Machine-translated from Danish

How to find the right building product

Purpose

Find the building product that best represents the actual product in your building.

You have a construction open in the building model.

Open the construction’s row menu, choose Insert from library, and use the search field: search by material type or manufacturer name.
If a specific EPD exists for the exact product you’re using, choose it. It’s more accurate than a generic value.
If no Danish EPD exists, consider a foreign EPD or a generic value as a conservative estimate, see When should you use a generic value instead of a specific EPD?.
Check the icon on the building product: a “withdrawn” icon means the EPD is no longer valid with the supplier. Choose a different product in that case.
If the building product has several versions, the detail panel shows a version switcher: click it to browse the versions (newest first) and deliberately pick an older one if that’s the right fit. The insert action uses whichever version you’ve selected in the switcher.

The building product is added to the construction with its emission data and lifespan.