With many environmental product declarations, known as EPDs, already available, Plant and IVL’s initiative marks an important milestone in the industry’s efforts to increase transparency and reduce climate impact. IVL’s Resurshubben database is continuously updated with new, ready-to-use EPDs, giving construction organisations the tools they need to make informed choices that support sustainable development.

“Resurshubben will help everyone interpret EPD data in the same way. The idea is for tools to compete on their features, rather than on who interprets data best,” says Martin Erlandsson, Life Cycle Expert at IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute.

Resurshubben aims to be the most accessible, user-friendly EPD source on the market. “Ready to use” means, among other things, that climate impact is expressed as Boverket calculates it, using GWP (global warming potential) and GHG (greenhouse gases), and mapped to Boverket’s climate database. By bringing all generic EPD data together and automatically retrieving data from all leading EPD hubs, Plant ensures users can make the most attractive, environmentally friendly choices without manual work or extra cost.

“We see it as our responsibility to make climate data available free of charge to accelerate the industry’s transition. It should be a resource available to everyone who wants to reduce the construction sector’s climate impact, rather than a paid service,” says Pelle Tunell, CEO of Plant.

This integration marks the start of a new approach. Plant has begun importing and verifying all available EPDs and plans to continue expanding the database with IVL’s help to support an increasingly sustainable construction sector. The long-term vision is to make environmental data fully accessible, free and open source, accelerating and simplifying the industry’s shared climate transition.