Environment & certifications

EPD (Environmental Product Declaration)

Environmental Product Declaration, EPD, is an internationally recognized standard for environmental declaration, and describes and documents the environmental impacts of a given building material throughout its life cycle.

In other words, an EPD is a uniform narrative of how much energy has been used, how many resources it has cost and how much waste it has generated to produce the material.

This ensures contractors, builders, and architects’ full transparency regarding our products’ environmental impact, including resource consumption, waste generation and CO2 emissions.

EN 15804 / ISO 14025

Read more about The International EPD® System here

Eurofins Indoor Air Comfort Gold Certification

HØRNING is proud to announce that we are now Eurofins Indoor Air Comfort Gold certified.

The Eurofins Indoor Air Comfort Gold Certification is a quality assurance of our intern processes and products that are tested and screened for unwanted chemicals.

HØRNING contribute to a healthier indoor climate by delivering sustainable solid wooden floors that live up to the requirements under DGNB, M1, BREEAM, and LEED, just to name a few.

Read more about Eurofins Air Comfort Gold here

FSC® and PEFC Certification

FSC® and PEFC are internationally recognized labeling schemes for responsible forestry according to traceability, environmental, social and economic criteria. We use FSC® and PEFC certified wood where possible. But unfortunately only 1-2% of the world’s forests are currently certified under a global environmental scheme. Therefore, the demand is naturally far greater than the supply on the market, which is why we are constantly combing the market for more responsible suppliers of quality wood.

CE-approved products

HØRNING is CE-certified in accordance with EN 14342.

BREEAM (UK)

Hørning Parket’s flooring solutions contribute to the accumulation of building credits for the BREEAM certification of buildings.

The BRE Environmental Assessment Method is an environmental certification system from the UK. The entire building is certified; not individual products. Products included in the building must satisfy certain criteria in order to contribute to the building’s overall certification. The BREEAM certification system has five different levels: Pass, Good, Very Good, Excellent and Outstanding.

Byggvarubedömningen (Sweden)

A number of Hørning Parket’s flooring solutions and accessories are certified in accordance with Byggvarubedömningen.

Byggvarubedömningen is a financial association, which came up with a system for evaluating the sustainability of products on the Swedish market. Construction materials are assessed on the basis of environmental and health-related aspects in accordance with the Swedish Construction Federation’s guidelines for construction materials declarations. The products can be judged accordingly: Avoid, Accepted and Recommended.

LEED (USA)

Hørning Parket’s flooring solutions contribute to the accumulation of building credits for the LEED certification of buildings.

The LEED Green Building Rating System is an American environmental certification developed by the United States Green Building Council. The entire building is certified; not individual products. Products included in the building must satisfy certain criteria in order to contribute to the building’s overall certification. LEED has four different levels: Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum.

SundaHus (Sweden)

A number of Hørning Parket’s flooring solutions and accessories are certified in accordance with SundaHus.

SundaHus is a web-based system and tool, which guarantees a conscious selection of materials and helps systematise the work on phasing out dangerous substances in the life cycle of a building. The evaluation documents consist of the contents declaration of the material’s supplier and the Swedish Construction Federation’s guidelines for construction material declarations. The products are graded A, B, C +, C- or D.

NBS Nordic

Hørning Parket’s products are available with direct access to our product descriptions and environmental documents.

NBS Nordic is a leading cloud-based specification platform in the Nordic region, tailored to the Nordic markets. The platform is designed to provide structure, overview, and coherence in project and tender material, making it the ideal tool for professionals in the construction industry.