27 October 2014 00:00

The environmental impacts have been calculated for the life cycle of Ruukki building products and the results will be published in updated environmental product declarations (EPDs). Different environmental classifications of buildings have increased demand for EPDs, and the new, updated Ruukki EPDs fulfill the market requirements. On top of that, the new EPDs show that Ruukki's products have, in some cases, significantly smaller environmental impacts than many similar products on the market.

Besides the information on lifecycle environmental impacts, the EPDs give information on product material content, production, sourcing, packaging and transportation, waste management and safe installation and use.

Ruukki Building Systems' EPD for structural steels was published first. The rest of the Ruukki Construction products EPDs will be published during the year 2014. EPDs are available after publication at ruukki.com/epd.

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