How Lodestellar Is Using AI to Improve EPD Quality in Construction

"Lodestellar is using AI to help manufacturers improve the quality of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), reducing delays, compliance risks, and verification costs in construction. The platform acts like a "linter" for sustainability data, helping companies produce clearer and more reliable environmental disclosures as demand for verified carbon data grows globally."

""We've seen that manufacturers are increasingly keen to ditch vague eco slogans and self-declared green certificates, which were never really very effective," says Lodestellar CEO Anni Oviir. "The whole topic of sustainability is moving out of marketing and into data science where it belongs.""

"EPDs use scientific methodology and independent verification to reveal environmental impacts in detail for manufacturers of building products who are now racing to get them published or risk being left out of tenders. It's the result of looming legislation and increasing market pressures around the world, leading to stricter limits on the carbon cost of new buildings."

"It means specifiers are increasingly choosing building suppliers by comparing the hard data in their EPDs - if they have them. When a potential supplier doesn't have an EPD for their product, specifiers have to use assumed values that overestimate the carbon cost of producing it, so merely having an EPD can be a significant competitive a"

Lodestellar applies AI to improve the quality of Environmental Product Declarations for construction products. The platform functions like a “linter” for sustainability data, helping manufacturers produce clearer and more reliable environmental disclosures. This reduces delays, compliance risks, and verification costs associated with publishing EPDs. Manufacturers face pressure to publish verified carbon and life-cycle impact data due to legislation and market demand. EPDs rely on scientific methodology and independent verification, and they are increasingly used by specifiers to compare suppliers using hard data. When suppliers lack EPDs, specifiers often rely on assumed values that overestimate carbon costs, making EPD availability a competitive advantage.

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