Will your EPD help my project earn LEED credits?

It contributes to two credits, and which one depends on what you are claiming. For the MR credit on Building Product Disclosure and Optimization, Environmental Declarations, the EPD is Recognised Compliant under Option 1, which means the certificate satisfies that credit directly. Under Option 2 the same EPD is Recognised Evidence: it supports a multi-attribute submission but does not close it on its own.

For the MR Material Ingredients credit, the document that carries the credit is our PHD Platinum declaration rather than the EPD. Under LEED v4.1 it is audited verified for Option 1 and recognised compliant for Option 2.

The distinction catches teams out, because an EPD request often assumes material ingredients come with it. Send us the rating tool, the version and the credit reference, and we will confirm the position in writing. The full mapping is on our EPD certification page.