{"id":10891,"date":"2022-11-04T09:30:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T09:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plastitalia.aitema.com\/environmental-product-declaration-epd-a-new-publication-by-plastialia-s-p-a\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T09:30:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T09:30:06","slug":"environmental-product-declaration-epd-a-new-publication-by-plastialia-s-p-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plastitaliaspa.com\/ru\/environmental-product-declaration-epd-a-new-publication-by-plastialia-s-p-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental product declaration (EPD), a new publication by Plastialia S.p.A."},"content":{"rendered":"

First Italian factory to publish an\u00a0Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)<\/strong>\u00a0dedicated only to\u00a0hdpe fittings<\/strong>, another achievement to be associated to \u201cPlastitalia S.p.A.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is clear to everyone that the human being has, with his social activities, a tremendous impact on the environment of this unique and collective house that we call Earth.<\/span>\u00a0To ensure the well-being of all its inhabitants, all available energy resources are exploited, at European level the estimated annual energy consumption of residential and non-residential construction works represents about 40% of the total consumed by the whole of Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Dichiarazione<\/p>\n

This is the reason why there is a growing attention to the environmental characteristics of construction products and which led the European Union to adopt the Directive on the energy performance of buildings. This directive is under review and with regard to the construction of\u00a0new zero-impact buildings<\/em>, it sets dates that Member States will have to make sure to respect: 1 January 2027, all buildings occupied by public bodies or owned by the latter; and January 1, 2030, all buildings. In this scenario, architects and designers increasingly specify products with transparent environmental impact reports based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).<\/p>\n

The environmental declaration of third type EPD (in legal documents it is sometimes also called \u201cType III\u201d labeling) is a standardized method of communicating the data obtained from the LCA. The declaration is based on three regulatory pillars:<\/p>\n