Basic course in environmental documentation – Kristiansand

We know that environmental documentation is perceived as a complicated area with many abbreviations. One such abbreviation is EPD (Environmental Product Documentation). Another abbreviation is LCA (Life Cycle Assessment).

To give you insight into the area of environmental documentation, we now offer a basic course in the subject.

The main target group for the course is small and medium-sized companies that have not previously developed an EPD. The course should, among other things, be relevant to the companies’ general managers.

The basic course is held in three different locations:

• Oslo, March 3, 2026 Registration
• Trondheim, March 5, 2026 Registration
• Kristiansand, March 23, 2026 Registration

Program

Background and overview of EPD and LCA

• The importance of prioritizing EPD work for your company’s competitiveness
• EPD as a basis for greenhouse gas calculations in buildings
• What is LCA and why do we work with it?

Introduction to EPD development

• What is an EPD?
• The process of verification through EPD Norway
• How do you work practically with the development of an EPD?

LCA analysis for product

• How to collect data from the database and from your own production
• Coordination of data points to save time and costs
• Specific tips on how the company should organize the process; What is particularly important to remember for companies that do not already have EPDs

How to create an EPD for your company?

• Review of the process
• Clarify what kind of data to collect and what needs to be retrieved from your own production process

What’s happening in Europe?

• Brief information about current processes in Europe

Course holders

Consultant Johann Kristian Næss, Treteknisk, has cutting-edge expertise in the areas of environmental properties, life cycle assessments and EPD, and performs analysis work for the “TRE-Standard 2.0” project. Technical Manager Monika Ulimoen, Treindustrien, has extensive experience from the consulting industry and has worked as an energy consultant and responsible building physicist in various construction projects. She is project manager for the “TRE-Standard 2.0” project.

Price

Price for the first participant in the company is 2900 NOK + VAT
Price for additional representative from the same company: 1000 kr + VAT per person

Registration deadline: February 20

TRE-Standard 2.0
The course is part of the project “TRE-Standard 2.0”, which is supported by Innovation Norway and Stiftelsen Byggskolen.

The “TRE-Standard 2.0” project provides, among other things, a technical basis for improving the methodology underlying the climate calculation of wood materials and offers courses and workshops to increase the expertise of Norwegian woodworking companies in the field of standardization.

The project is owned by the Norwegian Wood Cluster and is being carried out in close collaboration with Treteknisk and Treindustrien. Other partners in the project are the companies Dynea AS, Forestia AS, Gausdal Treindustrier ASA, Hunton Fiber, Inntre Kjelstad AS, Moelven Industrier ASA and Stangeskovene AS, as well as the clusters Wood Works! and Innotre.