Data Sources

Where we find, collect and calculate data

Data sources

Product Database

The table below indicates all the sources of data which the 2050 Materials team collects in order to offer the most complete sustainability database

Data sources for Product database
Frequency of Update
Number of products / assemblies

Bi-weekly

>120'000

Bi-weekly

>25'000

Bi-weekly

≈ 5'000

On demand

≈ 150

EPDs from Manufacturer Websites

Ad-hoc

≈ 800

Self-declared LCAs by Manufacturers

Ad-hoc

< 50

TM65 (Embodied carbon assessments for MEP products)

Ad-hoc

< 50

AFRDI

Monthly

< 50

Application Guides (as provided by manufacturers)

Ad-hoc

≈ 200

BIFMA

Ad-hoc

≈ 100

Product Brochures (as provided by manufacturers)

Ad-hoc

≈ 200

C2C Certified

Monthly

88

Case Studies

Ad-hoc

< 50

Cradle to Cradle Certified Material Health

Monthly

74

Product Data-sheets

Ad-hoc

< 50

Declare Label

Monthly

≈ 3'000

EU Ecolabel

Ad-hoc

< 50

FSC

Ad-hoc

< 1'000

Green Guard

Ad-hoc

< 50

HPD

Ad-hoc

≈ 100

Indoor Advantage

Ad-hoc

< 50

Indoor Air Comfort

Ad-hoc

< 50

Indoor Air Comfort GOLD

Ad-hoc

< 50

ISO 14001

Ad-hoc

< 50

LEVEL

Ad-hoc

< 50

NaturePlus

Ad-hoc

< 50

PEFC

Ad-hoc

< 50

REACH Declaration

Ad-hoc

< 50

Specification Documents (as provided by manufacturers)

Ad-hoc

< 50

WELL V2 Declaration

Ad-hoc

< 50

Generic Material Data

Source Name
Number of Items
Region / Country
Year

2050 Materials Database (Statistical calculations updated yearly, see methodology docs)

1000

European & Global

2023

2050 Materials Quantity Surveyor Dataset - 2024

470

UK Focused

2024

2050 Materials Structural Systems (Embodied Carbon per m2 GIA)

104

European & Global

2024

2050 Materials Landscape Architecture Averages

9

UK

2024

1900

Germany

2024

2907

New Zealand

2023

409

Australia

2024

65

USA & Canada

2023

Future Homes Hub UK - Assemblies & Materials

55

UK

2024

2050 Materials Research (Structural Materials)

49

Europe

2024

Kaleidoscope (2025): Payette’s Kaleidoscope Embodied Carbon Design Tool, data from Tally by Building Transparency and KT Innovations, thinkstep, and Autodesk using industry representative LCI data unless otherwise noted. Accessed in November 2023.

100

USA

2021

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