[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":279},["ShallowReactive",2],{"fdes-guide-en-generateur-vs-diffuseur":3,"i-lucide:gauge":250,"i-lucide:ruler":255,"i-lucide:paint-roller":257,"i-lucide:hard-hat":259,"i-lucide:flask-conical":261,"i-lucide:library":263,"i-lucide:sliders-horizontal":265,"i-lucide:truck":267,"i-lucide:map-pin":269,"i-heroicons:document-text":236,"i-lucide:chevron-right":236,"i-lucide:boxes":236,"i-heroicons:book-open":236,"i-heroicons:plus":236,"i-lucide:lock":236,"i-lucide:circle-check":236,"i-lucide:calculator":236,"i-lucide:badge-check":236,"i-lucide:factory":236,"i-lucide:grid-3x3":236,"i-lucide:mountain":236,"i-lucide:layers":236,"i-lucide:arrow-right":236,"i-lucide:circle-dashed":271,"i-lucide:layers-3":273,"i-lucide:shopping-cart":275,"i-lucide:send":277},{"id":4,"title":5,"a_valider":6,"audience":12,"author":13,"body":14,"cta":192,"description":198,"extension":199,"eyebrow":200,"faq":201,"hero_visual":217,"lang":218,"lead":219,"meta":220,"navigation":221,"path":222,"primary_intent":223,"published_at":224,"reading_minutes":225,"related":226,"reviewed_by":236,"secondary_intents":237,"seo":242,"seo_title":243,"short_title":244,"sources":245,"stem":246,"updated_at":247,"whitepaper_pages":248,"__hash__":249},"fdesGuides\u002Fen\u002Fconfigurateur-fdes\u002Fgenerateur-vs-diffuseur.md","Generator or distributor FDES configurator: what are the differences?",[7,8,9,10,11],"Relecture ACV (Naeem ADIBI) : non faite.","Définition validée du générateur : la parenthèse « le vérificateur contrôle la composition plutôt que les calculs » n'est pas dans l'annexe N INIES (décembre 2025). À confirmer.","Figure « ce qui peut varier » : niveaux « Selon le modèle » à faire relire (finition, livraison, chantier pour un générateur ; caractéristiques techniques pour un diffuseur).","Animation du générateur : familles d’isolants, parts de matières, usines et distances fictives (aucun produit client).","Figure « Partir de votre situation » : les six situations et leurs justifications sont à relire.","This comparison is for manufacturers who know a configurator can help them and now need to choose the approach that fits their products and the way they use their FDES.","guillaume-szablewski",{"type":15,"value":16,"toc":178},"minimark",[17,34,39,46,49,52,56,59,62,65,69,72,75,83,87,90,95,103,107,113,116,124,128,131,134,142,146,149,157,161,164,167,171],[18,19,20,21,25,26,33],"p",{},"An FDES (the French EPD format, ",[22,23,24],"em",{},"Fiche de Déclaration Environnementale et Sanitaire",") configurator can work in two ways. A generator models products: it varies what they are made of and how they are manufactured. A distributor starts from a product that is already defined and adapts its results to the order or the site. Both rely on a parametric, verified LCA model; what sets them apart is what can still vary, and what becomes of the FDES once it is generated. The INIES programme uses both terms in its ",[27,28,32],"a",{"href":29,"rel":30},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.inies.fr\u002Fressource\u002Fprocedure-de-verification-et-denregistrement-dun-configurateur\u002F",[31],"nofollow","configurator verification procedure",".",[35,36,38],"h2",{"id":37},"what-is-the-difference-between-a-generator-and-a-distributor","What is the difference between a generator and a distributor?",[18,40,41,42],{},"The difference lies in which product characteristics can vary. ",[43,44,45],"strong",{},"A generator models products; a distributor adapts the results of products that are already defined.",[47,48],"guide-gen-vs-diff",{},[18,50,51],{},"This is not a question of sophistication: a distributor is not a “small” generator. They are two answers to two different needs, and the choice is made on your products, not on the technology.",[35,53,55],{"id":54},"what-can-vary-in-each-approach","What can vary in each approach?",[18,57,58],{},"It all depends on the LCA model and its scope of validity. As a rule, a generator varies the product and how it is made; a distributor varies the order and the site.",[60,61],"guide-varies",{},[18,63,64],{},"Two misconceptions are worth dispelling. A generator is not limited to composition: it can vary dimensions, performance or the manufacturing site, as long as its model provides for it. And a distributor is not just about dimensions: the finish, the delivery distance or the installation method can also be authorised parameters.",[35,66,68],{"id":67},"how-does-a-generator-configurator-work","How does a generator configurator work?",[18,70,71],{},"The user describes the product as a whole: its family, its composition, how it is made. Each combination corresponds to an FDES, calculated with the rules of the model.",[73,74],"guide-gvd-generator",{},[18,76,77,78,82],{},"This is the approach for manufacturers whose products change through their inputs: several formulations, several raw materials, several plants. Ailoop, for example, developed a generator configurator for Rockwool that covers three insulation families; the ",[27,79,81],{"href":80},"\u002Fconfigurateur-fdes\u002Fisolants","insulation vertical"," presents how it works.",[35,84,86],{"id":85},"how-does-a-distributor-configurator-work","How does a distributor configurator work?",[18,88,89],{},"The user starts from a reference product, whose composition and manufacturing are locked. They only fill in the authorised parameters, related to the order, delivery or site, and the application adapts the results to the configuration actually delivered.",[91,92],"guide-brick-configurator",{"caption":93,"label":94},"Illustrative example. The reference product is defined; only the colour, the thickness and the site vary, and the application adapts the FDES to this configuration.","The journey through a distributor configurator",[18,96,97,98,102],{},"This is the approach for manufacturers for whom each order or each site calls for its own FDES: the same grating delivered in many dimensions, the same stone delivered over different distances. The ",[27,99,101],{"href":100},"\u002Frealisations\u002Fmeiser-configurateur-fdes","MEISER FDES configurator"," is a distributor.",[35,104,106],{"id":105},"what-happens-after-generation","What happens after generation?",[18,108,109,110,33],{},"This is where the two approaches truly part ways. With a generator, each FDES must be verified and then published on INIES. With a distributor, it is the configurator that is verified, then recognised for RE2020, the French environmental regulation for new buildings: its declarations can then be used directly in building calculation software, ",[43,111,112],{},"with no further verification of each FDES",[114,115],"guide-after-paths",{},[18,117,118,119,123],{},"In both cases, verification is entrusted to an independent third party approved by the INIES programme: neither the manufacturer, nor whoever carried out the LCA, nor the company that developed the application. For a distributor, submitting the FDES to INIES remains possible but is not mandatory. These procedures follow their own timetable: the ",[27,120,122],{"href":121},"\u002Fconfigurateur-fdes\u002Fverification","FDES configurator verification guide"," details them, including the two annual RE2020 recognition sessions.",[35,125,127],{"id":126},"which-one-should-you-choose-for-your-products","Which one should you choose for your products?",[18,129,130],{},"Start from what varies in your products, and from what you want to do with the FDES once it is generated.",[132,133],"guide-gvd-chooser",{},[18,135,136,137,141],{},"To pinpoint your need in a few questions, the ",[27,138,140],{"href":139},"\u002Fconfigurateur-fdes\u002Fpertinence","suitability guide"," offers an interactive self-assessment.",[35,143,145],{"id":144},"can-both-be-combined-in-one-application","Can both be combined in one application?",[18,147,148],{},"Yes, it is possible, but it is neither automatic nor always useful. The INIES programme even provides for configurators that are “generators and distributors”.",[18,150,151,152,156],{},"It makes sense when a manufacturer has both needs at once: publishing the FDES for its ranges, and giving its customers the FDES of the product delivered. Each function then keeps its own verification rules, and the model must be designed for both from the outset. On the ",[27,153,155],{"href":154},"\u002Fconfigurateur-fdes\u002Fbeton","concrete vertical",", we present both approaches, because the sector’s products lend themselves to it.",[35,158,160],{"id":159},"real-world-cases","Real-world cases",[18,162,163],{},"The configurators developed by Ailoop cover both approaches. Here are the ones our clients have allowed us to name; others were developed for manufacturers who wish to remain anonymous.",[165,166],"guide-gvd-cases",{},[35,168,170],{"id":169},"key-takeaways","Key takeaways",[18,172,173,174,177],{},"The choice is not made on technology, but on your products. ",[43,175,176],{},"If your inputs and processes change, a generator; if it is the variants of a defined product, a distributor."," And if you have both needs, one application can carry both functions.",{"title":179,"searchDepth":180,"depth":180,"links":181},"",3,[182,184,185,186,187,188,189,190,191],{"id":37,"depth":183,"text":38},2,{"id":54,"depth":183,"text":55},{"id":67,"depth":183,"text":68},{"id":85,"depth":183,"text":86},{"id":105,"depth":183,"text":106},{"id":126,"depth":183,"text":127},{"id":144,"depth":183,"text":145},{"id":159,"depth":183,"text":160},{"id":169,"depth":183,"text":170},{"title":193,"text":194,"label":195,"to":196,"source":197},"Generator, distributor, or both: your products decide.","We develop both types of FDES configurator. Discover Ailoop’s solutions and the configurators already in production at manufacturers.","Discover our solutions","\u002Fconfigurateur-fdes","guide-generateur-vs-diffuseur","Generator or distributor: what varies in each FDES configurator, how each one works, what happens after generation, and which to choose.","md","Comparison · FDES configurators",[202,205,208,211,214],{"question":203,"answer":204},"Can a distributor change the composition of the product?","As a rule, no: the composition and production of the reference product are locked in the model. A distributor varies a few authorised parameters, most often related to the order, delivery or site. If what you need is to vary the composition or the materials, a generator is the option to look at.",{"question":206,"answer":207},"Can a generator vary the dimensions?","Yes, if its model allows for it. A generator models the product from all the variables provided for: the composition, but also the dimensions, technical characteristics, manufacturing site or production parameters.",{"question":209,"answer":210},"Do the resulting FDES follow the same verification route?","No. With a generator, each FDES generated has its own verification statement and registration number, and is then submitted to INIES; prior verification of the configurator can make this step lighter. With a distributor, it is the configurator and its reference models that are verified: the configured declarations are then used with no further verification of each FDES, and submitting them to INIES is not mandatory.",{"question":212,"answer":213},"Can both functions be combined in one tool?","It is possible: the INIES programme even provides for configurators that are both generators and distributors. One application can produce the official FDES for a catalogue and adapt an FDES to an order. Whether it is worthwhile depends on how you use it, and each function follows its own verification rules.",{"question":215,"answer":216},"Which type should I choose for a highly variable catalogue?","It all depends on what varies. If it is the inputs and processes (formulations, raw materials, several sites), a generator. If it is the variants of a defined product (dimensions, finishes, delivery distances), a distributor.","split","en","Generator or distributor: the question comes up as soon as an FDES configurator project starts. The answer has nothing to do with technology and everything to do with your products: what needs to be able to vary, and what you want to do with the FDES once it is generated.",{},true,"\u002Fen\u002Fconfigurateur-fdes\u002Fgenerateur-vs-diffuseur","What is the difference between a generator and a distributor FDES configurator?","2026-10-28",9,[227,230,233],{"to":196,"title":228,"text":229},"Our FDES configurators by sector","Metal products, paint, insulation, concrete, natural stone, windows and doors: what we have already modelled.",{"to":121,"title":231,"text":232},"How is a configurator verified?","The two routes after verification, and RE2020 recognition of the distributor.",{"to":139,"title":234,"text":235},"Do you need a configurator?","Before choosing the type, check that a configurator makes sense for you.",null,[238,239,240,241],"FDES generator configurator","FDES distributor configurator","choosing a type of FDES configurator","configured FDES 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