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At the first IBU expert forum, ‘Next Level EPDs: Digital Tools, Automation & Best Practices,’ held on 1 July in Berlin, over 130 participants discussed how EPDs can be created in a more digital, automated and practical manner in the future. The programme offered exciting insights. Topics included software solutions, tool verification, data quality and the digital path from life cycle assessment to BIM model. This is precisely where the IBU, as programme operator, assumes responsibility – wit

IBU is committed at EU level to improving the new Construction Products Regulation (CPR)

“Good intentions are not enough. We reject unreasonable costs for construction product manufacturers, especially if they do not provide any additional benefits for sustainability,” says Florian Pronold, Managing Director of the Institute for Building and Environment (IBU).

The Institute Construction and Environment e.V. (IBU) is starting the year with good news: in the fourth quarter of 2020, 14 companies and organizations from various sectors of the construction and materials industries have found their way to the IBU.

We are pleased to welcome a total of 23 new members to our association in the third quarter of 2024.

The Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V. (IBU) is pleased to announce the addition of 14 new corporate members in the second quarter of 2024.

As an associated project partner, the Institut für Bauen und Umwelt e.V. (IBU) has been supporting the Zukunft Bau research project PCR4PV since June 1st 2024, which aims to advance the further development of Product Category Rules (PCR) for Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) of PV applications as part of Zukunft Bau research funding under the leadership of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE.

On 30.04.2024, the IBU published a new version of the PCR Part A (calculation rules for the life cycle assessment and requirements for the project report in accordance with EN 15804+A2:2019).