In this session, the Cluster, as the operator responsible for the DAPHabitat System program, clarified some relevant aspects about the Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) within the scope of the Habitat value chain, showing the type of content that can be found in these documents and how to elaborate them. The Cluster also clarified the importance of its use by companies, in relation to the green transition of their processes, products and solutions to Habitat.
In the same session, Professor Helena Gervásio (U. Coimbra), member of the Technical Committee of the DAPHabitat System, clarified the role and relevance of the different existing normative elements that support sustainability in the buildings sector.
Finally, Eng. Rui Barros da Garcia Garcia – Design & Build, S.A presented real cases of the use of the life cycle analysis methodology in Grupo Garcia’s projects, highlighting its importance in the detailed study of the final function of buildings and their users, in order to better understand, for example, energy needs in the early stages of design and construction.