Current EPDs for Wood Products

Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), sometimes referred to as Type III environmental declarations, report environmental impacts from cradle to gate¹ for many construction products, including wood products. They are based on detailed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) reports and governed by Product Category Rules (PCRs) specific to each product type.

The wood industry was the first to develop transparent, third-party-verified EPDs in partnership with Underwriters Laboratories and in conformance with international standards (ISO 14025, 14040, 14044, and 21930).

North American Wood EPDs

The American Wood Council (AWC) and Canadian Wood Council (CWC) have issued EPDs for the following North American wood products:

• North American softwood lumber
• North American softwood plywood
• North American oriented strand board (OSB)
• North American glued-laminated timber (glulam)
• North American laminated veneer lumber (LVL)
• North American laminated strand lumber (LSL)
• North American wood I-joists

Additionally, AWC has issued an EPD for:

• Redwood lumber

These structural wood product EPDs, as well as transparency summaries, can be downloaded from AWC’s website. A list of North American, U.S., Canadian and regionally-specific LCAs that provide the basis for many of these industry-average EPDs are available from the Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM) and Athena Sustainable Materials Institute (ASMI).

Product-Specific EPDs

The industry average EPDs listed above represent most light-frame wood products available in the U.S. today. In addition, the following EPDs are currently available from WoodWorks manufacturer and supplier partners:

Mass Timber Products:

• Binderholz Mass Timber:
  • Solid wood panel
  • Glulam
  • Cross-laminated timber (CLT) BBS

• Boise Cascade:
  • Veneer-laminated timber (VLT) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL): Cradle-to-gate
  • VLT and LVL: Cradle-to-grave

• Element 5:
  • CLT
  • Glulam

• Freres Lumber:
  • Mass Ply Panel

• Kalesnikoff:
  • CLT
  • Glulam

• Smartlam:
  • CLT – Columbia Falls, MT
  • CLT – Dothan, AL

• Sterling Structural:
  • TerraLam Structural CLT

• StructureCraft:
  • DowelLam DLT

• Vaagen Timbers:
  • CLT
  • Glulam

Light-Frame Wood Products:

• LP Building Solutions:
  • LP FlameBlock fire-rated sheathing 
  • LP Legacy sub-flooring 
  • LP TopNotch 350 sub-flooring 
  • LP TechShield radiant barrier sheathing 
  • LP WeatherLogic air & water barrier sheathing 

• Huber Engineered Woods:
  • AdvanTech flooring & sheathing 
  • Zip System sheathing & tape

• RedBuilt:
  • RedBuilt open-web trusses
  • RedBuilt Red-I joists
  • RedBuilt RedLam (LVL)

Other Products:

• Georgia-Pacific:
  • Multiple EPDs available for gypsum products

• Global IFS:
  • TecCrete raised access floor

• Huber Engineered Woods:
  • Huber Tru-spec doors & millwork

• LP Building Solutions
  • LP SmartSide trim & siding
  • LP SmartSide ExpertFinish trim & siding
  • LP BuilderSeries siding 

• MiTek:
  • Builder products 
  • Metal truss connector plates and Posi-Strut metal webs 
  • Benson curtain wall

• Rothoblaas:
  • Multiple EPDs available for membrane products 
  • Xylofon soundproofing profile  

• Sterling Solutions
  • TerraLam Industrial Matting CLT

EPDs may also be available for other mass timber and engineered wood products. Reach out to your manufacturer if you are looking for an EPD not listed on this page.

Additional Resources:

Bowyer, J., Howe, J., Fernholz, K., Bratkovich, S., & Stai, S. (2011). Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) Are Coming: Is Your Business Ready?

International Organization for Standardization. (2006). ISO 14025:20006 Environmental Labels and declarations – Type III environmental declarations – Principles and procedure.

International Organization for Standardization. (2006). ISO 14040:2006 Environmental management – Life cycle assessment – Principles and framework.

International Organization for Standardization. (2006). ISO 14044:2006 Environmental management – Life cycle assessment – Requirements and guidelines.

International Organization for Standardization. (2017). ISO 21930:2017 Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works – Core rules for environmental product declarations of construction products and services.

Trusty, W. (2012). Environmental Product Declarations: What? Why? How?

¹ The production stage of a life cycle, which includes raw material extraction or harvest, transportation of those raw materials to the factory or mill, and manufacturing of the product itself, is often referred to as “cradle-to-gate.” Read more about the life cycle stages here.