Environmental Product Declaration new focus of NCMA Sustainability Task Group

Sources: National Concrete Masonry Association; CP staff

The NCMA Sustainability Task Group has become the Environmental Product Declaration Task Group, as members respond to green building practitioner demands for transparency in raw material content and production method reporting.

 

The EPD Task Group is charged with reviewing developments in product category rules (PCR) and environmental declarations for NCMA members’ building and landscaping units; determining the best course of industry action for PCR and EPD document development; and, providing tools for EPD preparation.

 

Overseeing Task Group activities is NCMA Research and Development Laboratory Manager Nick Lang, P.E., 703/713-1900; [email protected].