What problem does it solve?
Manually creating structured research plans to find Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for building materials is time-consuming and error-prone, especially when accounting for project-specific constraints like CSI division, GWP targets, and regional requirements.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Offline Brief Parsing: Extracts material type, CSI division, GWP target, region, and EPD standard constraints from natural language project briefs.
- Optimized Query Generation: Produces targeted search queries for public EPD registries (UL, NSF, Environdec, IBU-EPD) and manufacturer sites.
- Standardized Output Schema: Creates a consistent candidate schema that integrates directly with downstream EPD parsing, comparison, and spec writing workflows.
- Use Case: A sustainability consultant working on a Northeast US commercial project needs low-GWP ready-mix concrete EPDs; this skill instantly generates a complete research plan with pre-filtered search queries.
Quick Start
Use the epd-research skill to create an EPD research plan for 4000 PSI ready-mix concrete with a GWP target under 350 for a Northeast US project.