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How to Use EPDs in Your Practice: Advice from Designers

Sure, you can just check a box for LEED v4. But the data can also inform your project, if you use it wisely.

by P.J. Melton

This short video primer, produced in partnership with Arup, shows designers how to read environmental product declarations (EPDs). But what do you do with the data once you have it?

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Published August 3, 2015

Melton, P. (2015, August 3). How to Use EPDs in Your Practice: Advice from Designers. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/feature-shorts/how-use-epds-your-practice-advice-designers

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