EPD creation that is efficient and compliant with standards
The SKZ Plastics Center supports companies with a digital tool that makes it easy to create EPDs (environmental product declarations). The standard-compliant software significantly reduces the effort involved—especially when multiple EPDs need to be created for different products.
The digital tool “CONNIE Calculator” makes creating EPDs much easier. (Photo: Parradee - stock.adobe.com /SKZ)
SKZ offers companies a powerful online tool with “CONNIE”
Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are becoming increasingly important for manufacturers of construction products. With the amended Construction Products Regulation (CPR), transparent, reliable, and standard-compliant environmental information will become a key requirement for market access. With the EPD tool “CONNIE Calculator,” SKZ provides companies with a practical, digital tool that significantly simplifies, accelerates, and makes the creation of EPDs more economical.
CONNIE records all material and energy flows in a structured manner and automatically evaluates them in accordance with EN 15804. The results are presented in both tabular and graphical form, enabling companies to quantify the environmental impact of their products in a well-founded manner. The tool is based on a recognized database (Ecoinvent) and maps all relevant EPD parameters.
Time and cost advantages for companies
A key added value of CONNIE lies in its high efficiency in EPD creation. Automated calculation and systematic data collection significantly reduce time and costs compared to traditional, project-based EPD creation. CONNIE enables non-specialist staff to easily generate EPD results, eliminating the need for external and costly life cycle assessment expertise.
“Many companies face the challenge of creating EPDs that are economical, compliant, and reproducible,” explains Antonia Ivanda, Senior Scientist at SKZ. “With the CONNIE Calculator, we enable manufacturing companies to create EPDs independently, compare variants, and use environmental indicators specifically for product development and strategic decisions.”
Flexible, adaptable, and future-proof
The tool developed by SKZ has a flexible structure and can be adapted to product group-specific rules and individual requirements. Companies purchase CONNIE as part of a licensing model and can use the tool productively in the long term—from the first pilot EPD to further analyses and product comparisons.
In addition to simply using the tool, users benefit from SKZ's extensive EPD expertise. Using CONNIE not only supports compliance with regulatory requirements, but also promotes internal competence building in the area of sustainability and life cycle analysis.
Strategic added value for building product manufacturers
With CONNIE, companies can position themselves early on for increasing sustainability requirements in the construction sector. Reliable EPDs create transparency for customers, planners, and certification systems and strengthen competitiveness in an increasingly regulated market environment.
Interested companies can find more information about the EPD tool “CONNIE Calculator,” its possible applications, and licensing models directly from SKZ.
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