IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY

How Life Cycle Assessments Help Preserve Our Forests?

The article “Improving Transparency: How Life Cycle Assessments Help Preserve Our Forests” featuring Innowood Australia was published on the latest InfoLink Magazine (Sept/Oct 2017 | Vol 23 | No 5). The article talk about responsible sourcing of timber products and how Life Cycle Assessments helps the building professionals with the knowledge of the overall impact of products on the environment.

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is an internationally accepted tool for assessing the environmental impacts associated with a product and is used by architects to make informed decisions about building materials and create more sustainable designs. An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) was awarded to Innowood Australia products based on its LCA, which helps to protect forests and by putting the power back in the hands of building professionals and providing them with the information they need to make the right decisions. Innowood EPD provides transparency to all the building professionals showing its products which results in the least harmful impact to the environment and allowing them to create a truly sustainable project.