DIRTT (Doing It Right This Time) Environmental Solutions, which uses 3D software to design, manufacture and install fully customized prefab interiors, has completed a third-party verified life cycle assessment and 15 environmental product declarations for prefabricated modular walls.
DIRTT says it also established the global product category rule for interior prefab modular walls, which defines the guidelines and requirements for EPDs in a particular category. This sets the standard for other companies in the construction industry to adapt and follow, the company says, resulting in more transparent, sustainable, environmentally friendly product choices.
DIRTT worked with a third-party environmental research company, Climate Earth, to measure and track the environmental footprint of the entire life cycle of DIRTT’s products, from gathering the raw materials to manufacturing, transporting, installing and recycling or disposing of them.
Durability is the most important characteristic associated with building products in general and green building products in particular, according to the findings of a blind survey of US architects commissioned by PPG Industries and published in October.