New "Epd" for laminate flooring

 

 

 

 

The Eplf (European producers of laminate floorings) is committed to sustainable construction. One of the impressive features of laminate flooring is its good life cycle assessment results. Proof of this can be found in fact-based Environmental Product Declarations, or EPDs for short, which are used mainly by architects and planners as vital basic documents for sustainable building. The confirmation document was officially presented at the Member’s Meeting of the IBU held in Berlin on 11 June. It is now true to say that laminate flooring is a green, high-tech product!
The laminate flooring industry was one of the first in the floor covering sector to bring in this environmental certificate for their products, thereby sending out a clear message for more sustainability in building and renovation. The Ibu (German Institute for Construction and the Environment) published the first EPDs (Environmental Product Declarations) for laminate flooring back in 2009 on their website at www.bau-umwelt.de. Since then, there have been three EPD templates in accordance with ISO 14025, for the categories relating to the majority of products made by EPLF group members: DPL – direct pressure laminate floor covering, HPL – high pressure laminate floor covering and PDL – printed décor laminate floor covering. The technical progress made in the field of laminate products brings the need to regularly update the relevant associated EPDs. This new declaration refers to the largest group: direct pressure laminate flooring (DPL). The existing EPDs for PDL and HPL will remain valid until 2016.