product Declaration and Product Category Rule

Learning Package

Learning objectives and expected outcomes

  • Understand basic concepts and required components of the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
  • Understand the roles of Product Category Rules (PCR) and be able to find, read, and apply PCR to develop standardized Life Cycle Assessment report.

Lecture slides and multimedia materials

Lecture Slides PDF

Active learning exercises

You are a sustainably-minded housing developer building a multi-family apartment complex. You have decided to purchase doors from a company, but are considering whether to use steel or wood doors when building the complex. Write a four-paragraph report documenting your product choice and why. In the first three paragraphs, describe your product choice in the context of environmental impacts, resource use, and waste/outputs. Use the fourth paragraph to discuss which choice is best for the residents of the building. Below are two EPDs that you can use as references.

Wood door
Steel door

Homework and Reading