Ecomedes and WAP Sustainability partner on sustainability data workflow
Ecomedes and WAP Sustainability, now part of SLR Consulting, have formed a partnership to connect product sustainability data management with green building compliance and specification workflows. The integration is designed to help manufacturers cut manual work while giving designers and specifiers more reliable EPD data.
Why it matters: - Building product manufacturers often have to manage sustainability data in one system and product specifications in another. - The new workflow is designed to reduce duplicate work, lower interpretation errors, and speed up how manufacturers get sustainability data in front of specifiers. - The partnership also aims to improve consistency for embodied carbon and environmental product information across construction software and compliance tools.
What happened: - Ecomedes announced a formal partnership with WAP Sustainability, a sustainability consulting and technical services firm recently acquired by SLR Consulting. - The companies said the combined offering links sustainability data management, green building compliance, and market-ready product specification workflows. - The announcement was made June 22, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee. - Ecomedes and WAP Sustainability said the partnership is built for building product manufacturers.
The details: - The integration connects ecomedes directly with WAP Sustainability’s OpenEPD Database. - Manufacturers’ Environmental Product Declaration information will flow into the ecomedes platform in a structured digital format. - The workflow is intended to replace manual product entry and static PDF extraction. - Ecomedes users will access manufacturer-reported EPD data sourced from manufacturer-created digital OpenEPDs. - The companies said that should help keep sustainability information current, transparent, and aligned with the original published EPD. - The OpenEPD Database is an open, centralized digital repository of structured EPD data. - The system is meant to give architects, designers, contractors, and procurement teams more reliable embodied carbon and sustainability data for product evaluation and specification. - Manufacturers can publish structured, manufacturer-reported EPD data into ecomedes through API connectivity. - The partnership is designed to reduce manual entry and minimize interpretation errors. - The setup is also intended to keep product information aligned with the original published EPD.
Between the lines: - Paul Shahriari, founder and chief innovation officer at ecomedes, said manufacturers have spent years managing two parallel workstreams: preparing sustainability data and getting that data in front of specifiers. - Shahriari said the combined offering should let manufacturers stop duplicating effort and see returns on sustainability investments faster. - Shahriari also pointed to LEED v5 as raising the bar for product documentation and embodied carbon. - William Paddock, CEO of WAP Sustainability, said accurate EPD data matters because it is shared across the ecosystem and must reflect the certified document. - Paddock described the OpenEPD Database as the source of truth for EPD information. - The partnership signals a broader push toward a more connected digital ecosystem for environmental product data in construction.
What's next: - Manufacturers using both platforms will be able to push EPD data into ecomedes through the OpenEPD connection. - The companies expect the integration to support more scalable distribution and use of environmental data in specification and procurement workflows. - Ecomedes said the workflow should help manufacturers reach architects, designers, contractors, and procurement teams with more reliable sustainability data. - WAP Sustainability, now part of SLR Consulting, will continue supporting product sustainability and ESG data solutions across multiple sectors.
The bottom line: - The partnership ties together the technical creation of EPD data and the commercial use of that data, aiming to make sustainability information easier to trust, update and use in building product decisions.
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