Source: Global Steel Climate Council, Washington, D.C. The Global Steel Climate Council has appointed Adina Renee Adler, a seasoned voice of competitive, low carbon manufacturing, as executive director. She will collaborate with producers, policymakers, and stakeholders to position the GSCC as a trailblazer for true carbon cutting through a standard Read more…
Sources: General Services Administration; CMCM staff The General Services Administration has released a list of more than 150 federal building construction or upgrade projects across 39 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico where low embodied carbon (LEC) material specifications will be supported by $2 billion in Inflation Reduction Act Read more…
Sources: Solidia Technologies, San Antonio, Texas; CMCM staff San Francisco global climate solutions specialist 3Degrees Group Inc. has entered an agreement covering measurement, verification, and marketing of greenhouse gas emissions avoidance or reduction attributable to Solidia Technologies’ namesake cementitious materials and concrete. Credits from specifying the company’s portland cement substitute Read more…
Sources: Office of New York Governor Kathy Hochul; CP staff Beginning in January 2025, concrete producers will be required to provide environmental product declarations for New York State agency project deliveries above $1 million and 50 yards, or NYS Department of Transportation work above $3 million and 200 yards. Under Read more…
Sources: CarbiCrete, Montreal; CP staff CarbiCrete, developer of a concrete masonry unit production process abating and removing 150 kilograms of carbon dioxide per metric ton of output, has taken a critical commercialization step through charter North American producer, Quebec-based Patio Drummond. After extensive testing of steel slag binder and CO2 gas Read more…
Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; CMCM staff The Environmental Protection Agency has opened a three-month window to apply for grants under the Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials and Products program. With up to $100 million in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding, the program will support a) businesses Read more…
Sources: Global Steel Climate Council, Washington, D.C.; Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CMCM staff The new Steel Climate Standard represents a fair, effective, unbiased tool to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with concrete reinforcing or structural steel, as well as a single, technology-agnostic framework for product certification. Along with providing Read more…
Sources: Steel Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C. Global steel interests have an opportunity to make greater use of ferrous scrap in production to lower greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonize the industry, a new Steel Manufacturers Association report finds. Compared to traditional ore-based processes, steel production using recycled scrap equates to an Read more…
Sources: Global Steel Climate Council, Washington, D.C. The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) invites comments through May 17 on The Steel Climate Standard – Framework for Steel Product Certification and Corporate Science-Based Emissions Targets, posted in draft form here. The standard focuses on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the global Read more…
Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; CMCM staff The Environmental Protection Agency’s just-published Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks cites 5.586 billion metric tons (mt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions for 2021, a 6 percent increase over the prior year. EPA assigns CO2e metrics by UN Intergovernmental Panel Read more…