NRMCA Continues to Verify EPDs

NRMCA recently verified three system-level Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for NRMCA Producer members Texas Concrete and Fordyce Concrete/Century Concrete, and non-member ready mix producer American Materials.

For Producer member Texas Concrete, underlying life cycle data for each plant and EPD were reviewed and verified by Labeling Sustainability, a verifier in NRMCA’s EPD program. Public access to the EPD is available on the NRMCA EPD webpage and is listed as NRMCA EPD: 20069 Texas Concrete. This EPD reports the impacts for ready mixed concrete from three plants in the Austin, TX, market.

For non-member producer American Materials, underlying life cycle data for each plant and EPD were reviewed and verified by Industrial Ecology, a verifier in NRMCA’s EPD program. Public access to the EPD is available on the NRMCA EPD webpage and is listed as NRMCA EPD: 20071 American Materials. This EPD reports the impacts for ready mixed concrete from three plants in Wisconsin.

For Producer member Fordyce Concrete/Century Concrete, underlying life cycle data for each plant and EPD were also reviewed and verified by Industrial Ecology. Public access to the EPD is available on the NRMCA EPD webpage and is listed as NRMCA EPD: 20072 Fordyce Concrete/Century Concrete. This EPD reports the impacts for ready mixed concrete from six plants in the Kansas City market.

The three concrete EPDs above were developed in consultation with and based on a software tool by Athena Sustainable Materials Institute. The software tool integrates LCA impacts within batch operating software to generate EPDs when desired. The software was reviewed and verified by Industrial Ecology Consultants.

NRMCA also recently verified a product-specific Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for NRMCA Materials Division member Lehigh Cement. Because this verification comes less than six months after Lehigh Cement’s latest EPD verification, it was able to take advantage of NRMCA’s reduced fees for additional plant locations. Find more information here about NRMCA’s EPD program fees. Public access to the EPD is available on the NRMCA EPD webpage and is listed as NRMCA EPD: 20070 Lehigh Cement. This EPD reports the impacts for four bulk cement mixes from one plant in Leeds, AL.

For more information on the EPD verification program, contact Matthew Lemay at mlemay@nrmca.org.