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Vitro Architectural Glass lowers embodied carbon further, releases NEW Environmental Product Declarations

Vitro Architectural Glass has further lowered its embodied carbon as well as released new Environmental Product Declarations.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Product Category Rules (PCR) for the bearing industry, initiated and driven by SKF, have been approved by The International EPD System. This

Bortolomiol Earns First EPD Environmental Certification in the Wine Industry The Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), is the only internationally recognized certification of environmental quality (ISO 14025). Bortolomiol is the first wine producer to obtain it. April 30, 2021 The amount of greenhouse gases emitted directly and indirectly into the atmosphere during all production processes is one of the indicators factored into the Environmental Product Declaration. The carbon ...

Courtesy of REC Group. REC Solar Norway produces high purity silicon for use in solar cells, using a unique metallurgical purification method that REC Group claims consumes upwards of 75 percent less energy than typically competing processes, e.g., the Siemens process as used by the majority of the industry players, mainly in China. REC Solar Norway has an annual production capacity of more than 8,000 Mt, corresponding to an annual solar panel production of about 2.5 GWp. Installed in Norway,...

Comments According to the NWPCA, U.S. wooden pallets are the first product ever to be awarded an EPD in the distribution package space. ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The environmental attributes of U.S. wooden pallets are embodied in a new Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), according to the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPRCA). The EPD was produced by the NWPCA with funding from the Pallet Foundation in conjunction with the Forest Products Lab, the research arm of t...