Sources: Infrastructure Masons, Beaverton, Ore.; CP staff The Infrastructure Masons’ iMasons Climate Accord Governing Body is calling on all suppliers serving data center construction and operation to support greater transparency in (GHG Protocol-defined) Scope 3 emissions as part of broader efforts to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint. Scope 3 emissions are not produced by the company itself; rather, they include…
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FHWA assembles EPD, Buy Clean roundtables for virtual summit
Sources: Federal Highway Administration; CP staff The Federal Highway Administration has opened registration for its next Every Day Counts Virtual Summit, with three or four daily sessions or roundtables focusing on Environmental Product Declarations and their role in transportation procurement policy (all times EST): Tuesday, February 14 • Buy Clean Policy 101, 2-3 p.m. • How to use an EPD, 3-4:30…
Read MoreU.S. DOT announces $7 million in grants to promote LCA, EPD adoption
The Federal Highway Administration has awarded $204,000-$312,000 grants to support sustainable pavement, materials emissions tracking and related initiatives at more than 20 state departments of transportation. Many of the initiatives are centered on developing, adopting or advancing the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) methods and environmental product declarations (EPD). The latter encompass LCA data and are the most widely…
Read MoreFHWA outlines $7 million in grants to promote LCA, EPD adoption
Sources: U.S. Department of Transportation; CP staff The Federal Highway Administration has announced $204,000-$312,000 grants to support sustainable pavement, materials emissions tracking and related initiatives at more than 20 state departments of transportation. Many of the initiatives are centered on developing, adopting or advancing the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) methods and environmental product declarations (EPD). The latter encompass…
Read MoreConcrete Product Category Rule 2.1 factors new cement data
In collaboration with the Product Category Rule (PCR) Committee, Michigan auditor NSF International has revised the Concrete PCR to include new life cycle inventory data sources. The revisions inform individual plant or producer, or industry average, environmental product declarations (EPD) for ready mixed and manufactured concrete. Portland Cement Association recently published new industry average EPDs for Portand Cement and Portland-Limestone…
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