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| Name of policy/program | Country | State/Province | City/County | Scale | Jurisdictional level | Type of program | Eligible projects | Current status | Year proposed | Year adopted | Date in effect | URL | Brief description | Eligible materials | Entry Last updated or reviewed by CLF |
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| Name of policy/program | Country | State/Province | City/County | Scale | Jurisdictional level | Type of program | Eligible projects | Current status | Year proposed | Year adopted | Date in effect | URL | Brief description | Eligible materials | Entry Last updated or reviewed by CLF |
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| Colorado SB-182 Embodied Carbon Reduction (C-PACE) | USA | Colorado | Material | State/Province | Incentive | Passed/Active | 2025 | 2025 | https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-182 | SB 182 adds embodied carbon to CO’s C-PACE program and CITCO, CO’s industrial clean tax credit program. If the bill is successful, Colorado will be the first state to allow commercial PACE funds to be used to finance embodied carbon reductions. | 4/28/25 | ||||
| Efficiency Vermont’s Residential New Construction (RNC) program incentives | USA | Vermont | Building | State/Province | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 2025 | 2025 | https://www.efficiencyvermont.com/services/renovation-construction/residential-new-construction | Efficiency Vermont’s Residential New Construction (RNC) incentives and rebates effective April 2025 include many energy efficiency incentives for single-family, market rate residential projects as well as the following addressing embodied carbon: Low Carbon Insulation - Tier 1 (0.1-0.5 kg CO2e/sq ft)- $500, - Tier 2 (0.0 or below kg CO2e/sq ft) - $1000 (Efficiency Vermont can help with this calculation) | 4/28/25 | |||
| California SB 755 - California Contractor Climate Transparency Act (previously the California Procurement Climate Information Act) | USA | California | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Proposed | 2025 | https://sd38.senate.ca.gov/news/sen-blakespear-introduces-bill-require-state-contractors-disclose-carbon-emissions | California SB 755 - seeks to add an article to the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. The bill adds to the Buy Clean California Act by requiring the Department of General Services to require large and significant contractors to report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk beginning January 1, 2027. | 4/28/25 | ||||
| California SB 755 - California Procurement Climate Information Act s | USA | California | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Proposed | 2025 | https://sd38.senate.ca.gov/news/sen-blakespear-introduces-bill-require-state-contractors-disclose-carbon-emissions | California SB 755 - California Procurement Climate Information Act seeks to add an article to the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. The bill adds to the Buy Clean California Act by requiring the Department of General Services to require large and significant contractors to report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk beginning January 1, 2027. | 4/28/25 | ||||
| Connecticut HB 6027: An Act Creating A State Procurement Standard For The Use Of Low-Embodied Carbon Construction Materials In Certain State Construction Projects | USA | Connecticut | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Proposed | 2025 | https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB6027&which_year=2025 | The proposed bill aims to amend the general statutes to establish a procurement standard that prioritizes the use of low-embodied carbon construction materials, such as low-embodied carbon concrete and mass timber, in state construction projects managed by the Departments of Administrative Services and Transportation | 2/18/25 | ||||
| Connecticut HB 6784: An Act Establishing Incentives For Contractors To Use Low-Embodied Carbon Concrete | USA | Connecticut | Material | State/Province | Incentive | Public & Private | Proposed | 2025 | https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB6784&which_year=2025 | Would require the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development to create a program that incentivizes contractors and subcontractors to utilize low-embodied carbon concrete in construction projects. | 2/18/25 | ||||
| Hawaii H.B.787/S.B.1017: Buy Clean Hawaii Study | USA | Hawaii | Material | State/Province | Public Pilot/Study | Public | Proposed | 2025 | https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1016&year=2025 | Requires the Hawaii climate change mitigation and adaption commission to study the feasibility of implementing a buy clean state policy and program in the state, including an analysis of available scientific evidence, potential frameworks, best practices, standards, and implications. The commission shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, no later than 20 days prior to the start of the 2027 regular session. | 2/18/25 | ||||
| Illinois S.B.2484: Sustainability Standards Study (Standards for State purchases of appliances, concrete, asphalt, steel, and other building materials) | USA | Illinois | Material | State/Province | Public Pilot/Study | Public | Proposed | 2025 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2484&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=162587&SessionID=114&GA=104 | Requires the department to consult and collaborate with other departments to develop standards for state procurement of appliances, concrete, asphalt, steel, and other building materials. The bill provides that the establishment of a maximum acceptable Global Warming Potential standard, ways to promote and facilitate the use of life cycle assessments, and environmental product declarations will be considered when reviewing bids for state-funded infrastructure projects. The bill is subject to appropriation or the award of grant funding for this purpose. | 2/18/25 | ||||
| MA Bill HD.2812 An Act relating to embodied carbon emission reductions in state-funded projects | USA | Massachusetts | Multiple | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Proposed | 2025 | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD2812 | Mandates a 30% reduction in embodied carbon emissions for state-funded projects through one of three pathways: whole building life-cycle assessments, reusing 45% of an existing structure, or using low-carbon materials with environmental product declarations. | 2/18/25 | ||||
| MA Bill HD.3171 An Act Establishing a Zero Carbon Renovation Fund | USA | Massachusetts | Building | State/Province | Regulatory | Public & Private | Proposed | 2025 | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD3171 | Establishes a Zero Carbon Renovation Fund to be administered by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affair, in consultation with other departments, to fund costs associated with the renovation of existing affordable housing, municipal buildings, and small businesses with Massachusetts State Supplier Diversity Office Certifications. Projects must be (i) be highly energy efficient; (ii) use all-electric heating, hot water, and cooking technologies; (iii) include on-site renewable energy generating sources; and (iv) be renovated with low-embodied carbon materials. | 2/18/25 | ||||
| MA Bill HD.3507 An Act to Create the Buy Clean Massachusetts Program | USA | Massachusetts | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Proposed | 2025 | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD3507 | Creates a Buy Clean Massachusetts Program to promote lower-carbon construction materials in public projects. Mandates EPDs for projects over 100,000 square feet starting in 2027, expanding to all covered projects by 2029. The act also establishes a publicly accessible database and provides financial assistance to small businesses for compliance. | 2/18/25 | ||||
| Minnesota SF 2082 and HF 2438 - Transportation Budget | USA | Minnesota | Infrastructure | State/Province | Incentive | Public | Proposed | 2025 | https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2438&type=bill&version=0&session=ls94&session_year=2025&session_number=0 | Minnesota SF 2082 and HF 2438 - Transportation Budget establishes a budget for the Department of Transportation for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, or June 30, 2027, including $310,000 the first year to assist manufacturers in obtaining environmental product declarations for certain construction materials used to build roads and other transportation infrastructure under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.312. Up to $10,000 of this is for the reasonable costs of the department to administer that section. | 4/28/25 | ||||
| Minnesota SF 3136 – Administration of Environmental Standards Procurement Task Force | USA | Minnesota | Infrastructure | State/Province | Agency Program | Public | Proposed | 2025 | https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3136&version=0&session=ls94&session_year=2025&session_number=0 | This bill would amend current law to house the administration of the Environmental Standards Procurement Task Force grant program within the Department of Transportation. It appropriates $500,000 in fiscal year 2026 for the grant and expands the purpose of the grant to include improving plant efficiencies from asphalt, ready-mix, and aggregate manufacturers and otherwise reducing greenhouse gas emissions output in their operations. | 4/28/25 | ||||
| Nebraska L.B.163: Create the Office of Climate Action | USA | Nebraska | State/Province | Agency Program | N/A | Proposed | 2025 | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=59498 | Legislative Bill 163 would establish the Office of Climate Action within Nebraska's Department of Environment and Energy to coordinate climate action initiatives across the state; create a statewide climate action plan by July 2026; and annually report on progress, funding, and recommendations for climate action. | 4/28/25 | |||||
| Nebraska L.B.164: Adopt the Urban Development Incentive Act | USA | Nebraska | State/Province | Incentive | N/A | Proposed | 2025 | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB164.pdf | A Bill for an Act relating to economic development; to adopt the Urban Development Incentive Act; and to declare an emergency. The Urban Development Incentive Act is intended to promote sustainable, equitable economic growth, local job creation, and holistic urban redevelopment in Nebraska. | 4/28/25 | |||||
| New Hampshire H.B.306: Establishing a Commission to Study the Short and Long-Term Impacts of Pending National and Regional Carbon Pricing Mechanisms on New Hampshire's Citizens, Businesses, Institutions, and Environment. | USA | New Hampshire | Material | State/Province | Public Pilot/Study | Public & Private | Proposed | 2025 | https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=474&inflect=2 | This bill establishes a commission to study the short- and long-term impacts of national and regional carbon pricing mechanisms on the state’s citizens, businesses, institutions, and environment. The bill directs the commission to report its findings and recommendations for proposed legislation on or before November 1, 2025. The bill identifies growing support and implementation of carbon pricing instruments in the United States and worldwide, including key domestic and international trading partners of New Hampshire. It notes the growing acceptance of carbon pricing instruments as an effective, market-based means of attaining climate goals and transitioning away from fossil fuels. It concludes that New Hampshire should begin to prepare for changes due to regional or national carbon pricing instruments by studying their potential impacts. | 2/18/25 | ||||
| New York A 6566 – Building Embodied Carbon Breakthrough Act | USA | New York | Multiple | State/Province | Incentive | Public & Private | Proposed | 2025 | https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6566#:~:text=2025%2DA6566%20(ACTIVE)%20%2D%20Summary,certain%20low%2Dcarbon%20building%20materials. | Establishes a tax exemption for qualifying low-carbon building materials, products, and components. It establishes requirements for how the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the Department of State’s Division of Building Standards and Codes will work together to achieve the Act, including maintaining a publicly accessible database of materials and qualifying manufacturers. | 4/28/25 | ||||
| Pennsylvania HR 83 – Sustainable Building Products Study | USA | Pennsylvania | State/Province | Public Pilot/Study | Public & Private | Proposed | 2025 | https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hr83 | Directs the Joint State Government Commission to study and issue a report on the feasibility and implementation of methods and criteria for expanding construction requirements to use more sustainable building products in state-funded and private construction projects, and the projected direct and indirect cost savings or increases for the requirements if adopted. The commission must issue a report of its findings within 180 days of the adoption of the bill. | 4/28/25 | |||||
| Virginia H.B. 2740: Asphalt recycling equipment; tax credit for purchase of reprocessing existing asphalt materials. | USA | Virginia | Material | State/Province | Incentive | Public | Proposed | 2025 | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2740 | Proposes to amend the Virginia tax code to add a tax credit for purchasing mobile asphalt recycling equipment for reprocessing existing asphalt materials from pavements and roadways. The credit applies for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2025, but before January 1, 2027. The bill also directs the Department of Taxation, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality and Department of Transportation, to submit a report no later than December 1, 2026, that includes the number of claims for the credit, an evaluation of the highway projects for which the credit was claimed, and any impact that the use of mobile asphalt recycling equipment has on environmental quality and pavement performance. | 2/18/25 | ||||
| Washington HB 1458- Reducing embodied carbon emissions of buildings and building materials | USA | Washington | Multiple | State/Province | Regulatory | Private | Proposed | 2025 | https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1458&Year=2025&Initiative=false | This Bill applies to all new construction, additions, and renovations 50,000 square feet or larger of any building covered by the International Commercial Building Code. All building projects must demonstrate, and require in the construction documents, that the embodied carbon emissions of the covered products used, measured in terms of global warming potential for at least 90 percent of covered products and summed up at the project level, meets the goals established in section 8 of this act when compared to the project's summed industry average global warming potential. Building projects that maintain at least 45 percent of an existing structure and envelope comply with the embodied carbon emissions reductions requirements. | 1/31/25 | ||||
| Washington HB 1216 and 5195 – Concerning the Capital Budget | USA | Washington | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Proposed | 2025 | https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1216&Year=2025&Initiative=false | Washington HB 1216 and 5195 – Concerning the Capital Budget provides a comprehensive capital budget for the state of Washington from the effective date of the act and ending June 30, 2027. In includes a new section, Sec. 8022, that requires agencies, whenever possible, to review and consider embodied carbon by employing performance requirements at the building scale through one or more of the following: 1) The use of whole building life cycle assessments; 2) The use of environmental production declarations when evaluating proposed structural materials for construction projects; 3) The reuse of existing buildings’ primary structural elements and building envelope. | 4/28/25 | ||||
| Washington SB 5810 – 2025-2027 Fiscal Biennium Operating Appropriations | USA | Washington | N/A | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Proposed | 2025 | https://app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/?BillNumber=5810&Year=2025&Initiative=false | Washington SB 5810 – 2025-2027 Fiscal Biennium Operating Appropriations includes an appropriation related to low-carbon procurement: $1.1 million of the climate commitment account is appropriated to implementing Washington's Buy Clean and Buy Fair, including developing and maintaining a publicly accessible database for covered projects to submit environmental and working conditions data, convening a technical work group, and developing legislative reports. | ||||
| New York A6566/S7648 - Incentivize Low-Carbon Materials: Implement financial tools that encourage the use of climate-conscious construction materials | USA | New York | Material | State/Province | Incentive | Public & Private | Proposed | 2025 | https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=S07648&term=2025&Summary=Y&Text=Y | This Bill would amend the tax law to provide a sales tax exemption for certain low-carbon building materials, including concrete, cementitious materials, and structural steel. It directs the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to establish product-level global warming potential threshold for building materials, products, and components, which will be reviewed every three years; evaluate and approve materials; and maintain a publicly accessible database of materials and manufacturers that qualify for the tax exemption. | 5/22/25 | ||||
| New York A8202/S8000 - Embodied Decarbonization Program. Requires the Office of General Services to issue operational directives and guidance for common construction materials to reduce the amount of embodied carbon in such materials. | USA | New York | Building | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Proposed | 2025 | https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08202&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y | Codifies a portion of Executive Order 22 on embodied carbon procurement requirements for state projects. Requires the Office of General Services to issue operational directives and guidance for common construction materials to reduce the amount of embodied carbon in such materials. Common construction materials include concrete, asphalt, steel, and any other materials the office designates by rule and reviews every three years. Design teams shall calculate the total embodied carbon that will result from a project, bidders shall be required to submit product and facility-specific environmental product declarations that include the amount of embodied carbon in building materials, and product- and feasibility-specific environmental product declarations for products submitted for bid and installation shall comply with maximum global warming potential limits defined by the Office of General Services. | 5/22/25 | ||||
| New York A8456/S7998 - Building Code Compliance Pathways: Create three options for meeting global warming potential (GWP) thresholds—material reuse, carbon caps on key materials, and whole-building life cycle assessments (WBLCA) | USA | New York | Multiple | State/Province | Regulatory | Public & Private | Proposed | 2025 | https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?term=2025&bn=A08456 | Construction permitted under the state building code on all new construction, additions, and renovations 25,000 square feet or larger shall achieve a 15 percent reduction in embodied carbon emissions by 2030; followed by a 30 percent reduction by 2033. The bill establishes a long-term strategy for reducing embodied carbon by outlining three pathways for compliance: (1) reuse a substantial portion of the existing building, (2) use low carbon materials, (3) conduct a whole building life cycle assessment. Modeled off of California’s Green Building Code (CALGreen). | 5/22/25 | ||||
| 2027 IECC-R - Two proposals RE196-24 and RE137-24 which introduce embodied carbon | USA | N/A | N/A | Building | National | Regulatory | Public & Private | Proposed | 2025 | https://www.iccsafe.org/committees/energy-iecc/ | RE196 is an optional net-zero emissions Appendix with a maximum ERI, a req’t to achieve a CO2e Index of 0, and low embodied carbon emissions. RE137 introduces 3 options related to lowering EC and rewarding builders with 1 credit in R408 (building re-use, low GWP concrete, or WBCLA | 5/22/25 | |||
| H.P. 1087 - An Act to Promote the Recycling and Reuse of Construction Materials in Maine | USA | Maine | Waste & circularity | State/Province | Incentive | Private | Proposed | 2025 | https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1087&item=1&snum=132 | This Bill would implement a tax credit available to a housing developer that purchases for use in the construction of affordable housing in the State reclaimed construction materials from a construction materials reclamation facility, and a charitable deduction from individual income tax for individuals or businesses who donate construction materials to a construction materials reclamation facility. | 6/2/25 | ||||
| California SB 755 - California Contractor Climate Transparency Act | USA | California | Company | State/Province | Regulatory | Public & Private | Proposed | 2025 | https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB755/2025 | This bill would enact the California Contractor Climate Transparency Act, which would require large or significant contractors to report emissions information annually. For large contractors (with more than $25 mil. in state contracts), this would include an annual disclosure of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions and climate-related financial risk. For significant contractors (between $5 and 25 mil. in state contracts), this would include an annual disclosure of Scope 1 and 2 emissions. | 6/2/25 | ||||
| New Jersey A 5687 and S 4407 – Next New Jersey Manufacturing Program | USA | New Jersey | Company | State/Province | Incentive | N/A | Proposed | 2025 | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/A5687 | Establishes a $500 million comprehensive tax credit program to incentivize in-state manufacturing investments and job creation. The program will support a wide range of industries, including advanced manufacturing and production of components for 'clean energy technologies,' such as offshore wind, solar, geothermal, green hydrogen, nuclear energy, fuel cells, battery storage, or other sustainable clean energy manufacturing. | 6/2/25 | ||||
| MA Stretch and Specialized Energy Code Revisions | USA | Massachusetts | N/A | Building | State/Province | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 2024 | 2025 | https://www.mass.gov/info-details/2025-massachusetts-building-energy-codes | The Massachusetts Dept. of Energy Resources (DOER) adopted revisions to the MA Stretch and Specialized Energy Code, in both the Residential and Commercial sections. The revisions create embodied carbon reduction incentives for concrete and insulation in the form of HERS points. The Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index is the industry standard by which a home’s energy efficiency is measured. HERS ratings are integrated into the stretch energy code in Massachusetts. The insulation embodied carbon credit- Demonstrate an average calculated insulation GWP intensity (kg CO2e/m2) less than 0 across the whole building envelope to offset 3 HERS points for each applicable dwelling unit. The concrete embodied carbon credit- Demonstrate that embodied carbon emissions from at least 90% of all concrete materials used in the project are less than the maximum GWP (kg CO2e) value shown in Table R406.5.4. The values are 100% of the Eastern Region NRMCA Average GWP from their 2022 benchmark report. | 5/22/25 | ||
| London 'Retrofit First' - Planning for Sustainability Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) | United Kingdom | England | London | Waste & circularity | City/County | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2024 | 2025 | 2025 | https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/Services-Environment/Planning-for-Sustainability-SPD.pdf | The London’s SPD is intended to support its 2040 Net Zero target and covers four key sustainability themes: Circular economy in construction- Encourages a shift from a linear to circular waste model in a building’s construction and operation to minimise waste through a building’s life cycle. Applicants for all major developments are expected to undertake a pre-redevelopment audit to understand to what extent existing buildings, structures and materials can be retained, refurbished, or incorporated into the new proposal. Where substantial demolition is proposed, a pre-deconstruction audit is expected to be provided for all planning applications to maximise opportunities for the reuse of materials. | 5/22/25 | |
| Dallas 2024 Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Action Plan (CECAP) Bond Resolution | USA | Texas | Dallas | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public | Passed/Active | 2024 | 2024 | https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/resolutions/2024/08-28-24/24-1187.pdf | City Council adoption of the 2024 Bond CECAP Resolution to advance CECAP targets such as achieving net zero energy new construction by 2030: City infrastructure projects included in the 2024 Bond should target to the greatest extent possible, obtaining EPDs or other appropriate embodied carbon life cycle assessments for, at a minimum, concrete, steel, asphalt, and glass used for projects prior to the material's purchase. | Concrete, steel, asphalt, and glass | 1/31/25 | |
| Los Angeles Green Building Code | USA | California | Los Angeles | Building | City/County | Regulatory | Public & Private | Proposed | 2024 | https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2023/23-1391_rpt_ee_01-26-24%20(1).pdf | The Los Angeles City Council is considering updates to the Green Building Code to reduce embodied carbon in new construction and major additions over 50,000 square feet. The Department of Building and Safety, with other city departments and experts, will report back within 180 days with recommendations, including staffing needs, Whole Building Life Cycle Analysis (WBLCA) requirements, and potential financial assistance for affordable housing projects. There are also proposals for less carbon-intensive materials in smaller buildings and strategies to incentivize construction waste reduction and material reuse. The recommendations aim to align with the city's C40 commitments and include incentives for compliance | 7/3/2024 | |||
| Illinois HB 3141 | USA | Illinois | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Proposed | 2024 | https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3141&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=148295&SessionID=112&GA=103 | Illinois HB 3141 would amend the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to require that the Department shall establish a maximum acceptable Global Warming Potential (GWP) standard for State purchases of vehicles, appliances, and building materials for use in State-funded infrastructure projects. | 5/22/2024 | ||||
| Illinois HB 5461 ("Concrete Carbon Utilization, Reduction, and Removal Breakthrough Act") | USA | Illinois | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public & Private | Proposed | 2024 | https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5461&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=153754&SessionID=112&GA=103 | Establishes a performance-based tax credit for concrete producers to incentivize the use of materials and methods for State-funded projects that reduce the embodied carbon generated in the production of concrete, and support the removal of carbon in the atmosphere and its permanent storage in concrete. The bill also establishes a tax credit for concrete producers to defray the cost of implementing EPDs at plants. | Concrete | 3/20/2024 | |||
| Michigan HB 5567 | USA | Michigan | Material | State/Province | Public Pilot/Study | Public | Proposed | 2024 | https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2024-HB-5567 | Michigan HB 5567 would require the Department of Environmental Protection to submit a report to the governor and legislature on the use of environmental product declarations to measure the climate impact of materials procured by the state, the use of incentives to encourage the adoption of low-carbon materials and methods by manufacturers for state-funded projects, and other items related to low-carbon state procurement. | 5/2/2024 | ||||
| New York A04931A (Senate S6931): An act in relation to directing state agencies to adopt a sustainability and decarbonization program | USA | New York | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Proposed | 2024 | https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?bn=A4931&term=2023 | Directs state agencies to adopt a sustainability and decarbonization program; establishes a GreenNY council which will develop sustainable procurement specifications, issue operational directives and guidance for construction, issue a waste diversion plan template for agencies and provide agencies with information on reducing use of toxic substances; requires agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | 3/19/2024 | ||||
| Pennsylvania Bill HR 505 | USA | Pennsylvania | Multiple | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Proposed | 2024 | https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2023&sind=0&body=H&type=R&bn=505 | A Resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to study and issue a report on the feasibility and implementation of methods and criteria for expanding construction requirements to use more sustainable building products in State-funded and private construction projects. | 1/31/25 | ||||
| Texas SB 2353 and HB 1499: Relating to the creation of an environmental product declaration grant program for manufacturers of ready-mixed concrete. | USA | Texas | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public & Private | Proposed | 2024 | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB1499 | Would create a grant program to reimburse ready-mixed concrete manufacturers for costs related to accessing environmental product declaration (EPD) databases or software. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will oversee the program, including eligibility, application, and compliance requirements. | 2/18/25 | ||||
| Toronto Green Standard Update: Advancing Net Zero Emissions in New Development | Canada | Ontario | Toronto | Building | City/County | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2023 | https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2023.PH3.19 | City Council approved an update to the Toronto Green Standard which requires that new City-owned buildings must now limit upfront embodied emission intensity to below 350 kg CO2e/m2. This is optional for private new buildings that are mid to high-rise residential & non-residential if applying for voluntary higher levels of performance. | |||
| Los Angeles Green Building Code Council Action to recommend embodied carbon reductions | USA | California | Los Angeles | Building | City/County | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2024 | 2024 | https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2023/23-1391_rpt_ee_01-26-24%20(1).pdf | LA council members passed a motion actioning Department of Building and Safety to review and recommend actions for updating the Los Angeles Green Building Code to create a framework that sets limits on the embodied carbon allowed for new construction and major additions to buildings larger than 50,000 square feet. | 1/31/25 | |
| Denver Adaptive Reuse Program | USA | Colorado | Denver | Waste & circularity | City/County | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2024 | https://denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory/Community-Planning-and-Development/Denver-Zoning-Code/Urban-Design-Design-Review-Design-Standards-and-Guidelines/Adaptive-Reuse?transfer=9225d2c1-51e0-4901-99d4-dd2f5737b6b3 | Denver is piloting an adaptive reuse program in two locations: Upper Downtown and East Colfax Avenue. These pilot programs will support projects undergoing conversion to a new use or purpose by providing direct assistance to business owners, developers, and property owners as they navigate the City and County of Denver’s review and permitting system. | |||
| TransformTO Net Zero Strategy | Canada | Ontario | Toronto | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/environmentally-friendly-city-initiatives/transformto/ | Toronto City Council has embraced a goal of achieving net-zero community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 through its TransformTO Net Zero Strategy which encompasses various climate actions. In alignment with this vision, interim targets have been set for 2030. The city established the Climate Advisory Group to guide strategy implementation effectively and equitably. The sector-specific GHG reduction targets include a 45% reduction by 2025, and a 65% reduction by 2030, culminating in a net-zero status by 2040. | |||
| Energy Conservation and Sustainability Building Code | India | Delhi | Building | National | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Proposed | 2023 | https://www.constructionworld.in/energy-infrastructure/power-and-renewable-energy/india-revamping-energy-codes-for-sustainable-buildings/43187 | The Energy conservation Building Code of India is revising it's building code to incluse concepts like embedded carbon, net zero energy, and overall sustainability. The new code will be named Energy Conservation and Sustainability Building Code. | ||||||
| MA Senate, Bill No. 2967- Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC)- Provision for LCA requirements | USA | Massachusetts | Building | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2025 | https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2024/Chapter239 | MA Senate, Bill No. 2967, Chapter 239, Section 113: The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), in consultation with the executive office of energy and environmental affairs, shall promulgate regulations to implement a cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment in accordance with International Organization for Standardization ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 of state-funded housing projects. The assessment shall encompass the full life cycle including, but not limited to: (i) resource extraction through demolition and disposal; and (ii) on-site construction, operations, maintenance and replacement and material-and product-embodied acquisition, processing and transportation energy. | 5/22/25 | |||
| MA Climate Bill S.2967 'Promoting a clean energy grid, advancing equity and protecting ratepayers' | USA | Massachusetts | Multiple | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2967 | Chapter 7C of this MA Bill requires the formation of a state Embodied Carbon Intergovernmental Coordinating Council. The Council must develop an embodied carbon reduction plan by July 31, 2025. The plan must, among other things: - Address the embodied carbon of state building and transportation projects by recommending EPDs and the use of low carbon materials; - Low carbon materials addressed will include cement and concrete mixtures, steel, glass, asphalt and asphalt mixtures and wood; - Consider interactions between embodied carbon and operational carbon to ensure policy recommendations to reduce embodied carbon will also contribute to the reduction of operational carbon; - Make recommendations for establishing maximum global warming potential (GWP) values for products on or before January 1, 2026; - Consider the best approaches to incorporating embodied carbon reductions into the state building codes; - And consider best practices for incentivizing building material reuse and decreasing building demolition. | 1/31/25 | ||
| San Leandro 2021 Climate Action Plan | USA | California | San Leandro | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | https://www.sanleandro.org/DocumentCenter/View/6490/San-Leandro-CAP-ADOPTED-2021-08-06 | Strategy CC-3: "Low-carbon building materials" directs the City to "work with local, regional, and State partners to expand the awareness of, availability, and cost-effectiveness of low-carbon or carbon-free construction materials" by developing a reach code for new construction that limits embodied carbon emissions, partnering with Building Trades Council and other trades affected by building decarbonization to plan strategies, and promoting rehabilitation and reuse of existing structures. | N/A | 3/19/2024 |
| Ireland 2023 Climate Action Plan | Ireland | Dublin | Multiple | National | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | 2023 | https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/243585/9942d689-2490-4ccf-9dc8-f50166bab0e7.pdf#page=null | In 2023, Ireland updated their Climate Action Plan to include the following items related to embodied carbon: 1) establish a focus group to develop actions to decrease embodied carbon in construction materials, 2) decrease embodied carbon for materials produced and used in Ireland by 10% by 2025 and 30% by 2030, 3) actively deliver a series of measures to reduce embodied carbon in construction materials, 4) promote the swapping to lower embodied carbon construction materials wherever possible, 5) and reduce emissions from cement production. | |||
| Emeryville Mass Timber Development Bonus | USA | California | Emeryville | Material | City/County | Incentive | Private | Proposed | 2022 | https://www.ci.emeryville.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/14143/Item-93---Mass-Timber-Bonus-Points https://www.ci.emeryville.ca.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/5337 | Adding a community benefits category to Section 9-4.204(e) of the Planning Regulations for the use of Mass Timber construction in place of traditional steeland-concrete construction in order for a project to earn development bonus points. | 3/19/2024 | |||
| London Plan 2021 | United Kingdom | Greater London | Building | City/County | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/london-plan/new-london-plan | Greater London Authority requirement for new projects (2021-2025), including: - Policy S12: Minimzing GHG emissions requires Whole Lie Carbon assessments (operational and embodied cabron assessment for A, B, and C stages; The GLA guidance on WLC assessments follows EN 15978 (the European standard for measuring building performance) and the 2017 RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) Professional Statement: Whole life carbon assessment for the built environment - Policy S17: Reducing waste and supporting the circular economy (reuqires Circular Eocnomy statement to be submitted alongside all referable proposals) | |||
| City of Boston Zero Net Carbon (ZNC) Zoning | USA | Massachusetts | Boston | Building | City/County | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2025 | 2025 | https://www.bostonplans.org/planning-zoning/zoning-initiatives/2024-net-zero-carbon-zoning-initiative | NZC Zoning introduces a net zero emissions standard for new project filings after July 1, 2025, with 15 units or more, a minimum of 20,000 square feet, or additions of a minimum of 50,000 square feet or more to existing buildings. Additionally, Small and Large Projects, as defined in Article 80, will be required to report on embodied carbon. Large Projects will also be required to conduct an embodied emissions life cycle assessment. These amendments build upon and better reflect updated state building codes and city ordinances, including the Specialized Stretch Energy Code and Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO), respectively. | 2/24/2025 | |
| Andover Climate Action Plan | USA | Massachusetts | Andover | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2023 | 2023 | https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/44f72d786a4c4ad5a1d7e6605a67ce10/ | Andover's Climate Action and Sustainability Plan identifies actions and strategies that the Town can implement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build climate resilience to foster a more sustainable future. Action B-1-2 "Reduce embodied carbon in new buildings" directs the Sustainability Department to establish an embodied carbon baseline, promote the use of low carbon materials in new buildings and renovations, develop a checklist for permit applications or other educational materials, develop an educational series for local architects, builders, and developers, and consider requiring a lifecycle analysis for all new buildings over 20,000 ft and municipal buildings. | 3/20/2024 | |
| California Senate Bill 596 Greenhouse gases: cement sector: net-zero emissions strategy | USA | California | Material | State/Province | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | N/A | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB596 | Add Section 38561.2 to the Health and Safety Code to require that CARB, by July 1, 2023, develop a comprehensive strategy for the state’s cement sector to achieve net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases associated with cement used within the state by 2045. | Cement | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Global Warming Potential For Public Project Materials (Buy Clean Colorado Act) | USA | Colorado | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | July 2021 | https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1303 | This bill requires the Office of the State Architect and Colorado Department of Transportation to set global warming potential disclosure requirements and limits for eligible materials in state building and transportation construction projects. | Asphalt and asphalt mixtures; cement and concrete mixtures; glass; post-tension steel; reinforcing steel; structural steel; and wood structural elements | 3/19/2024 | |
| Langford Low-Carbon Concrete Policy | Canada | British Columbia | Langford | Material | City/County | Agency Program | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | June 1, 2022 | https://langford.ca/city-of-langford-announces-bold-low-carbon-concrete-policy/#:~:text=Effective%20June%201%2C%202022%2C%20all,with%20lower%20embodied%20CO2. | The Langford Low-Carbon Concrete Policy requires that all concrete supplied to City-owned or solicited projects, and private construction projects greater than 50 cubic meters, must be produced using post-industrial carbon dioxide (CO2) mineralization technologies, or an equivalent which offers concrete with lower embodied CO2. | |||
| Vancouver Building By-Law Amendment | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver | Building | City/County | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2020 | May 2022 | https://vancouver.ca/your-government/vancouver-building-bylaw.aspx | Effective July 2023, large new construction projects will be required to complete a WBLCA at the time of building permit application; to compare the embodied carbon against a standardized baseline, and; to not be more than double that baseline. Effective January 2025, embodied carbon must be reduced by 10-20% compared to the standardized baseline. Buildings must also comply with one of three options for responsible materials: sustainable sourcing standards; disclosure of material ingredients; or construction waste diversion and design for disassembly. | ||
| New Zealand Whole of life embodied carbon assessment: technical methodology | New Zealand | Wellington | Building | National | Incentive | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2022 | 2022 | https://www.building.govt.nz/getting-started/building-for-climate-change/embodied-carbon-assessment-technical-methodology/ | The New Zealand government aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, excluding biogenic methane, by 2050. This technical methodology for assessing embodied carbon in buildings aims to be accessible to various stakeholders. The program includes proposals to introduce regulatory requirements for reporting and reducing the whole-life embodied carbon of buildings. The methodology outlines reporting requirements, including building meta-data, material specifications, quantities, and embodied carbon data, with both non-technical and technical outputs. | |||
| Bæredygtighedsklassen ("The Sustainability Class") | Denmark | Copenhagen | Building | National | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2020 | 2023 | https://baeredygtighedsklasse.dk/2-Introduktion-til-kravene/Introside#ressourceanvendelse-p%C3%A5-byggepladsen | National life-cycle carbon limits on new buildings. Mandatory. 2023. When applying for a building permit and when completing a building, an initial LCA (applying for permit) and final LCA (when completing a building) assessing the building's overall climate impact must be documented and complied. | Whole building; EPDs are preferred over generic data but not required | ||
| French Bio-based procurement requirement for municipal buildings | France | Paris | Building | National | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2020 | 2022 | https://www.bdcnetwork.com/france-mandate-all-new-public-buildings-be-50-timber-or-other-natural-materials | All new public buildings must bebuilt from at least 50% timber or other natural materials. In addition to wood, the mandate can be fulfilled by bio-based materials made from matter derived from living organisms such as hemp and straw. | Timber and natural materials | ||
| Oakland 2030 Equitable Climate Action Plan (ECAP) | USA | California | Oakland | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2019 | 2020 | July 2020 | https://www.oaklandca.gov/projects/2030ecap | The Oakland 2030 Equitable Climate Action Plan (ECAP) establishes actions that the City and its partners will take by 2030 to equitably reduce Oakland’s climate emissions and adapt to a changing climate. The ECAP includes 4 goals related to embodied carbon in construction materials: 1) B-4: Reduce Lifecycle Emissions from Building Materials 2) MCW-4: Support the Reuse, Repair, Recovery, and Refurbishment Economy 3) MCW-5: Expand Community Repair Resources 4) MCW-6: Establish a Deconstruction Requirement | Concrete by 2023, other materials later | 3/19/2024 |
| Vancouver Zoning variances for Mass Timber (By-Law No. 3575) | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver | Material | City/County | Regulatory | Passed/Active | 2019 | 2019 | February 23, 2021 | https://bylaws.vancouver.ca/bulletin/bulletin-mass-timber.pdf | This amendment of Zoning and Development By-Laws in the City of Vancouver allows mass timber construction 7 storeys and higher. Last amended Nov 2022 | Mass timber | ||
| Greening Government Strategy: A Government of Canada Directive | Canada | Ottawa | Multiple | National | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public | Passed/Active | 2019 | 2019 | 2022 | https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/innovation/greening-government/strategy.html | This directive requires the Canadian government to disclose the amount of embodied carbon in the structural materials of major construction projects by 2022 based on material carbon intensity or a life-cycle analysis. The government must reduce embodied carbon of the structural materials of major construction projects by 30%, starting in 2025, using recycled and lower-carbon materials, material efficiency and performance-based design standards. The government must conduct whole building (or asset) life-cycle assessments by 2025 at the latest for major buildings and infrastructure projects. Projects will also minimize the use of harmful materials in construction and renovation, including using low volatile organic compound (VOC) materials in building interiors. | Structural materials of major construction projects | ||
| Climate declaration when constructing buildings | Sweden | Stockholm | Building | National | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2019 | 2019 | January 2022 | https://www.boverket.se/en/start/building-in-sweden/developer/rfq-documentation/climate-declaration/ | All buildings over 100,000 square meters must submit a climate declaration starting in January 2022 in order to receive their building permit. Developers must submit data for modules A1-A5 in the climate declaration that is registered at Boverket in their database. The building’s envelope, load-bearing structures, and interior walls must be included in the declaration. There are currently no limit values, however, they may be introduced at a later stage. Framework was published on 2020; limit value will be introduced by 2027. | |||
| City of Vancouver Green Demolition By-Law Update | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver | Waste & circularity | City/County | Agency Program | Private | Passed/Active | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | https://council.vancouver.ca/20180516/documents/pspc2c.pdf | This Green Demolition By-Law Update lists a series of recommendations for the City of Vancouver to expand the scope of the existing green demolition program, and establish a deconstruction hub. The City's Green Demolition By-Laws or Program was originally established in 2014. | ||
| CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 | Canada | British Columbia | Material | State/Province | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public | Passed/Active | 2018 | 2018 | 2021 | https://cleanbc.gov.bc.ca/ | CleanBC is British Columbia's government plan to lower climate-changing emissions by 40% by 2030. It was established in 2018. CleanBC has a Roadmap to 2030, which among many goals, aims to reduce embodied carbon by using more low-carbon building materials, such as mass timber, wood-based insulation, carbon-absorbing concrete, and concrete made with lignin fibres from trees and other plants. To accomplish this, the government will develop a Low Carbon Building Materials Strategy by 2030 that includes a holistic approach to decarbonizing buildings, initially emphasizing public sector buildings, by 2030. | |||
| Auckland Waste Management and Minimisation Plan of 2018 | New Zealand | North Island | Auckland | Waste & circularity | City/County | Public Pilot/Study | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2018 | 2018 | https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plans-projects-policies-reports-bylaws/our-plans-strategies/topic-based-plans-strategies/environmental-plans-strategies/docswastemanagementplan/auckland-waste-management-minimisation-plan.pdf | Auckland's Waste Management and Minimisation Plan outlines strategies to reduce embodied carbon through reducing demolition and avoiding new materials. The Council piloted deconstruction projects and aimed to quantify the financial and non-financial impacts of deconstructing rather than demolishing buildings. Pilot projects have demonstrated the waste reduction potential of deconstruction, but more data is required to generate wider industry acceptance. Amended plan adopted by the Environment and Climate Change Committee on 8 September 2022 | |||
| Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) Carbon Assessment Tool for Road and Light Rail Projects | Ireland | Dublin | Infrastructure | National | Agency Program | Public | Passed/Active | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | https://www.tiipublications.ie/library/GE-ENV-01106-01.pdf | TII has developed a carbon assessment tool with the aim of reducing the amount of embodied carbon generated during the construction phase of transport projects. The TII Carbon Tool is designed to be used primarily by climate practitioners, and secondarily for project designers, engineers and lead contractors as part of the early design and planning process for new road and light rail projects. The Tool is aligned to integrate with the existing planning and design cycle. The outputs from the Tool will allow TII and its contractors to compare and evaluate the lifecycle carbon impacts of multiple design options for any given road or light rail project. | Unclear | ||
| Vancouver Empty Homes Tax | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver | Building | City/County | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/empty-homes-tax.aspx | Vancouver homeowners are required to submit a declaration each year to determine if their property is subject to the Empty Homes Tax. Properties deemed or declared empty in the 2022 reference year will be subject to a tax of 3% of the property’s 2022 assessed taxable value. The tax rate for the 2023 reference year will increase to 5%. | ||
| Clean Growth Strategy | United Kingdom | London | Multiple | National | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2017 | 2017 | 2018 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-growth-strategy | UK Strategy for meeting carbon goals, including: 3. Establish an Industrial Energy Efficiency scheme to help large companies install measures to cut their energy use and bills 4. Publish joint industrial decarbonisation and energy efficiency action plans with seven of the most energy intensive industrial sectors 5. Demonstrate international leadership in carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS), by collaborating with our global partners and investing up to £100 million in leading edge CCUS and industrial innovation to drive down costs 6. Work in partnership with industry, through a new CCUS Council, to put us on a path to meet our ambition of having the option of deploying CCUS at scale in the UK, and to maximise its industrial opportunity 7. Develop our strategic approach to greenhouse gas removal technologies, building on the Government’s programme of research and development and addressing the barriers to their long term deployment 8. Phase out the installation of high carbon forms of fossil fuel heating in new and existing businesses off the gas grid during the 2020s, starting with new build 9. Support the recycling of heat produced in industrial processes, to reduce business energy bills and benefit local communities 10.Innovation: Invest around £162 million of public funds in research and innovation in Energy, Resource and Process efficiency, including up to £20 million to encourage switching to lower carbon fuels; and Support innovative energy technologies and processes with £14 million of further investment through the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund | |||
| Method for the whole life carbon assessment of buildings | Finland | Helsinki | Building | National | Government funded tool | Passed/Active | 2017 | 2019 | https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/161796/YM_2019_23_Method_for_the_whole_life_carbon_assessment_of_buildings.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y | Whole life carbon assessment methdology for Finland, based on the European Commission’s Level(s) method and European Standards From this article: "The Finnish method for whole-life carbon assessment of buildings (Kuittinen 2019) is based on European standard EN 15978 (CEN European Committee for Standardization 2011). Thus, the assessment uses process-based, attributional LCA, which is commonly used in the building sector. The aim was also to ensure compatibility with the European Union’s (EU) Level(s) framework for metering and reporting the sustainability of buildings (Dodd et al. 2017)" | |||||
| Township of Douro-Dummer's Sustainable Development Program | Canada | Ontario | Douro-Dummer | Building | City/County | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 2016 | 2016 | 2020 | https://www.dourodummer.ca/en/building-and-renovating/sustainable-development-program.aspx | Douro-Dummer's innovative Sustainable Development Program was launched early 2020 as Canada's first embodied carbon reduction program for building construction. It provides at this time a 40% permit fee rebate on all approved projects that meet the required greenhouse gas reduction targets, or an 80% permit fee rebate with combined with net-zero ready construction. | ||
| Bâtiment à Énergie Positive & Réduction Carbone / Énergie Positive et Réduction Carbone (E+C-) | France | Paris | Building | National | Public Pilot/Study | Private | Passed/Active | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | http://www.batiment-energiecarbone.fr/ | Pilot program - Pilot program is voluntary, incentivizes builders and developers to achieve energy and carbon performance-based targets - Incentives include financial support toward LCA studies, additional construction/zoning rights, and/or an Energy-Plus & Carbon Reduction Certificate (E+C- label) for complying with energy and life cycle carbon performance benchmarks - Indicators are called "Carbon Levels" - Submit data to a national “observatory” - Pilot program becomes mandatory in 2022. Mandatory program would remove incentives and require buildings to meet performance standards (> RE2020 Standard) | |||
| Norwegian Real Estate Sector Roadmap towards 2050 | Norway | Oslo | Multiple | National | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | https://byggalliansen.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/roadmap2050.pdf | - Property sector’s roadmap towards 2050 - NGBC’s real estate sector members members are encouraged to implement the 10 recommended immediate measures, and those who do so will be recognized by the organizations. - All Public- sector building ownwers require to use zero-emission materials. | |||
| DuboCalc | The Netherlands | The Hague | Material | National | Government funded tool | Passed/Active | 2016 | 2016 | 2017 | https://www.dubocalc.nl/en/ | DuboCalc is a software tool for quick and easy calculation of sustainability and environmental design variants of ground, road and water works. DuboCalc is used by clients and (potential) contractors for writing and reviewing (EMAT) procurement of civil engineering works DuboCalc calculates the MKI value for four different phases: Construction, Use, Maintenance or End Of Life. | ||||
| Edmonton Climate Resilient Policy C627 | Canada | Alberta | City of Edmonton | Building | City/County | Agency Program | Public | Passed/Active | 2015 | 2015 | 2021 | https://www.edmonton.ca/sites/default/files/public-files/assets/PoliciesDirectives/C627.pdf?cb=1658876454 | This policy requires that all new City-Funded buildings are built to an emissions-neutral standard. Embodied carbon analysis is completed for new construction and ideas such as passive design strategies, well-insulated building envelopes, and the use of energy-efficient technologies like LED lighting are encouraged. All New Construction shall require Embodied Carbon assessments. | ||
| Royal Decree on environmental messages (Royal Decree setting the minimum requirements for environmental displays on construction products and for the registration of environmental product declarations in the federal database) | Belgium | Brussels | Material | National | Regulatory | Passed/Active | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/loi_a1.pl?sql=(text%20contains%20(%27%27))&language=fr&rech=1&tri=dd%20AS%20RANK&value=&table_name=loi&F=&cn=2014052234&caller=image_a1&fromtab=loi&la=F | This decree requires construction products to have environmental labeling. The environmental labeling has to be aligned with EPD standards/requirements (see the "B-EPD Program") | ||||
| Environmental declaration of construction and decoration products intended for use in building works | France | Paris | Material | National | Government funded tool | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000029257446 | Methodology for declaring EPDs : December 23, 2013 relating to the environmental declaration of certain products of construction intended for use in building works is canceled as long as they have not deferred by six months the obligation to establish a simplified environmental declaration and by one year that of establishing an exhaustive environmental declaration, with regard to construction and decoration products. Order of July 9, 2014, Amending the Decree of December 23, 2013. | |||
| Carbon accounting of transportation infrastructure construction | Sweden | Stockholm | Infrastructure | National | Incentive | Public | Passed/Active | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:844528/FULLTEXT01.pdf | Sweden requires that all large transportation infrastructure projects report embodied carbon and GHG emissions with incentives provided to reduce embodied GHGs below a set target | |||
| Paris Climate Action Plan | France | Paris | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Passed/Active | 2013 | https://www.apc-paris.com/plan-climat/batiments | The City of Paris aims to reduce energy consumption by 30% by 2030 and 50% by 2050. The Climate Plan provides for guidelines for massive renovations of existing condominiums, social housing, and the tertiary sector. The Plan also recommends that new constructions be reversible and flexible, to avoid future renovations and rehabilitations emitting GHGs. | ||||||
| Green Deal 154: Biobased building | The Netherlands | The Hague | Material | National | Education/Training | Passed/Active | 2012 | 2012 | 2013 | https://www.biobasedbouwen.nl/over-kennisbank/ | Knowledge base set up with more than 30 parties from the construction sector. These producers, architects, consultants and knowledge institutions share their knowledge about promising possibilities of bio-based construction. Together with the Ministries of the Interior (Housing and Central Government), Economic Affairs, and Infrastructure and the Environment, they all collaborated on the bio-based building green deal (completed since March 2016). Label:https://www.greendeals.nl/green-deals/biobased-bouwen | Bio-based materials | |||
| City of London - Sustainable Design and Construction, Supplementary Design and Construction | United Kingdom | London | Building | City/County | Incentive | Passed/Active | 2011 | 2013 | 2013 | https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/implementing-london-plan/london-plan-guidance-and-spgs/sustainable-design-and | Supplementary guidance for meeting 2011 London Plan requirements; Section 2.7.3 say that the design of development should prioritize materials that have a low embodied energy, sustainably sourced, least resource-intensive, locally-sourced Also includes existing building reuse | ||||
| Building Decree 2012 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | Building | National | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2011 | 2011 | 2013 | https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/richtlijnen/2011/10/05/praktijkboek-bouwbesluit-2012 | Since 2013 in The Netherlands, all new residential and office buildings in excess of 100m2 must have their embodied carbon emissions calculated and reported, with limits brought in 2018 and tightened 2021. This is called an "MPG" "As of January 1, 2018, a maximum limit value of 1.0 applies to the MPG. On 1 July 2021, the environmental performance for new homes (not for offices) will be tightened from 1.0 to 0.8. The aim is to gradually tighten the requirement and to halve it by 2030 at the latest." Article 5.9 on sustainable construction has required LCA calculations covering GHGs and resource depletion for new homes and non domestic buildings over 100m2 since 2013. Calculations are enabled by a national calculation methodology and LCA / EPD database. The system boundary covers all stages from A to D excluding operational energy and water use (B6 and B7). | |||
| Toronto Green Standard (TGS) | Canada | City of Toronto | Material | City/County | Incentive | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-raises-green-performance-standards-for-new-development-and-mandates-net-zero-ghg-emissions-for-new-city-owned-buildings/ | The Toronto Green Standard (TGS) has new voluntary tracking requirements for building construction and landscaping materials. It also has potential future performance requirements for “embodied emissions” in building materials such as concrete, steel, and insulation in small and large buildings. (Latest version: May 2022) | concrete, steel and insulation | ||
| EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive | European Union | Building | National | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/ELL/;ELX_SESSIONID=FZMjThLLzfxmmMCQGp2Y1s2d3TjwtD8QS3pqdkhXZbwqGwlgY9KN!2064651424?uri=CELEX:32010L0031 | The EPBD sets the overall framework for energy performance standards in EU buildings. It emphasizes the need for sustainable utilization of energy, particularly in the context of oil products, natural gas, and solid fuels, which are major sources of carbon dioxide emissions. The directive aims to reduce energy consumption in buildings, accounting for 40% of total energy consumption in the Union, by setting minimum energy performance requirements and promoting the use of renewable energy sources. | all large new buildings (>2000 square metres) | |||
| Phoenix Adaptive Reuse program | USA | Arizona | Phoenix | Waste & circularity | City/County | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 2008 | 2008 | https://www.phoenix.gov/administration/departments/pdd/commercial-multifamily-building/adaptive-reuse-program.html | The City of Phoenix's Adaptive Reuse Program began as a pilot program in April 2008, and today is one of the most comprehensive programs of its kind in the country. The program offers development guidance, streamlined processes, reduced timeframes, and cost savings to customers looking to adapt older buildings for new business uses. | |||
| UK Climate Change Act 2008 | United Kingdom | London | Multiple | National | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/27/contents | - World’s first legally binding target to cut 80% of emissions by 2050 - Outlines multi-sectoral policy to transition industries toward low carbon practices, including carbon capture and storage, and low carbon construction through increased use of renewable materials | |||
| Singapore's Green Building Masterplan | Singapore | Singapore | Building | National | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2005 | 2005 | 2006 | https://www1.bca.gov.sg/buildsg/sustainability/green-building-masterplans | Singapore's Green Building Masterplan was updated in 2021 including the Building and Construction Authority's Green Mark certification scheme that includes language on raising energy performance standards and placing greater emphasis on other important sustainability outcomes such as designing for maintainability, reducing embodied carbon across a building's life cycle, and creating healthier environments for building users. The Green Mark 2021 scheme is aligned with the United Nations' Sustainability Development Goals. Green Mark Certification: https://www1.bca.gov.sg/ | |||
| Waterfront Toronto Green Building Requirements | Canada | Ontario | Toronto | Building | City/County | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2001 | 2005 | https://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/sites/default/files/connect/waterfront/db7b12c6-3155-4f55-a545-9ae0f24869f2/waterfront-toronto-green-building-requirements--gbr--version-3-0---january-2021.pdf | Waterfront Toronto's Green Building Requirements has a section that specifically addresses embodied carbon. It requires design teams to do two things: 1) During Schematic Design, design teams should conduct a WBLCA in accordance with CaGBC Zero Carbon Building Standard version 2 methodology during; and 2) at Detailed Design, design teams should update the LCA for the proposed building structure.;2021 (v3 update) | All Steel and rebar Low-carbon concrete (with 25% Supplementary Cementing Materials) Timber products certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. | ||
| California SB 1207: Buy Clean California Act: Eligible Materials | USA | California | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2024 | 2025 | https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1207 | Revised the Buy Clean California Act by updating the definition of “eligible materials” to replace “mineral wool board insulation” with “insulation,” effectively requiring other types of insulation to provide EPDs and meet limits set by DGS. Existing law defines “eligible materials” for those purposes to mean carbon steel rebar, flat glass, mineral wool board insulation, or structural steel. | Insulation | 5/2/2024 | ||
| Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance | USA | California | Dallas | Material | City/County | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2024 | 2024 | https://www.santamonica.gov/low-carbon-concrete-requirements | On April 23, 2024 Santa Monica City Council adopted Ordinance #2778 that reduces emissions from concrete poured in new buildings, spas, and swimming pools. The ordinance applies to any newly-constructed buildings, swimming pools, and spas submitted for plan review after June 12, 2024. The policy establishes cement and global warming potential limits for concretes at specified compressive strengths. Compliance is achieved by demonstrating that a concrete meets the cement limit OR the global warming potential limit by providing a concrete mix-design that lists the amount of cement or an environmental product declaration that lists the global warming potential level. Project applicants can show compliance for an individual concrete mix OR calculate project-based compliance. The project-based compliance forms linked below are a useful tool to easily determine project-based compliance. | Concrete | 1/31/25 | |
| Decarbonising Infrastructure Delivery Policy | Australia | New South Wales | Multiple | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2024 | 2024 | https://www.infrastructure.nsw.gov.au/expert-advice/decarbonising-infrastructure-delivery/ | Requires New South Wales (NSW) government infrastructure agencies (including buildings and other infrastructure) to manage upfront carbon (A1-A5) on public projects by applying the carbon reduction hierarchy, including decarbonization in public engagement, assessing the upfront carbon impacts of the project according to NSW methodology guidance, and creating a Carbon Management Plan. Required actions are spread across phases on the project, including Business Case, Planning approval, design, and procurement, and Construction and practical completion. | 5/2/2024 | |||
| Pittsburgh Zoning Code of Ordinances (Section 915.07.D) Performance Points for Building Reuse | USA | Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh | Waste & circularity | City/County | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 2024 | 2024 | https://library.municode.com/pa/pittsburgh/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PIZOCO_TITNINEZOCO_ARTVIDEST_CH915ENPEST | The building reuse section (see 915.07.D) of Pittsburgh's Performance Points system awards bonus points for three criteria related to building reuse: 1. Exterior design elements are in harmony with nearby structures of similar age. 2. 75% or more of street-facing building facades from structures over 50 years old are restored and seamlessly integrated into the new development. 3. The existing building shell is restored and retained. Up to an additional 15 feet of development is awarded for each point. | 2/8/2024 | ||
| Pittsburgh Zoning Code of Ordinances (Section 922.15.L) | USA | Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh | Building | City/County | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 2024 | 2024 | https://library.municode.com/pa/pittsburgh/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PIZOCO_TITNINEZOCO_ARTVIIIREEN_CH922DEREPR_922.15MIUSDEST | This code mandates the submission of a Whole-Building Life-Cycle Assessment for specific mixed-use development projects subject to Planning Commission Review and Approval, except demolitions, and new open spaces. The assessment must address three key elements: evaluating embodied carbon in existing structures, assessing the carbon capture value of existing trees on-site, and exploring methods for achieving zero carbon energy sourcing during both construction and operation. | 2/8/2024 | ||
| Buy Clean Buy Fair Washington (HB 1282) | USA | Washington | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2024 | 2025 | https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1282&Year=2023&Initiative=false#documentSection | Beginning July 1, 2025, contractors for eligible public projects must report product quantities, a current EPD, the manufacturer name and state/province and country. If available, health product declarations, a Supplier code of conduct, and office of minority and women-owned business enterprises certifications must be reported. The bill also requires reporting of working conditions data, performance-based specifications for concrete, and continued use and maintenance of a Buy Clean Buy Fair Reporting Database. | Concrete, steel, engineered wood | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Australia National Construction Code (NCC) | Australia | Building | National | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2024 | https://www.industry.gov.au/news/building-ministers-meeting-communique-june-2024 | Australia’s State Building Ministers (who set the agenda for the Australian Building Construction Board - ABCB - and therefore the National Construction Code - NCC) have agreed unanimously: (1) To establish a nationally consistent methodology for measuring carbon in buildings (This will effectively be the new NABERS methodology built on EN15978 and the RICS method)- NABERS (National Australian Built Environment Rating System) and (2) to include a voluntary pathway in NCC 2025 for commercial buildings to measure and report on embodied carbon using the soon to be released NABERS method and asked ABCB to investigate how to incorporate and fund inclusion of a minimum standard for embodied carbon in NCC 2028, for all building types and (3) to include climate resilience as a specific objective of the ABCB from 2025. | 1/31/25 | |||||
| Ireland Low Carbon Concrete Procurement Guidance | Ireland | Material | National | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2024 | 2024 | https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/news-and-events/department-news/2024/may/202405281.html?apcid=0065f87a08406312c888ea05 | The Ireland Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment established guidance for procurement of cement and concrete on construction projects procured by government departments and their agencies. The guidance builds on 4 key objectives identified in the Reducing embodied carbon in cement and concrete through Public Procurement in Ireland" commissioned by DETE before the announcement, including: (1) using less concrete, and less cement by designing, specifying, and managing products on site better, (2) specify lower carbon concrete, (3) specify lower carbon cement, and (4) introduce broader Carbon Management systems for large infrastructure projects. Specifically, the government has mandated a 30% target for clinker reduction. Ireland is the first country in Europe to have this type of mandate. | 7/3/2024 | ||||
| CALGreen: 2022 California Green Building Standards Code, Title 24, Part 11 with July 2024 Supplement | USA | California | Multiple | State/Province | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2023 | July 1, 2024 | https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/CAGBC2022P3 | Effective July 1, 2024, CALGreen will require public and private non-residential buildings larger than 100,000 square feet and schools larger than 50,000 square feet in size to follow one of three embodied carbon reduction pathways: 1. Reusing 45% or more of the structure and enclosure (5.105.2) 2. Demonstrating a 10% reduction in global warming potential using a cradle-to-grave whole building life cycle assessment (5.409.2) 3. Concrete, structural steel, flat glass, and mineral wool products shall not exceed the maximum GWP values specified in Table 5.409.3, as demonstrated by a Type III product-specific of facility-specific environmental product declaration (EPD). (5.409.3) These values are approximately 175% of Buy Clean California Act GWP limits and NRMCA Pacific Southwest GWP values. | Concrete, structural steel, reinforcing steel, flat glass, and mineral wool board insulation | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (CA SB 253) | USA | California | Company | State/Province | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2027 | https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB253 | Requires large public and private companies (total annual revenues in excess of $1 billion) doing business in California to disclose their scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, beginning in 2026. Scope 3 emissions reporting would not be required until 2027, on 2026 data. Emissions disclosures must be independently verified and would be housed on a new publicly available digital registry administered by an organization contracted by CARB. | 3/19/2024 | |||
| Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (CA SB 261) | USA | California | Company | State/Province | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2026 | https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB261 | Requires certain entities (>$500M in annual revenue) doing business in California to prepare and submit climate-related financial risk reports that cover climate-related financial risks consistent with recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) framework. The first report is required to be prepared by January 1, 2026. | 3/19/2024 | |||
| Embodied Carbon Trading System (CA AB-43) | USA | California | Multiple | State/Province | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2029 | https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB43 | Amends Section 38561.3 and adds Section 38561.6 of the CA Health and Safety Code to authorize CARB to integrate an embodied carbon trading system into their embodied carbon measurement framework (see AB2446) on or before December 31, 2026, and to implement the EC trading system on and after January 1, 2029. CARB is authorized to adopt rules and regulations for the credit allocation approach, the anticipated carbon price in the scheme, and trading periods, and must periodically review and update its emission reporting and compliance standard requirements, as necessary. | 3/19/2024 | |||
| Buy Clean Maryland Act | USA | Maryland | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2024 | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_202_hb0261e.pdf | Requires the Maryland Department of General Services to collect EPDs and set global warming potential limits by January 1, 2026 for cement and concrete used in eligible capital projects. | Concrete, cement | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge | USA | Massachusetts | Cambridge | Building | City/County | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2024 | https://www.cambridgema.gov/-/media/Files/CDD/ZoningDevel/Amendments/2022/article22,-d-,000emissionsaccountingrefiled/refiledpetition102022/zngamend_emissions_amendedtext_20230227.pdf | Amends 22.25.1(c) of Article 22, Sustainable Design and Development to require a whole building LCA for projects over 50,000 sf, excluding all residential. This zoning amendment stemmed from the City's Net Zero Action Plan item 2.2 on embodied carbon. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Lexington Climate Action Plan | USA | Massachusetts | Lexington | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2023 | https://www.lexingtonma.gov/1544/Climate-Action-Resilience-Plan | The Lexington Climate Action Plan launched an outreach and resource program for residential and commercial building retrofits prioritizing emissions reduction potential. Priorities include engaging developers to increase the share of passive design principles and low embodied-carbon construction materials demonstrated by Environmental Product Declarations. The plan encourages incorporating embodied carbon in building and construction materials. | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Lexington Integrated Building Design and Construction Policy | USA | Massachusetts | Lexington | Building | City/County | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2023 | https://www.lexingtonma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/10352/Integrated-Building-Design-and-Construction-Policy---2023?bidId= | The Integrated Building Design and Construction Policy for Town facility projects emphasizes prioritizing the health and well-being of occupants, meeting programmatic requirements, and achieving high-performance standards in health, energy, and resilience. Mandating that all renovation and new projects align with the "LEED Lexington" goals, striving for at least LEED Silver standards, the policy incorporates elements such as Green Power and Carbon Offsets, Recyclables Collection, Building Product Disclosure, and Waste Management. This comprehensive policy, encompassing Lexington's embodied carbon policy, applies uniformly to all building projects funded by the Town. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Buy Clean Buy Fair Minnesota (HF 2310) | USA | Minnesota | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2024 | https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2310&type=bill&version=4&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0&format=pdf | Minnesota's Buy Clean Buy Fair Act requires reporting of supply chain specific EPDs and set global warming potential limits for concrete used in buildings (by 2026) and concrete pavement, asphalt, carbon steel rebar and structural steel (by 2028). Additionally, a task force will be formed to advise on implementation in addition to a pilot program to collect EPDs voluntarily starting in 2024 including a request for labor data. An EPD assistance grant program is also included to assist manufacturers in creating EPDs. | Concrete, carbon steel rebar, structural steel, asphalt paving mixtures | 3/19/2024 | ||
| New Jersey Low Embodied Carbon Concrete Leadership Act (LECCLA) | USA | New Jersey | Material | State/Province | Incentive | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2023 | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A9999/5223_I1.PDF | Requires the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to establish embodied carbon baselines for concrete. Producers who submit certified EPDs that fall below this baseline will be awarded a performance-based tax credit of up to 8% of the total cost of the contract. | Concrete | 3/20/2024 | ||
| New Jersey Legislature: Bill S287 | USA | New Jersey | |||||||||||||
| Oregon Climate Omnibus Bill 3409 | USA | Oregon | Multiple | State/Province | Public Pilot/Study | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2023 | https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3409/Enrolled | The Oregon 2023 Climate Omnibus Bill includes 3 opportunities to address embodied carbon of building materials in Oregon by (1) directing State agencies to identify opportunities within Oregon Building Code and other means to reduce GHG emissions from construction materials, (2) directing agencies to oversee all capital projects to meet certain requirements, and also sets requirements for developing sustainable design standards for state buildings, and (3) directing the Dept of Environmental Quality to update the state’s consumption-based emission inventory and identify opportunities to reduce consumption-based emissions (which includes embodied carbon of construction materials). | 3/20/2024 | |||
| 2023 Vermont Residential Building Energy Standard Amendments Section 408 | USA | Vermont | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2024 | https://publicservice.vermont.gov/document/2023-redline-vermont-residential-building-energy-standards-amendmentslcar | The Vermont Residential Building Energy Standards is a stretch code that now requires projects to calculate insulation embodied carbon emissions (Section R408.1) Projects can receive up to 3 points under the code after using product-specific EPDs and/or default GWP values provided in the code to calculate insulation GWP intensity (kg CO2e/ft2). Projects receive 1 point for reporting, two points for demonstrating a GWP intensity less than 0.5, and 3 points for demonstrating a GWP intensity less than 0. | Insulation | 3/20/2024 | ||
| 2021 Washington State Residential Code: Construction, Demolition & Deconstruction | USA | Washington | Waste & circularity | State/Province | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2023 | 2023 | https://www.sbcc.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/2021%20IRC%20Insert%20Pages%201st%20Printing_0.pdf | The 2021 International Residential Code First Edition 2023 has introduced Appendix Y: Construction and Demolition Material Management and Appendix Z: Building Deconstruction. These appendices inted to reduce the amount of construction and demolition waste that goes to a landfill and increases the amount of construction and demolition material that can be salvaged for reuse and recycled to achive carbon emission goals. | 3/20/2024 | |||
| European Council Ecodesign regulation | Europe | Multiple | National | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2023 | https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/05/22/ecodesign-regulation-council-adopts-position/ | European Council has set a framework for eco-design requirements for sustainable products that are energy- and resource-efficient, more durable, reliable, reusable, upgradable, reparable, recyclable, and easier to maintain. The new regulation will replace the existing 2009 directive and enlarge the scope to set environmental sustainability requirements for almost all kinds of goods placed on the EU market. Additionally, the general approach of the Council provides a minimum transition period of 18 months once the ecodesign act is applied. | ||||||
| Berkeley Green Code Section 4.405.1 | USA | California | Berkeley | Material | City/County | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2023 | https://berkeley.municipal.codes/BMC/19.37 | Amends the California Green Building Standards Code to add a requirement that cement used in concrete mix designs shall be reduced by 25% or more (4.408.1) | Cement | 3/19/2024 | |
| Berkeley Green Code Section 4.408.1 | USA | California | Berkeley | Waste & circularity | City/County | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2023 | https://berkeley.municipal.codes/BMC/19.37 | Amends the California Green Building Standards Code to require recycling and/or salvage of 100% of excavated soil and land-clearing debris, 100% of concrete, 100% of asphalt, and a minimum of 65 percent of the other nonhazardous construction and demolition waste (4.408.1). | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Livermore 2022 Climate Action Plan | USA | California | Livermore | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://livermoreclimateaction.com/ | Strategy W-2: Expand use of low-carbon and recycled building materials | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Tiburon Climate Action Plan 2030 | USA | California | Tiburon | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | http://www.townoftiburon.org/DocumentCenter/View/917/Climate-Action-Plan-2022 | The Town of Tiburon's Climate Action Plan has several embodied carbon-related actions, including: EE-C4: Green Building Reach Code 1. Adopt a green building ordinance for new and remodeled commercial and residential projects that requires green building methods, materials, and efficiency above the State building and energy codes. 2. Consider adoption of low embodied-carbon concrete standards similar to those adopted by the County. EE-C6 Sustainable Building Materials Study alternatives and draft regulations that require use of Forest Stewardship Council certified material in new constructions, major remodels, and outdoor use and that prohibit use of non-certified old-growth and other materials. WR-C3: Construction & Demolition Debris and Self-Haul Waste 1. Require all loads of construction & demolition debris and self-haul waste to be processed for recovery of materials as feasible. 2. Investigate creation of an ordinance requiring deconstruction of buildings proposed for demolition or remodeling | Concrete, wood, and general construction materials requirements | 3/19/2024 | |
| California AB2446: Embodied carbon emissions: construction materials | USA | California | Building | State/Province | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2446 | Amended Section 38561.3 of the California Health and Safety Code to require California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop a framework for measuring and reducing the carbon intensity of construction and materials to achieve an 40% net reduction in new construction by 2045, from a 2026 baseline. | N/A | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Colorado State SB 22-051: Credit Sales Tax for Building Materials | USA | Colorado | Material | State/Province | Incentive | N/A | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2024 | https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_051_signed.pdf | Beginning July 1, 2024, all sales, storage, and use of eligible decarbonizing building materials are exempt from state sales and use tax. "Eligible decarbonizing building materials" are building materials that have a maximum acceptable global warming potential as determined by the office of the state architect (office) and that are on a list of eligible materials maintained by the office based on EPDs voluntarily submitted by manufacturers. | 3/19/2024 | |||
| HB22-1159 Waste Diversion And Circular Economy Development Center | USA | Colorado | Waste & circularity | State/Province | Agency Program | Public | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2023 | https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1159 | Creates a Circular Economy Development Center in the State of Colorado's Department of Public Health and Environment to be run between 2023-2030. The purpose of the Center is to grow existing markets; create new markets; and provide necessary infrastructure, logistics, and marketing to create a sustainable circular economy for recycled commodities in Colorado. | 3/19/2024 | |||
| MD SB 0528: Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 | USA | Maryland | Material | State/Province | Public Pilot/Study | Public | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0528?ys=2022RS | This bill requires the Maryland Green Building Council (MGBC) to consider the use of EPDs, performance incentives, expedited product evaluation of low-carbon concrete, and maximum GWP limits for concrete used in State-funded projects. The MGBC must report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. | Concrete | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Massachusetts Concrete EPD Grant Program | USA | Massachusetts | Material | State/Province | Incentive | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | https://www.masscec.com/resources/concrete-environmental-performance-declarations-epds | The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has funded Massachusetts Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association (MaCAPA) to partially offset the costs of onboarding EPD generation software and generating third-party site specific EPDs. | 5/2/2024 | ||||
| Michigan Healthy Climate Plan | USA | Michigan | Material | State/Province | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://www.michigan.gov/egle/-/media/Project/Websites/egle/Documents/Offices/OCE/MI-Healthy-Climate-Plan.pdf?rev=d13f4adc2b1d45909bd708cafccbfffa&hash=99437BF2709B9B3471D16FC1EC692588 | The Michigan Healthy Climate Plan addresses embodied carbon by encouraging the use of materials with a low-carbon footprint (like mass timber) and has a section about driving clean innovation in industry to reduce emissions from energy-intensive industries, such as iron, steel, and cement. | 3/20/2024 | |||
| Minnesota's Climate Action Framework | USA | Minnesota | Waste & circularity | State/Province | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://climate.state.mn.us/sites/climate-action/files/Climate%20Action%20Framework.pdf | Minnesota's Climate Action Framework outlines the necessary efforts to attain a carbon-neutral, resilient, and equitable status for the state. By the year 2050, Minnesota aims to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and balance any emitted greenhouse gases with carbon storage. Initiative 4.2: 'Smarter buildings and construction' highlights state action to support and promote adaptive reuse of existing buildings to reduce construction waste and retain embodied carbon in existing construction materials. | 3/20/2024 | |||
| New York City Executive Order 23 | USA | New York | New York City | Material | City/County | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/023-002/executive-order-23 | New York City's Executive Order 23 includes requirements for using low-carbon concrete on capital projects and concrete sidewalks, submitting EPDs to the EC3 tool, using low-emission vehicles and equipment, performing LCAs on capitol porjects, and developing action plans that incorporate embodied carbon. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| GreenNY Specification: Lower Carbon Concrete | USA | New York | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://ogs.ny.gov/greenny/greenny-specification-lower-carbon-concrete | GreenNY is New York State's green/sustainable procurement program. They have lower-carbon concrete specifications for ready-mix concrete and CMU and concrete bricks. For ready-mix concrete, the requirements are: 1) provide an EPD where available, 2) set cement content limits, 3) include pozzolans, and 4) use blended aggregates when available. For CMU and concrete bricks, the requirements are: 1) provide industry EPDs when available, 2) consider a reduced-profile web design, and 3) reduce cement content. | Concrete | 3/19/2024 | ||
| New York State Climate Scoping Plan | USA | New York | Multiple | State/Province | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://climate.ny.gov/resources/scoping-plan/ | The Scoping Plan is the framework for how New York will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve net-zero emissions, increase renewable energy use, and ensure all communities equitably benefit in the clean energy transition. Strategy B11, "Reduce Embodied Carbon from Building Construction" directs the State to lead by example by driving embodied carbon reductions on State-funded new construction projects (building on NYS EO 22 and the Low Embodied Carbon Concrete Leadership Act of 2021), follow low carbon material specifications established by GreenNY, set reduction targets for projects, incorporate embodied carbon building budgets into permitting for State entities and no later than 2025 for local government entities, encourage building reuse, support RD&D, expand in-state manufacturing for products, incorporate lower-carbon specifications for carbon intensive products into energy efficiency programs (such as foam insulation), and leverage federal efforts and policy development (like IRA). | 3/20/2024 | |||
| NYS Executive Order 22 | USA | New York | Multiple | State/Province | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public | Passed/Active | 2022 | https://www.governor.ny.gov/executive-order/no-22-leading-example-directing-state-agencies-adopt-sustainability-and | NYC Executive Order 22 estasblishes an interagency council (GreenNY Council) and a range of sustainability and decarbonization initiatives to be led by New York State Agencies. Related to embodied carbon, GreenNY Council is directed to issue issue Operational Directives and guidance for reducing embodied carbon in common construction materials. Additionally, starting January 1, 2023, public agencies must reduce the embodied carbon on new construction and adaptive reuse costing greater than 50% of the cost of new construction by (1) calculating the total embodied carbon that will result from the project during design and then (2) requiring EPDs during bidding. | 3/19/2024 | ||||
| Lake Oswego Municipal Code Update: Demolition Tax | USA | Oregon | Lake Oswego | Waste & circularity | City/County | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://www.codepublishing.com/OR/LakeOswego/ | The Lake Oswego Demolition Tax requires that all residential projects which remove 50% or more of the surface area of exterior walls or perimeter foundation are required to obtain a residential demolition permit, fulfill neighborhood noticing requirements for demolitions, and pay the City’s Demolition Tax. Projects that utilize manual deconstruction with a Certified Deconstruction Contractor are exempt from the Demolition Tax. Additionally, manual deconstruction is required for all demolitions of residential dwellings built in the year 1940 or earlier. | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Buy Clean Oregon (HB 4139) | USA | Oregon | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2027 | https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/HB4139 | Requires the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to establish a program to reduce embodied GHG emissions and conduct LCAs for select construction and maintenance activities. and devises strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. ODOT must establish a technical advisory committee, use EPDs to rank or score bids before January 1, 2027, and establish a grant program to assist bidders and proposers in preparing or submitting EPDs. | Concrete, including ready mix concrete, shotcrete, precast concrete and concrete masonry units; asphalt paving mixtures; and structural and reinforcing steel. ODOT may add other materials. | 3/20/2024 | ||
| San Antonio Deconstruction and Salvage Ordinance | USA | Texas | San Antonio | Waste & circularity | City/County | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://www.sareuse.com/ | The City of San Antonio adopted an ordinance to require deconstruction instead of demolition for small-scale residential structures older than 1920 or older than 1945 if designated historic. Only Certified Deconstruction Contractors verified by the City can deconstruct buildings. | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Kirkland High Performance Green Buildings Embodied Carbon Criteria | USA | Washington | Kirkland | Building | City/County | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2023 | https://www.codepublishing.com/WA/Kirkland/html/KirklandZ115/KirklandZ115.html#115.62 | Kirkland Zoning Code, 115.62, High Performing Buildings now includes embodied carbon alongside other performance standards due at the time of development permit submittal, including an embodied carbon assessment of both existing and prospective buildings and embodied carbon limits and reductions (to be set by the project). | 3/19/2024 | ||
| State of Wisconsin Clean Energy Plan | USA | Wisconsin | Material | State/Province | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://osce.wi.gov/Documents/SOW-CleanEnergyPlan2022.pdf | The State of Wisconsin's Clean Energy Plan has a section dedicated to exploring low-carbon building materials procurement policies. The plan directs the DOA State Bureau of Procurement to submit a plan to expand the use of green/clean procurement practices and reduce embodied carbon to the Governor and also includes an action to "Develop Low Carbon Building Materials Procurement Policies," beginining with researching policy options and conducting studies on State projects. | 3/20/2024 | |||
| GSA Facilities Standards (P100 with 2022 Addendum): Concrete and Asphalt Requirements | USA | Washington D.C. | Material | National | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/design-and-construction/engineering/facilities-standards-for-the-public-buildings-service | GSA added three embodied-carbon related requirements to their Facilities Standards in 2022, which apply to GSA's construction, modernization, and paving projects across the nation. Two sections aim to lower the environmental impacts of concrete and asphalt through requiring EPDs and embodied emissions limits for concrete (4.8.5) and environmentally preferable asphalt (4.8.6). | Concrete and asphalt | 3/20/2024 | ||
| GSA Facilities Standards (P100 with 2022 Addendum): Whole Building Embodied Carbon Reductions | USA | Washington D.C. | Building | National | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/design-and-construction/engineering/facilities-standards-for-the-public-buildings-service | GSA added three embodied-carbon related requirements to their Facilities Standards in 2022, which apply to GSA's construction, modernization, and paving projects across the nation. Section 1.9.2.9 requires that all new construction and major modernization projects must target a 20% reduction in the project’s whole-building embodied carbon compared to a conventional standard baseline building of the same project type. | 3/20/2024 | |||
| Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: Embodied Carbon Provisions | USA | Washington D.C. | Material | National | Agency Program | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://www.whitehouse.gov/cleanenergy/inflation-reduction-act-guidebook/ | The IRA has multiple pools of funding available for embodied carbon, focusing on low-carbon materials procurement. These include $250M for the EPA for technical assistance related to EPDs (Sec. 60112), $100M for the EPA to develop a low-carbon material labeling program (Sec. 60116), $2.15B to specify and install low-carbon materials (Sec. 60503), $2B to FHWA for low-carbon transportation material grants (Sec. 60506), and a FEMA Building Materials Program (Sec. 70006). | 3/19/2024 | |||
| Government of Canada's Standard on Embodied Carbon in Construction | Canada | Ottawa | Material | National | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2022 | 2022 | https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32742§ion=html | Canada's Standard on Embodied Carbon in Construction sets minimum requirements for the procurement of design and construction services to disclose and reduce the embodied carbon of major construction projects including the renovation or new construction of buildings or engineering assets. This standard is applicable to construction by all 22 federal departments and divisions/branches of federal public administration in Canada. | 3/20/2024 | |||
| Phoenix Climate Action Plan | USA | Arizona | Phoenix | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | https://www.phoenix.gov/oepsite/Documents/2021ClimateActionPlanEnglish.pdf | Phoenix’s Climate Action Plan includes several actions related to reducing embodied carbon. Additionally, the CAP sets a goal to reach net positive new construction by 2050, in terms of both energy use and the embodied energy in building materials. | N/A | 3/19/2024 | |
| San Francisco Climate Action Plan | USA | California | San Francisco | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2022 | https://sfenvironment.org/climateplan | San Francisco's Climate Action Plan addresses embodied carbon under Responsible Product & Consumption Strategy 1, "Achieve total carbon balance across the buildings and infrastructure sectors." The overall goal is to have a 40% reduction in the embodied carbon of buildings by 2040. This strategy has seven subactions, including phasing in policies between 2024-2026 requiring a 10%+ reduction on projects, developing a suite of incentives, policies, and/or guidelines for adaptive reuse and design and procurement of low-carbon structural materials, establishing a maximum allowance for embodied carbon by 2025, amending existing policies to require deconstruction, developing reuse distribution channels and markets, and advancing best practices for design for disassembly. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| San Francisco Construction and Demolition Debris Recovery Law | USA | California | San Francisco | Waste & circularity | City/County | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2022 | https://sfenvironment.org/construction-demolition-requirements#:~:text=Requirements%20overview&text=Under%20the%20ordinance%2C%20C%26D%20debris,in%20a%20designated%20trash%20bin. | San Francisco Construction and Demolition Debris Recovery Law requires that C&D debris material removed from a project in San Francisco must be recycled or reused. No C&D debris can be transported to or disposed of in a landfill or incinerator or put in a designated trash bin. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| AB 1010: Net-Zero Carbon Continuing Education | USA | California | Multiple | State/Province | Regulatory | N/A | Passed/Active | 2021 | 1/1/2023 | https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1010 | Amended Section 5600.05 of CA Business and Professions Code to require all licensed architects in the state of California to go through 5 hours of net zero carbon design continuing education every 2 years (when renewing their license), beginning in the 2023 renewal cycle. | N/A | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Denver Green Code 2022 Concrete and Steel Amendments | USA | Colorado | Denver | Material | City/County | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2022 | https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/CODGC2022P1/chapter-9-materials-and-resources | Amends the Denver Green Code to require Type III EPDs and global warming potential limits for concrete mixes (901.3.2.1) and structural and reinforcing steel (901.3.2.2). It also sets performance standards for steel facilities. | Concrete, structural steel, concrete reinforcing steel | 3/19/2024 | |
| Amherst's Climate Action Adaptation and Resilience Plan | USA | Massachusetts | Amherst | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | https://www.amherstma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/58981/Climate-Action-Adaptation-and-Resilience-Plan-Final-from-June-2021 | Amherst's Climate Action Adaptation and Resilience Plan includes an action to require embodied carbon analysis for all new buildings and move toward establishing regulatory limits on building life-cycle carbon (operational and embodied). | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Boston Mass Timber Accelerator | USA | Massachusetts | Boston | Material | City/County | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | https://architects.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d6fb813a22f4b0fae18d1f64&id=3d1308c5fc&e=ff6e238f6e | Up to ten local development projects will be awarded $25,000 grants to undertake feasibility studies for mass timber construction. Each team will also receive technical assistance from WoodWorks, a non-profit that offers free project support to enable teams to create wood buildings throughout the U.S. Mass timber has not yet been widely adopted, but the City of Boston aims to increase knowledge and awareness of it, identify new opportunities to build with it, and accelerate its use in a variety of building types through this accelerator. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Brookline Resolution | USA | Massachusetts | Brookline | Material | City/County | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | https://www.brooklinema.gov/DocumentCenter/View/25678/WA-18-IK2?bidId= | In accordance with a Town Meeting Resolution, the Town of Brookline is mandated to incorporate available low-carbon concrete products whenever possible and promote their adoption by developers for all new construction projects. Low-carbon products, as specified in this proposal, refer to materials that generate a minimum of 10% lesser carbon dioxide emissions during their production and utilization compared to the average mixture typically employed for a specific application. | Concrete | 3/19/2024 | |
| Executive Order 594: Decarbonizing and Minimizing Environmental Impacts of State Government | USA | Massachusetts | Building | State/Province | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | https://www.mass.gov/executive-orders/no-594-leading-by-example-decarbonizing-and-minimizing-environmental-impacts-of-state-government | This Executive Order requires all new construction and substantial renovations funded by the Massachusetts Commonwealth to meet a number of energy and transportation targets. As a part of this executive order, projects must evaluate and implement strategies to reduce embodied carbon contained in building materials. | 3/19/2024 | |||
| Ann Arbor City Council Resolution to Encourage and Accelerate the Use of Low Embodied Carbon Building Materials in Construction | USA | MI | Ann Arbor | Material | City/County | Agency Program | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2022 | https://a2gov.legistar.com/ViewReport.ashx?M=R&N=Text&GID=55&ID=4598872&GUID=AF360C43-55BC-4A97-9C2B-916153E5C666&Title=Legislation+Text | The Ann Arbor City Council Resolution to Encourage and Accelerate the Use of Low Embodied Carbon Building Materials in Construction is a resolution to encourage and accelerate the use of low embodied carbon building materials in construction. The City Administrator shall develop criteria to utilize low embodied carbon building materials in its building and infrastructure projects, publish annual report, and share resources. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| New Jersey SB-3091 | USA | New Jersey | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S3500/3091_R3.HTM | This act establishes state purchasing preferences and tax incentives related to unit concrete products (not including ready mix) that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology. | Unit concrete products | 3/20/2024 | ||
| New York Senate Bill 542A (New York State Low Embodied Carbon Concrete Leadership Act (LECCLA)) | USA | New York | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S542 | Requires the Office of General Services to establish guidelines for the procurement of low embodied carbon concrete on state contracts, and creates a working group to guide the Office in establishing requirements. | Concrete (Structural and non-structural masonry, pre-cast, and ready-mix concrete building products) | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Portland Low-Carbon Concrete Purchasing | USA | Oregon | Portland | Material | City/County | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | https://www.portland.gov/omf/brfs/procurement/sustainable-procurement-program/sp-initiatives#!/action=viewmore&type=topPages | This policy requires the City’s (Pre)Approved Concrete Mix Design List to have a product-specific Type III Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) that is 3rd party verified and within its 5-year period of validity. From 2019 to early 2022, the Initiative involved: 1) establishing a product-specific EPD requirement for concrete mixes used on City projects; 2) conducting pilot tests of lower-embodied carbon concrete mixes; and 3) setting global warming potential limits for concrete mixes. | Concrete | 3/20/2024 | |
| Pittsburgh Deconstruction Executive Order | USA | Pennslyvania | Pittsburgh | Waste & circularity | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | https://apps.pittsburghpa.gov/redtail/images/13981_Deconstruction_Executive_Order_-_FINAL.pdf | This executive order creates a unified, City-led deconstruction policy designed to remediate blight in city neighborhoods while diverting building materials from landfills. Actions include creation of a City-led deconstruction policy by Directors of City Departments, establishing deconstructino pilots for City-owned condemned properties, development of a neighborhood engagement and marketing strategy, and creation of an external Deconstruction Action Coucil with City staff and members of the public. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| City of Seattle Green Building incentive Programs | USA | Washington | Seattle | Material | City/County | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | http://www.seattle.gov/sdci/permits/green-building | The City of Seattle has several green building permit incentives that center around clean electric energy, water, and resource conservation with a focus on human health. Projects can gain additional height, floor area, or a faster building permit in exchange for meeting specific green building goals and certification. The Expedited Permitting program includes an embodied carbon related requirement to provide EPDs for structural concrete and primary structural frame for steel. | Structural concrete, structural steel | 3/19/2024 | |
| Buy Clean Buy Fair (BCBF) Washington Pilot Program and Reporting Database | USA | Washington | Material | State/Province | Public Pilot/Study | Public | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2021-22/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5092-S.PL.pdf?q=20210428145030 | Washington Department of Commerce worked with the University of Washington to create a reporting database for Buy Clean Buy Fair and conduct a case study/pilot analysis of 2 - 10 pilot projects. | Structural concrete, reinforcing steel, structural steel, and engineered wood | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Miami Forever Carbon Neutral | USA | Miami | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2021 | https://www.miamigov.com/files/4e5f26f7-2622-4c90-834a-eaaa6aa3321e/Miami-Forever-Carbon-Neutral-FULL.pdf | Miami Forever Carbon Neutral is the City’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan and is a roadmap to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Under the goal E-8 Miami plans to provide incentives for construction firms to use locally-sourced materials with low-embodied carbon and high-efficiency fixtures. Under the goal A-12, the city plans to establish construction and demolition waste diversion requirements. | 3/20/2024 | |||
| Executive Order 14057: Federal Sustainability Plan (Federal Buy Clean) | USA | Washington D.C. | Material | National | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2022 | https://www.sustainability.gov/buyclean/ | Executive Order (E.O.) 14057 establishes the Federal Sustainability Plan, including a goal to reach Net-Zero Emissions Procurement by 2050 for the federal government. Launching a Federal Buy Clean initiative is an action to reach this goal. In February 2022, the Biden Administration launched its Federal Buy Clean Initiative and Task Force that will promote use of construction materials with lower embodied emissions and pollutants across their lifecycle—including each stage of the manufacturing process. | Concrete, cement, steel, flat glass, asphalt | 3/19/2024 | ||
| EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism | European Union | Material | National | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2021 | 2026 | https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/green-taxation-0/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism_en | The European Commission is currently discussing a draft of a proposal for a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (“CBAM”) Regulation. A CBAM was already announced in the European Commission’s Communication for a Green Deal and is intended to protect the EU’s domestic industry that is at risk of carbon leakage—to create a level playing field—and to serve as a policy tool to encourage third countries to reduce their GHG emissions. Things to know:https://www.globalpolicywatch.com/2021/06/twelve-things-to-know-about-the-upcoming-eu-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism/ | 1st phase: cement, iron & steel, aluminium, fertiliser, electricity | ||||
| Dublin Climate Action Plan 2030 and Beyond (CAP 2030) | USA | California | Dublin | Material | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Private | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2020 | https://www.dublin.ca.gov/2635/Climate-Action-Plan | The Dublin Climate Action Plan measure (MM-2) to "Reduce the Embodied GHG Emissions Associated with Building Materials" targets adoption of a low carbon concrete code for new development projects based on the model of Marin County. | Concrete | 3/19/2024 | |
| Executive Order No. 25: LA's Green New Deal | USA | California | Los Angeles | Material | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2021 | https://plan.lamayor.org/sites/default/files/pLAn_2019_final.pdf | This executive order requires the City Engineer to require the Bureau of Engineering (BOE) to adopt the Buy Clean California requirements for steel, insulation, and glass and to study the use of building materials that sequester carbon. | Steel, flat glass, mineral wool insulation | 3/19/2024 | |
| Los Angeles Clean Construction Declaration | USA | California | Los Angeles | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2020 | https://www.c40.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2691_C40_CLEAN_CONSTRUCTION_DECLARATION.original.pdf | As a part of the C40 Clean Construction Declaration, Los Angeles commits to reduce embodied emissions by at least 50% for all new buildings and major retrofits by 2030, striving for at least 30% by 2025. | 3/19/2024 | |||
| Palo Alto Deconstruction & Construction Materials Management Ordinance | USA | California | Palo Alto | Waste & circularity | City/County | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2020 | https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Public-Works/Zero-Waste/Zero-Waste-Requirements-Guidelines/Deconstruction-Construction-Materials-Management#section-3 | Effectively July 1, 2020, deconstruction (rather than demolition) is required for all residential and commercial projects in Palo Alto. All deconstruction and construction projects are required to utilize GreenWaste of Palo Alto for the collection of all materials if using containers (bins or debris boxes) at project sites. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| City of Cambridge Net Zero Action Plan (2021 Addendum) | USA | Massachusetts | Cambridge | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2021 | https://www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/projects/climate/netzerotaskforce | The City of Cambridge's Net Zero Action Plan focuses on mitigating embodied carbon through Green Building Requirements under Action 2.2, an added section in the 2021 updated plan. This Action proposes that all upcoming construction projects should furnish an embodied carbon narrative and conduct an adaptive reuse study for existing buildings which will be limited to a select range of the most influential building materials. The plan also emphasizes adopting green building certifications, Life Cycle Analysis, and advocates for the formulation of policies that prioritize building reuse. | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Hastings-on-Hudson Low Embodied Carbon Concrete Resolution | USA | New York | Hastings-on-Hudson | Material | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2020 | https://www.hastingsgov.org/climate-smart-communities-task-force/pages/low-embodied-carbon-concrete-resources | This is a resolution to provide education related to low-carbon concrete on local building/infrastructure projects. | Concrete | 3/20/2024 | |
| PANYNJ Clean Construction Program | USA | New York and New Jersey | Port Authority of New York-New Jersey | Multiple | State/Province | Agency Program | Public | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2020 | https://www.panynj.gov/port-authority/ebout/Environmental-Initiatives/clean-construction.html | The Port Authority of New York-New Jersey (PANYNJ) Clean Construction Program incorporates several initiatives to reduce embodied emissions in PANYNJ projects, including design guidelines for buildings and infrastructure, sustainable construction requirements (specifications), EPD requirements, constructionw aste matching and reuse, and pilot projects. PANYNJ also has a digital platform for tracking EPDs and other environmental data, and a Low Carbon Concrete Program in collaboration with the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) and C2SMART. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Eugene Community Climate Action Plan | USA | Oregon | Eugene | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2020 | https://www.eugene-or.gov/4284/Climate-Action-Plan-20 | The Eugene Community Climate Action Plan has several actions for reducing embodied carbon, including increasing use of ADUs and decreasing dwelling size, adopation a policy to use only low-carbon concret emixes for City roads and buildings, and perform annual audits to maximize material recovery. | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Portland Design Overlay Amendment | USA | Oregon | Portland | Material | City/County | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2021 | https://www.portland.gov/bps/planning/doza | The Portland Design Overlay Amendment has updated the tools and processes for Portland’s overlay and design review program. It includes points for low-carbon concrete and for using wood products from sustainably managed forests. | Concrete, wood | 3/19/2024 | |
| Austin Climate Equity Action Plan | USA | Texas | Austin | Building | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2021 | https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Sustainability/FINAL_-_OOS_AustinClimatePlan_061015.pdf | The City of Austin Climate Equity Action Plan has a goal (Sustainable Buildings, Goal 3) to reduce the embodied carbon footprint of building materials used in local construction by 40% by 2030 from a 2020 baseline. Strategies include leading by example through design and construction standards for city projects, adding lower-carbon materials to city incentive programs, educating stakeholders on best practices, and stimulating decarbonization with local producers. | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Austin Energy Green Building (Embodied Carbon criteria) | USA | Texas | Austin | Material | City/County | Incentive | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2020 | https://austinenergy.com/ae/energy-efficiency/green-building/ | The Austin Energy Green Building is an incentive program to encourage use of green building rating systems. The commercial version includes and EPD credit and material quantity (data collection) credit, the multifamily version includes material GWP limits, and the “Innovation Guidebook” contains a section on embodied carbon in the residential rating system: https://www.greenbuildingsystem.austinenergy.com/Login/Help.aspx | 3/19/2024 | ||
| King County Strategic Climate Action Plan | USA | Washington | King County | Material | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 King County Strategic Climate Action Plan | King County's Strategic Climate Action Plan's has several strategies related to embodied carbon, including partnering with King County cities on C&D recovery and reuse, supporting the transition to a reusable wood market, proposing Strong Green Building Codes in Unincorporated King County, managing King County capital portfolios to maximize GHG emissions reductions in operational and embodied emissions, and specifying low-embodied carbon building materials in King County capital projects. | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Executive Order (EO) 20-01 State Efficiency and Environmental Performance | USA | Washington | Building | State/Province | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public | Passed/Active | 2020 | 2020 | https://www.governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/exe_order/20-01%20SEEP%20Executive%20Order%20%28tmp%29.pdf | Washington State's Executive Order (EO) 20-01 has a section that requires new facility construction be zero-energy or zero-energy-capable, which includes the consideration of "net-embodied carbon." | 3/19/2024 | |||
| Albany 2019 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan | USA | California | Albany | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2019 | 2019 | https://www.albanyca.org/departments/sustainability/climate-action-plan | Albany's 2019 CAP includes a consumption emissions inventory estimate highlighting the importance of embodied carbon, as well as several actions related to reducing embodied carbon, including updating the municipal Sustainable Procurement Policy to prioritize low-carbon concrete (3.1.1), partner with regional entities to encourage carbon-smart building materials (3.2.5), adopt voluntary CALgreen building code tiers (3.2.6), and partner with Alany Uifed School District to implement low-carbon solutions (3.2.9). | Concrete | 3/19/2024 | |
| Marin County Low Carbon Concrete Code | USA | California | County of Marin | Material | City/County | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2019 | 2019 | https://library.municode.com/ca/marin_county/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT19MACOBUCO_CH19.07CACORE_19.07.020DE | Chapter of the Marin County Building County requiring new projects in Marin County to meet cement limits or maximum global warming potential limits (as verified by an EPD) for concrete mixes used on the project. | Concrete | 3/19/2024 | |
| Los Angeles Green New Deal Sustainable City pLAn | USA | California | Los Angeles | Material | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2019 | 2020 | https://plan.lamayor.org/ | Los Angeles's Sustainable City Plan has several embodied carbon-related targets and strategies, including reducing industrial emissions by 38% by 2035; and 82% by 2050 (Chapter 8), updating the City’s Environmentally Preferred Products Purchasing Program to include additional construction materials and a GHG performance standard, such as the Buy Clean California Act (Ch 13), and further identifying embedded carbon emissions in the City’s supply chain through Departmental participation in the Carbon Disclosure Project supply chain reporting program (Ch 13). | 3/19/2024 | ||
| San Anselmo Climate Action Plan 2030 | USA | California | San Anselmo | Material | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2019 | 2019 | https://marinclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/San-Anselmo-Climate-Action-Plan-2030.pdf | Strategy S-4: Building Materials of the San Anselmo CAP is to encourage the use of net carbon-sequestering materials in place of other materials. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| San Rafael Climate Action | USA | California | San Rafael | Material | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Private | Passed/Active | 2019 | 2019 | https://www.cityofsanrafael.org/documents/climate-change-action-plan-2030/ | The City of San Rafael's Climate Action Plan has one action to address embodied carbon: "encourage use of climate-friendly building materials that store more carbon dioxide than is released in their production through agency partnerships and engagement campaigns. " | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Caltrans EPD Implementation Project | USA | California | Material | State/Province | Agency Program | Public | Passed/Active | 2019 | 2019 | https://dot.ca.gov/programs/engineering-services/environmental-product-declarations | Agency project to collects EPDs for materials incorporated into infrastructure construction projects in order to quantify the GWP emissions of construction materials in Caltrans projects. | Concrete, Carbon Steel Rebar, Structural Steel (SS), Asphalt, and Aggregate | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Boulder's Climate Action Plan | USA | Colorado | Boulder | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2019 | 2019 | https://bouldercolorado.gov/future-climate-action | Boulder's Climate Action Plan lists an ambitious target to embodied carbon reduction. Under their objectives to achieve Net Zero carbon in new construction, the city is targeting to achieve a 40% reduction in embodied emissions by 2031. Strategies include requiring all new construction to conduct an analysis of embodied energy of the project, providing subsidies to offset the costs, by 2023, standing up a regional embodied energy roundtable of developers, architects, and contractors by 2024, and partnering with other communities and stakeholders to collaborate on purchasing low carbon materials for all future city operations by 2026. | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Boston Deconstruction Pilot Program | USA | Massachusetts | Boston | Waste & circularity | City/County | Public Pilot/Study | Public | Passed/Active | 2019 | 2022 | https://www.mass.gov/doc/city-of-boston-presentation/download | As part of Boston’s 2019 Zero Waste Plan and work to incorporate construction and demolition waste into that plan for the first time, the Environment Department has launched a Building Deconstruction Pilot Program. Five existing building pilot projects were selected and are now working with Recycling Works to identify opportunities for deconstruction and recycling or reuse of building materials. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Somerville Zoning Ordinance | USA | Massachusetts | Somerville | Building | City/County | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 2019 | 2019 | https://www.somervillema.gov/departments/office-strategic-planning-and-community-development-ospcd/planning-and-zoning | The Somerville Zoning Ordinance prioritizes "Net Zero Ready Buildings" as one of its evaluation criteria, which includes achieving the Zero Carbon Certification from ILFI. The Zero Carbon Certification includes several embodied carbon criteria as prerequisities. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Oslo C40 Clean Construction Declaration | Norway | Oslo | Building | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2019 | 2021 | https://www.c40.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CLEAN_CONSTRUCTION_CITIES_101121.pdf | The Oslo Declaration, as outlined in the provided document, is a comprehensive plan aimed at advancing clean and sustainable construction practices in cities. It emphasizes the importance of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving air quality, and promoting circular economy principles in the construction sector. The declaration sets forth a framework for collaborative action among cities, industry stakeholders, and policymakers to drive the transformation toward cleaner construction practices worldwide. | ||||
| Honolulu Concrete Mineralization Resolution | USA | Hawaii | Honolulu | Material | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public | Passed/Active | 2018 | 2019 | http://www4.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-212511/RES18-283.pdf | This resolution requests the city administration to consider using carbon dioxide mineralization concrete for all future city infrastructure projects utilizing concrete. | Concrete | 3/20/2024 | |
| Tool to Optimise the Total Environmental impact of Materials (TOTEM) | Belgium | Brussels | Building | National | Government funded tool | Passed/Active | 2018 | 2018 | https://www.totem-building.be/ | TOTEM (Tool to Optimise the Total Environmental impact of Materials) is an LCA framework/ tool for calculating and communicating the environmental performance of construction materials. https://www.ovam.be/materiaalprestatie-gebouwen-0 | - "With the TOTEM tool, it is not possible to make analyses on the level of a component (or lower); the intention is to make analyses on the level of the building elements or of buildings as a whole. ...In addition, it is only possible to make a correct comparison when two elements pursue the same level of performance (e.g. equivalent U-value, etc.)." | ||||
| Buy Clean California Act (BCCA) Public Contract Code Sections 3500-3505 | USA | California | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2017 | 2019 | https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?division=2.&chapter=3.&part=1.&lawCode=PCC&article=5. | This bill requires facility-specific EPDs to be submitted for eligible materials in state-funded construction starting in January 2019. As of July 1, 2022, eligible materials must be below the maximum GWP limits set by the Department of General Services (DGS). | Structural steel, reinforcing steel, flat glass, and mineral wool board insulation | 3/19/2024 | ||
| City of Evanston Climate Action and Resilience Plan | USA | Illinois | Evanston | Waste & circularity | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2017 | 2018 | https://www.cityofevanston.org/home/showpublisheddocument/45170/636789554133930000 | The Climate Action and Resilience Plan sets a goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, while reaching ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets along the way. Some of the decarbonization goals include reducing construction and demolition waste by ensuring that strong recycling and reuse requirements are met for all building-related permits. | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Newton Sustainable Design Ordinance - Chapter 30: Zoning Ordinance | USA | Massachusetts | Newton | Multiple | City/County | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2017 | 2019 | https://www.newtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/29823/638236283699800000 | Newton Zoning Ordinance adopted a Special Permit called the Sustainable Development Design Ordinance in December 2019, which applies to all projects over 20,000 sf requiring a special permit. Starting in 2023, all covered projects must calculate and report their embodied carbon. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| San Antonio Climate Ready Action and Adaptation Plan | USA | Texas | San Antonio | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public | Passed/Active | 2017 | 2022 | https://www.sanantonio.gov/sustainability/SAClimateReady | The San Antonio Climate Ready Action and Adaptation Plan in it's Community Mitigation Strategies section highlights a strategy to support the development of a local circular economy to extend product lifespan through improved design and servicing and relocating waste from the end of the supply chain to the beginning. Additionally, they set out a strategy to achieve zero net energy for all municipal buildings by 2040 as well as develop a deconstruction and redevelopment policy to encourage reuse of building materials. This led to the 2022 San Antonio Deconstruction and Salvage Ordinance. | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Milwaukee Deconstruction Ordinance | USA | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | Waste & circularity | City/County | Regulatory | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2017 | 2018 | https://city.milwaukee.gov/DNS/Inspections_Sections/Decon | The Milwaukee Deconstruction Ordinance went into effect in January, 2018 and covers structures built in 1929 or earlier, designated historic structures, and structures in historic districts. The requirements state that those structures must be deconstructed rather than demolished to maximize salvageable building materials and to help reduce the amount of waste in landfills. | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Portland Residential Deconstruction | USA | Oregon | Portland | Waste & circularity | City/County | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2016 | 2016 | https://www.portland.gov/bps/decon/deconstruction-requirements | Portland's residential deconstruction requirements require residential projects built before 1940 to be deconstructed (as opposed to mechanically demolished) when seeking a demolition permit. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Oregon Concrete EPD Program | USA | Oregon | Material | State/Province | Incentive | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2016 | 2016 | https://www.ocapa.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=247:oregon-concrete-epds&catid=20:site-content&Itemid=201s | This program was a partnership between Oregon DEQ and Oregon Concrete and Aggregates Producer Association (OCAPA) to help concrete businesses measure and disclose the environmental impacts of their concrete mixes using Environmental Product Declaration (EPDs). | Concrete | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Austin's Construction and Demolition Recycling Ordinance | USA | Texas | Austin | Waste & circularity | City/County | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2016 | 2016 | https://www.austintexas.gov/cd | The Construction and Demolition Recycling Ordinance requires projects with building permits for more than 5,000 square feet of new, added, or remodeled floor area, Commercial and multifamily demolition projects of all sizes must divert waste from landfill. The contractors must either recycle or reuse at least 50% of the construction debris or landfill less than 2.5 pounds of debris per square foot of floor area. Compliance involves planning ahead, tracking weight tickets throughout the project, and submitting a construction recycling report online. | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Cook County Demolition Debris Diversion Ordinance | USA | Illinois | Cook County | Waste & circularity | City/County | Regulatory | Private | Passed/Active | 2015 | 2015 | https://www.cookcountyil.gov/service/demolition-permitting | Following Cook County’s Demolition Debris Diversion Ordinance, all demolition permits must divert 70% of their debris. In addition, all residential demolition projects must show that 5% of this debris is being diverted for reuse. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| FHWA Sustainable Pavements Program | USA | Washington D.C. | Infrastructure | National | Agency Program | Public | Passed/Active | 2012 | 2012 | https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/sustainability/ | The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Sustainable Pavements Program provides resources for transportation agencies to reduce embodied carbon, such as the Pavement LCA Tool and a webinar series on asphalt sustainability. | 3/19/2024 | |||
| San Diego County Green Building Incentive Program | USA | California | County of San Diego | Material | City/County | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 2011 | 2012 | https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/pds/greenbuildings.html | San Diego County's Green Building Incentive Program offers incentives of reduced plan check turnaround time and a 7.5% reduction in plan check and building permit fees for projects meeting (1) Natural Resource Conservation, (2) Water Conservation, or (3) Energy Conservation requirements. Natural Resource Conservation compliance pathways include use of straw bale construction for exterior walls or use of high recycled content for primary materials (20% or more) or a single primary material (50% or more recycled content required). | Recycled materials and/or straw bale exterior walls | 3/19/2024 | |
| Minnesota B3 Program | USA | Minnesota | Multiple | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2008 | 2008 | https://www.b3mn.org/ | Minnesota's B3 Program ("B3" stands for "Buildings, Benchmarks, and Beyond") contains a set of guidelines and tools to help make buildings more energy efficient and sustainable, including EPD and building LCA requirements with the goal of reducing embodied carbon. The B3 programs were developed for and are required on State-funded projects in Minnesota. | 3/19/2024 | |||
| California Public Resources Code 42703 (previously CA AB-338) | USA | California | Material | State/Province | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | 2005 | 2005 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/public-resources-code/prc-sect-42703/ | In California, AB 338, later codified as Public Resources Code 42703, requires that Caltrans use [recycled] crumb rubber in their asphalt mixes in increasing amounts, beginning in 2007, with the goal of increasing the recycled content of asphalt used in California. | Asphalt | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Houston Building Materials Reuse Warehouse | USA | Texas | Houston | Material | City/County | Agency Program | Public & Private | Passed/Active | 2003 | 2003 | http://www.houstontx.gov/solidwaste/reuse.html | The City of Houston Solid Waste Management Department manages the Building Materials Reuse Warehouse, which accepts material from individuals, supply companies, and builders, and makes them freely available for reuse by any non-profit organization. | 3/20/2024 | ||
| Los Angeles Adaptive Reuse Ordinance (Planning and Zoning Code) | USA | California | Los Angeles | Waste & circularity | City/County | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 1999 | 2001 | https://www.ladbs.org/docs/default-source/publications/ordinances/adaptive-reuse-ordinance---l-a-downtown-incentive-areas.pdf?sfvrsn=7 | The Los Angeles Adaptive Reuse Ordinance amended the LA Municipal Planning and Zoning Code to incentivize conversion of older, economically distressed, or historically significant buildings to apartments, live/work units or visitor-serving facilities in Downtown Los Angeles. | 3/19/2024 | ||
| Policy of Government Procurement Supporting Green Building Materials to Promote Construction Quality Improvement | China | Beijing | Beijing | Material | National | Regulatory | Public | Passed/Active | Nov 2022 | https://www.gov.cn/zhengce/zhengceku/2022-10/25/content_5721569.htm | In 2020, China launched a national-level program on government procurement of low-carbon materials - “Policy of Government Procurement Supporting Green Building Materials to Promote Construction Quality Improvement”. Six pilot cities – Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Huzhou, Qingdao, and Foshan – were selected as the first pilot cities. In October 2022, the program was expanded to 48 pilot cities (including Beijing), according to the Notice on Expanding the Implementation Scope of the Policy of Government Procurement Supporting Green Building Materials to Promote Construction Quality Improvement. | ||||
| Vancouver Climate Emergency Action Plan | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver | Multiple | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | October 2020 | https://council.vancouver.ca/20201103/documents/p1.pdf | Vancouver's Climate Emergency Action Plan's Appendix K outlines a plan for embodied carbon. Vancouver aims to achieve a 40% reduction in embodied carbon from construction by 2030. | ||||
| Vancouver Green Building Rezoning Requirements | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver | Building | City/County | Incentive | Private | Passed/Active | 2017 | https://guidelines.vancouver.ca/G015.pdf | In Vancouver's Green Building Rezoning Requirements, design teams need to commit at the start of commercial building projects to pursue either 1) the Passive House (or similar “near-zero” emissions) standard OR 2) the City’s 10 Low Emission Building requirements (one of which includes reporting the building’s embodied carbon through a WBLCA) in order to receive a rezoning permit. GREEN BUILDINGS POLICY FOR REZONING - PROCESS AND REQUIREMENTS: https://bylaws.vancouver.ca/Bulletin/G002_2017April28.pdf , Amended 2022 | ||||
| BC Mass Timber Action Plan | Canada | British Columbia | Material | State/Province | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public | Passed/Active | April 2022 | https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/business/construction-industry/bc_masstimber_action_plan_2022.pdf | British Columbia's Mass Timber Action Plan mentions a new Low Carbon Building Materials Strategy (coming in 2023) that will guide the province's efforts to reduce embodied carbon. The strategy will focus first on public sector buildings, with new embodied carbon targets by 2030. The action plan also supports 1) the market adoption of low carbon materials and 2) the expansion of building deconstruction and material re-used across BC, creating new opportunities in areas such as remanufacturing. | Mass timber building materials | ||||
| Belvedere Climate Action Plan | USA | California | Belvedere | Material | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Private | Passed/Active | June 2022 | https://www.cityofbelvedere.org/climate-action-plan/ | The City of Belvedere's Climate Action includes two actions that address embodied carbon: considering adoption of low embodied-carbon concrete standards similar to those adopted by the County of Marin (EE-3) and encouraging the use of building materials that store carbon through agency partnership and engagement campaigns (SA-2). | 3/19/2024 | |||
| Fairfax Climate Action Plan 2030 | USA | California | Fairfax | Material | City/County | Planned (Action Plan/EO) | Public & Private | Passed/Active | July 2021 | https://marinclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Fairfax-Climate-Action-Plan-2030.pdf | The City of Fairfox's Climate Action Plan includes two actions to address embodied carbon under S-4: Building Materials: (1) encouraging the use of climate-friendly building materials that store more carbon dioxide than is released in their production through agency partnerships and engagement campaigns; and (2) adopting an ordinance requiring the use of low carbon concrete in new construction based on the County’s model ordinance (Ordinance No. 3717, adopted November 2019). | Concrete, carbon-storing materials | 3/19/2024 | ||