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Interface of the FDES configurator developed by Ailoop for MEISER, open on a laptop resting on a grating, next to the FDES generated for industrial flooring.

FDES configurator: generate your FDES across your whole catalogue.

FDES is the French EPD format (Fiche de Déclaration Environnementale et Sanitaire). Ailoop designs and develops bespoke FDES configurators, tailored to your products, your data and your processes, so your teams can generate their own environmental results and deliverables.

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Configurators already in production

  • FDES submitted to INIES

    300

    with our FDES configurators

  • FDES generated

    800

    with our FDES configurators

  • Product combinations covered

    +1000

  • To generate an FDES

    <1min

    on our FDES configurators

They trusted us with their configurator

  • MEISER
  • CTMNC
  • ROCKWOOL
  • FEHR

The problem

Your catalogue keeps changing. Your FDES production has to keep up.

Product references, variants, dimensions, compositions, production sites: every variation can call for its own FDES. Produced as a standalone study, each one ties up your teams, a budget and a verifier.

  1. More references

    Ranges, finishes, formats.

  2. More configurations

    Dimensions, compositions, sites.

  3. More FDES to produce

    One declaration per case covered.

  4. More repetitive tasks

    The same calculations, done again.

  5. A parametric model is needed

    Reusable LCA logic.

A scale problem is not solved by producing one-off FDES faster. It is solved by turning LCA expertise into a reusable tool.

Our solution

Your data becomes a tool. Your teams generate their FDES.

An Ailoop FDES configurator models the LCA (life cycle assessment) of your product ranges once, then generates as many FDES as you need from each product’s parameters.

  1. 01

    Your data and your products

    We start from what makes your products vary, where the data already lives: ERP, spreadsheets, technical data sheets, suppliers.

    • Families and references
    • Compositions
    • Sites and processes
    • Dimensions
    • Transport

  2. 02

    Your configurator, with LCA expertise built in

    The LCA model, its assumptions, its rules and its checks are built into the application. Your teams enter what they know; the tool applies the method.

    • LCA model
    • Calculation rules
    • Input checks
    • Traceability
    • Versions

  3. 03

    Your results and your deliverables

    Each run produces the FDES and its deliverables, in the same format every time, in under a minute on our configurators.

    • FDES as PDF
    • XML in INIES format
    • Environmental results
    • Other exports

    Generating an FDES does not validate it: the configurator is verified by an independent approved third party.

Understand in detail how an FDES configurator works

Generator or distributor

Two approaches to meet your needs.

We develop both types of FDES configurator. The choice depends on what varies in your products and on how your FDES are used.

  • Generator FDES configurator

    To produce the official FDES for your product ranges

    A generator configurator is verified once; each FDES it generates then goes through a lighter verification (the verifier checks the composition rather than the calculations), and is then submitted to INIES.

    What varies: composition, raw materials, sites, processes.

    For example: Rockwool, three insulation families

    An example: our FDES configurators for insulation

  • Distributor FDES configurator

    To supply the FDES for each order or each project

    A distributor configurator is verified once, then recognised for RE2020, the French environmental regulation for new buildings: the FDES it produces can be used directly, with no obligation to submit them to INIES, in an XML format that can be imported into building calculation software. The manufacturer can also choose to submit them to INIES to broaden its published catalogue.

    What varies: dimensions, finishes, delivery, construction site.

    For example: MEISER, gratings and industrial flooring

    An example: our FDES configurators for metal products
Compare the generator configurator and the distributor configurator in detail

Demo

From configuring the product to generating its FDES.

The user needs just three steps: choose the product family, enter its characteristics, generate the FDES. Here, a walkthrough modelled on FDES-MEISER, the configurator we developed for MEISER.

  1. Choose the product familyPress-locked gratings, electroforged gratings or industrial flooring.
  2. Enter the parametersMaterial, profiles, mesh, galvanising, construction site: only the values allowed by the model are accepted.
  3. Generate the FDES and its deliverablesPDF, XML in INIES format and spreadsheet, ready to send.
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Conceptual previewA typical journey through our configurators: choosing the family, entering the parameters, then downloading the FDES, the XML file and the Excel spreadsheet.

Case studies

FDES configurators already developed for manufacturers and industry sectors

Our configurators are not demonstrators. They address real problems faced by manufacturers and industry sectors dealing with a growing number of products and of environmental data to produce.

Ailoop has developed FDES generation tools for manufacturers and industry sectors, notably through the MEISER and DimACV projects.

Interface of the FDES configurator developed by Ailoop for MEISER, next to an FDES generated for industrial flooring, on a grating.

MEISERManufacturer · gratings and industrial flooring

A distributor FDES configurator for three product families

The need
Supply an FDES that matches the product actually ordered (dimensions, material, galvanising) and its transport to the construction site.
What we built
A web configurator that brings together three product families, their business parameters and the project’s environmental model. The user chooses the family, enters the characteristics and generates the FDES as PDF, XML and Excel.
Who did what
LCA modelling: WeLOOP. Digitalisation, application and calculation automation: Ailoop.
  • 200FDES published in the INIES programme
  • 678product combinations covered
  • < 1 minto generate an FDES
Discover the MEISER project
DimACV configurator for natural stone products, open on a laptop resting on a block of stone in a quarry, next to a generated FDES.

CTMNC / DimACVIndustry sector · natural stone

A collective configurator for the natural stone sector

The need
Make the variability specific to natural stone usable (quarry geology, extraction and sawing energy, transport, delivered formats) without a study for each combination.
What we built
Together with CTMNC, Ailoop designed a configurator that speaks the sector’s language. Manufacturers, often not LCA experts, describe their quarry, their processes and their formats; the methodological rules of the DimACV project apply automatically.
Who did what
Model and rules: DimACV collective project led by CTMNC. Configurator design and development: Ailoop.
  • 388FDES generated
  • 180users
  • 11manufacturers provided their data
  • < 1 minto generate an FDES
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The examples shown here are those our clients have allowed us to name. Other configurators have been developed for manufacturers who wish to remain anonymous.

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Sectors

FDES configurators for your products

Each sector has its own product families, parameters and configurator architecture. See what we have already modelled in yours.

Why Ailoop

Why manufacturers trust us with their FDES configurators

Ailoop designs and develops bespoke FDES configurators for construction product manufacturers and industry sectors.

  1. Combined environmental and digital expertise

    LCA project management, data, development and UX work in the same team. When a project calls for it, the LCA engineers at WeLOOP, our sister company, join us.

  2. A solution built around your products and your processes

    We start from your product ranges, your data and the way your teams actually work, rather than imposing generic software.

  3. LCA expertise made accessible to your teams

    The expertise is built into the model, the rules and the checks. Your environmental, product or sales teams generate their FDES without becoming LCA experts.

  • 800FDES generated with our FDES configurators
  • 300FDES submitted to INIES with our FDES configurators

Our method

How we build your configurator

The same people from scoping to go-live. Verification is prepared from the start, not at the end.

The stages of an FDES configurator project in detail

  1. Step 01: Scoping

    Families and references to cover, what varies, users, expected deliverables and verification schedule.

  2. Step 02: Model and data

    Structuring your data, building or taking over the LCA model, rules and variation ranges.

  3. Step 03: Development

    User journey, calculation engine, checks, PDF and XML exports, connections to your tools if needed.

  4. Step 04: Testing, verification and deployment

    Test configurations, verification by an independent approved third party, go-live, then maintenance and further development.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best way to generate compliant FDES?

To produce compliant FDES at scale, the most reliable solution is a verified bespoke FDES configurator: LCA expertise is built once into a model checked by an INIES-approved verifier, and every FDES generated relies on that framework. An LCA platform can also produce compliant FDES, but each one remains a full study that must be verified in its entirety. LCA platform or verified FDES configurator

How much does an FDES configurator cost?

There is no list price: the budget depends on the number of product families, the variability to cover, the state of your data and your LCAs, the features and the verification set-up. We price it after a first conversation about your catalogue. Cost and payback of an FDES configurator

Can the configurator be integrated with an ERP?

Yes, depending on what your systems allow: references, bills of materials or compositions can be pulled from an ERP or a product database, by import or via an API. We look at these connections during scoping, checking data quality first. The data to prepare for a configurator

Do your teams need to master LCA?

No. LCA expertise is built into the application’s model, rules and checks: your teams enter information they already know (product, composition, site, order) and the tool only accepts the values provided for. Changing the model, however, remains expert work. Understand how an FDES configurator works

Can the configurator evolve?

Yes. New references, data updates, new families: a configurator is maintained and extended. A major change to the model or its parameters may require a new verification; we identify these cases from the design stage. What triggers a new verification

What if your teams could generate their FDES straight from your product data?

Let’s talk about your product families, the variability of your catalogue, your data and the volume of FDES you need to produce.

In a free, no-commitment first conversation, an LCA expert and a digital expert will tell you whether a configurator makes sense for you, and which one.

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