Good day!
All of those EU EPDs are being driven by EU legislation which has imposed some near-term deadlines.
Allow me to share some things I have learned in my involvement creating EPDs for ventilation products manufactured in the EU for the North American market:
- Geographic Scope - If a French MEP manufacturer mainly ships Product XYZ to customers in France, and creates an EPD with a Geographic Scope = “France”, the carbon footprint for Product XYZ shipping to Seattle will be different and likely lower.
- Availability of an MEP product made in the EU with an EPD doesn’t mean there is a similar product available in North America. If a Dutch manufacturer manufactures Product WXY, and that product has a “Global” geographic scope, it does not mean that Product WXY has UL/ETL/etc safety certifications valid in the USA. The risk is that the placeholder product ends up in the specification, and on bid day, no equivalent product can be found for the North American market.