Life Cycle Analysis for Building - A comprehensive guide

What tools are currently available for us to choose our materials within an ecodesign rationale? 

Thanks to the emergence of instruments such as the Life-cycle based Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and the progress made in terms of standards, we are witnessing the beginnings of genuinely operational ecodesign methods for buildings. However, these procedures are still quite recent and many questions remain about the use of this new data.

This guide written by IFPEB (French Institute for Energy Efficiency in Buildings) answers questions from actors in the field who are not specialised in the standardisation issues often associated with these new tools.

Sorry if some tables are still in French!!!

The document would need some adaptation since the new standard for European declaration of product has been voted at the beginning of the year (EN 15804).