Overview
The purpose of the LEED v4.1 BD +C Building Product Disclosure and Optimization (BDPO)- Environmental Product Declarations is to encourage the use of products and materials for which life-cycle information is available and that have environmentally, economically, and socially preferable life-cycle impacts. This is also intended to reward project teams for selecting products from manufacturers who have verified improved environmental life-cycle impacts. You can earn a maximum of two credits.
Option 1: Environmental Product Declaration
Use at least 20 different permanently installed products sourced from at least 5 different manufacturers. For Exemplary Performance: Source at least 40 qualifying products from five manufacturers.
Weighting:
Product-specific Type III EPD = 1.5 product
All other EPD/ critically reviewed LCA = 1 product
Option 2: Multi-Attribute Optimization
Use products that comply with one of the criteria below for 10%, by cost, of the total value of permanently installed products in the project, or use at least 10 permanently installed products sourced from at least 3 different manufacturers.
Category | Requirements | Weighting |
Product-specific LCA using EN 15804 or ISO 21930 | Publicly available Life Cycle Impact Reduction Action Plan | Value at 50% by cost or ½ product |
Current third-party EPD or verified LCA that conforms to the comparability requirements of ISO 14025 and ISO 21930 | Demonstrate impact reduction in GWP, including a narrative of how reductions were achieved. The published comparisons must be third-party verified | Value at 100% by cost or 1 product |
As above but minimum 10% reduction in GWP | Value at 150% by cost or 1,5 products |
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| As above but minimum 20% reduction in GWP and at least 5% reduction in 2 additional impact categories. | Value at 200% by cost or 2 products |
Additional requirements | Products sourced (extracted, manufactured, purchased) within 100 miles (160 km) of the project site | Value at a maximum 200% by cost or 2 products |
Scope
This credit applies to all EPDs used across your building and reported in your LCA.
Guidance
When completing your LCA in any of the LEED tools, check off the EPD box for each material where you will be using the same material as the EPD as shown below:
These will then be listed on your results page under the results summary for easy collection to check if you have met the requirements for BPDO credits.