The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking information on the Inflation Reduction Act programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with building materials and products.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the first opportunities for public opinion on new programs focused on low-carbon building materials, made possible by a $350 million investment under President Biden’s Decrease Act. inflation. The Agency will host three open webinars and accept written feedback on the creation of new grant and technical assistance programs and a building materials carbon labeling program with substantially lower levels of embodied greenhouse gas emissions.

“The Inflation Reduction Act represents a historic commitment to build a new clean energy economy based on American workers and manufacturers in partnership with states, tribes, communities and organizations.” said Jenny Romer, deputy assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.. “These actions will have an immediate impact on federal purchases, lead to significant emission reductions over the next decade, and lay the foundation for long-term decarbonization of manufacturing sectors. We are committed to engaging with stakeholders and experts to drive the development and deployment of more environmentally friendly preferred building materials needed to build the infrastructure of the future.”

New EPA programs will provide grants, technical assistance, and tools to help states and tribal nations, manufacturers, institutional buyers, developers, builders, and others measure, report, and significantly reduce levels of embodied carbon and other associated greenhouse gas emissions. with the production, operation and disposal of building materials and products. These new programs, funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, will build on the work of the Environmental Protection Agency through the ENERGY STAR Industry Program and the Green Preferential Purchasing Program, among other things, to protect human and planetary health.

EPA will host three public participation webinars to gather feedback from experts and stakeholders, including institutional buyers, developers, builders, manufacturers and state representatives, tribal nations, nonprofits, trade associations, and others.

  • March 2, 2023 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Prioritizing Building Materials and Improving Environmental Data – This webinar will seek feedback on how to prioritize building materials and products and how to improve embodied greenhouse gas emissions data through measurement, standardization, transparency and reporting criteria. Register here.
  • March 22, 2023 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Grants and Technical Assistance for Environmental Product Declarations – This webinar will solicit feedback on new grant and technical assistance programs to help businesses calculate and report greenhouse gas emissions data for building materials and products through Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). Register here.
  • April 19, 2023 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Carbon Labeling – This webinar will seek input on how the EPA could develop a carbon labeling program for building materials and products with significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions. Register here.

In addition, the EPA will issue a request for information to solicit written comments on the design of these new programs. Following the publication of the Federal Register Notice, comments on any of the matters outlined must be submitted to the EPA-HQ-OPPT-2022-0924 registry at www.regulations.gov by May 1, 2023. The agency also published an interim definition in the inflation section. Sections 60503 and 60506 of the Reduction Act, which were introduced in December 2022 to the Department of Transportation and the General Services Administration in connection with their Inflation Reduction Act, funded the purchase of building materials and products with significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions.

The EPA will use public feedback received during the webinars and in writing to guide the development and implementation of its programs.

These actions support President Biden’s “Buy Clean” initiative, which uses the power of the federal government as the world’s largest buyer to promote low-carbon building materials in its procurement and funded infrastructure projects.

Learn more about these new programs funded under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Background

In August 2022, Congress passed and President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which became law, creating the largest investment to fight the climate crisis in US history. The Inflation Reduction Act will strengthen US energy security, help families save money on electricity and prescription drug bills, reduce deficits, and create well-paying jobs. The Environmental Protection Agency has received $41.5 billion in funding to develop and support 24 new and existing programs that track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, protect health, and promote environmental justice.

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