It is an important information for the investors who value the choice of quality and sustainable materials, i.e. products created with the environment in mind. The Polish Building Research Institute has checked the production process of fences, and issued appropriate documentation that allows us to proudly boast about the Environmental Product Declaration Type III Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for fencing systems and industrial gates manufactured in Poland.
WIŚNIOWSKI products for which EPD was obtained: fence gates, industrial gates, segments and VEGA panels. No by-products are produced in the production process of these elements. Only recycled or recovered raw materials are used to produce them.
The Environmental Product Declaration allows you to trace in detail the product’s impact on the environment throughout its entire life cycle (LCA – Life Cycle Assessment) – from the acquisition of materials, through the production stage, transport, assembly, use, up to disposal and recycling.
Special declaration for WIŚNIOWSKI products
The declaration specifies the following parameters: the amount of raw materials necessary to produce the product, energy consumption of the production process, water and electricity consumption, data on emissions to water, soil and air, as well as the amount of waste generated throughout the entire cycle. This detailed information shows what impact a specific product has on the environment throughout its entire life cycle.
Thanks to the EPD declaration, customers who use the product have access to knowledge about its carbon footprint, environmental impact and which raw materials were used in the production process. On this basis, they can, among others: assess the entire life cycle of not only the product but also the building itself. This will allow the designer to incorporate sustainable and durable solutions with a view to future emissions that will arise during the operational phase – already at the design stage. Customers, in turn, have access to the EPD declaration, which also allows them to make conscious consumer decisions related to reducing the impact of their investment on the environment. Moreover, the use of the products with a type III environmental declaration increases the number of points in the process of green certification of buildings in well-known programs: BREEAM, LEED and others – said Karolina Dorula-Mamala, Head of the Product Research and Certification Department and ESG Project Manager at WIŚNIOWSKI company.
Obtaining an EPD declaration is preceded by verification by an accredited and notified certified body, in this case it was the Building Research Institute. It assesses the product life cycle based on its compliance with the requirements of the standards EN ISO 14025 Environmental labels and declarations type III and EN 15804 Sustainability of construction works – Environmental product declarations – Basic principles of categorization of construction products.
The recommendation of the Building Research Institute for the Type III environmental declaration for gates and fencing systems is a reliable confirmation that WIŚNIOWSKI products are the best choice for sustainable construction – on the Polish and the international markets. By introducing products which on the one hand are less emissive and on the other hand provide competitive technical parameters, we are able to significantly reduce the impact of our production processes on the environment.