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Demystifying Transparency Data Creation & Management: Humans, APIs and AI

By: Sustainable Minds • Jan 23, 2025

Part 1: EC3 embodied carbon comparisons – What, why & how?

The urgency to transform the built environment is fueling demand for better data, innovative workflows and advanced tools. Join us for an inside look at the challenges faced by transparency data creators as they work to deliver timely and accurate information.

We frequently get asked how the content in the Transparency Catalog is acquired and curated, i.e., how MFRs, products and disclosures get added, the frequency of updates, MFR involvement and more. With the increasing demand for EPDs and material disclosures, more MFRs are creating more disclosures from more data creators at a faster rate! Welcome to our world!

Join us for this crash session to learn about

  • How EC3 is categorizing the significant influx of EPDs
  • What is involved in making Pilot and Draft categories public
  • How high quality PCRs lead to high quality EPDs that
  • provide more accurate comparisons in EC3
  • How to help EC3 prioritize category development and engage MFRs in the process
  • How we use the EC3 API to provide comparative results in
  • the Transparency Catalog
  • NEW! major update to EC3 comparative results display
  • How we work with MFRs to ensure their results are accurate
  • The round-trip EC3 and Transparency Catalog data journey
  • How we’re changing data management processes for Project Builder & Library

Sustainable Minds is committed to:

  • Making transparency info easy to use, not just easy to find
  • Ensuring low-carbon and healthy material selection is accessible to all project teams
  • Helping MFRs’ product transparency investments pay off by getting their products into Projects and Libraries!

Watch the 2024 series

Demystifying the PCR, LCA, EPD Creation Process: Standards, Tools and Trends
Part 1: PCRs
Part 2: LCAs and EPDs
Part 3: Data & carbon calculator tools

The Transparency Catalog is the leading source of building & construction products for high-performance, low-carbon buildings AND the first end-to-end collaborative workflow solution for sourcing products & materials that meet carbon impact AND human health goals. Find out why and how AECOs and MFRs use it.

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