Education
BUILD COMPETENCE FOR A SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
ECO Platform’s education programmes provide professionals across the construction product value chain with the knowledge and skills needed to understand, manage, and communicate Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and related EU regulation.
Key Advantages:
- Developed and maintained by leading EPD experts
- Fully aligned with EN 15804, CPR, EPBD, and European LCA methods
- Already trusted by more than 60+ certified ECO EPD Officers
- Designed for all roles involved in the EPD ecosystem
- Supporting manufacturers and associations in building long-term EPD competence
Why ECO Education?
ECO Platform provides structured and continuously updated training programmes that reflect the latest regulatory, methodological, and market developments around EPDs, CPR, EPBD, and sustainable construction. Our courses are built by recognised experts and trusted by industry associations, manufacturers, consultants, and verifiers globally.
Course Overview
Our Education Programmes
Whether you need strategic insights, communication skills, or the full competence to manage EPD production processes, ECO Education offers a pathway tailored to your role and responsibilities.
A strategic briefing that prepares leadership teams for the regulatory and market transformation driven by CPR, EPBD and mandatory environmental data.
A practical course enabling professionals to understand and communicate EPDs and environmental information with accuracy and confidence.
A comprehensive certification pathway that builds full in-house competence for producing and managing EPDs in compliance with European standards.
An advanced training programme for consultants who support manufacturers in developing, interpreting and applying EPDs and environmental product information.
A specialised programme for professionals seeking qualification to review and verify ECO EPDs and DoPCs based on EN 15804, ECO Standards and EU regulations.
TRAINING FOR ASSOCIATIONS
ECO Platform cooperates with industry associations to offer co-branded training, tailored sessions, and sector-specific competence development for their members. Associations can integrate their own experts, localise content, and benefit from established, continuously updated materials.
Get to know your trainers
Dr. Jane Anderson
Co-Convenor of TEWOG
Dr Jane Anderson has been working with EPD since the 1990s and is an approved verifier for many of the ECO Platform EPD Programmes. She is actively involved in trying to demystify EPD, working with companies to understand the best way to engage with EPD, and in EPD standards development.
Susanne Volz
Circular Economy Specialist
Susanne Volz is a Circular Economy specialist and long-time LCA practitioner. As experienced international educator, she developed and facilitated more than 300 trainings around those topics for European institutions and companies.
Dr. Wolfram Trinius
Managing Partner, Trinius
Wolfram Trinius holds a PhD-degree in LCA in building construction. He has actively been involved in international standardization (ISO & CEN) related to EPDs and sustainable construction. He is co-initiator of DGNB and currently holds the chair of the technical board. He is appointed independent verifier to the IBU EPD-program. Since 2000 he is managing partner of Ingenieubüro Trinius, located in Hamburg.
Christian Donath
Managing Director, ECO Platform
Christian worked as civil engineer at Hochtief for a decade. He was CEO of the German Sustainable Building Council DGNB (2008 – 2010 ) and represented Germany on the Board member of the World Green Building Council. He decisively participated in the founding of the of ECO Platform, which he serves as Managing Director since its establishment.
Dr Jane Anderson has been working with EPD since the 1990s and is an approved verifier for many of the ECO Platform EPD Programmes. She is actively involved in trying to demystify EPD, working with companies to understand the best way to engage with EPD, and in EPD standards development.
Susanne Volz is a Circular Economy specialist and long-time LCA practitioner. As experienced international educator, she developed and facilitated more than 300 trainings around those topics for European institutions and companies.
Wolfram Trinius holds a PhD-degree in LCA in building construction. He has actively been involved in international standardization (ISO & CEN) related to EPDs and sustainable construction. He is co-initiator of DGNB and currently holds the chair of the technical board. He is appointed independent verifier to the IBU EPD-program. Since 2000 he is managing partner of Ingenieubüro Trinius, located in Hamburg.
Christian worked as civil engineer at Hochtief for a decade. He was CEO of the German Sustainable Building Council DGNB (2008 – 2010 ) and represented Germany on the Board member of the World Green Building Council. He decisively participated in the founding of the of ECO Platform, which he serves as Managing Director since its establishment.
READY TO BUILD EPD COMPETENCE IN YOUR ORGANISATION?
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