The DAPconstrucción® EPD PO was a pioneer in Europe, being created in 2008 by the Department of Territory and Sustainability of the Government of Catalonia and the Chartered Institute of Building Technical Architecture in Barcelona. In Catalonia, in February 2008, a collaboration agreement was signed between the Directorate-General for Building Quality and Housing Rehabilitation (DGQERH), the Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Climate Change (DGQACC) of the Department and the Chartered Institute of Building Technical Achitecture in Barcelona (CATEB), for the development of a programme of environmental product declarations in the construction sector.

Chartered Institute of Building Technical Achitecture in Barcelona
DAPconstrucción EPD PO
Government of Catalonia. Department of Territory and Sustainability .

Its purpose is to promote the reduction of the environmental impact of construction activity by accompanying those organizations and companies that manufacture construction products that wish to commit to the environmental improvement of their production processes, which also wish to increase the competitiveness and visibility of the company, and thus improve the image of the construction sector.

Since its creation, the programme has been administered by the Chartered Institute of Building Technical Achitecture, with the aim of managing the registration process, advising the driving companies, coordinating the agents involved and promoting actions to disseminate its use among professionals in the sector.

The Chartered Institute of Building Technical Achitecture in Barcelona has a long environmental history in Spain, through an environmental unit that was created in 1993, which has developed countless pioneering initiatives and projects to promote the transformation of the construction sector in Spain towards a more sustainable and environmentally friendly model.

The main mission of the DAPconstruction® EPD PO is divided into four fundamental aspects:

  1. Transfer, disseminate and publicise quality environmental data on construction products in the market.
  2. To help decision-making through tools and advice.
  3. Accompany, bring together and relate business organisations and companies that manufacture products with DAPcons®, with the agents in the construction sector that have to use them (developers, builders, designers, project managers, control entities, etc.)
  4. Enabler of success for organizations that drive sustainability in the sector.