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Example Local Governments

Proposed NYC Law Capping Portland Cement Content in Concrete

NYC Council Member Constantinides proposed a Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code, setting a maximum for Portland cement content in co...
Resource Congress

The Inflation Reduction Act

New: The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Defense Fund are announcing the launch of an additional resource on the Inflation Reduction Act Tracker website: the IRA litigation case ...
Resource States and State Governments

California Embodied Carbon Building Code

In August 2023, the California Building Standards Commission approved amendments to the state’s green building code, requiring developers to limit the amount of carbon “embodied” in new or remodeled l...
Resource Local Governments

Low Carbon Concrete Code Template Language (California-Specific)

This template Low Carbon Concrete Code Language was made available through StopWaste.org, which has documented resources and efforts to develop Low Carbon Concrete codes generally, particularly the co...
Resource Local Governments

Report, City Policy Framework for Dramatically Reducing Embodied Carbon

This 2020 policy framework from the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance is intended for cities and other government bodies to develop a strategy, action plan and policies they can adopt to dramatically red...
Example Local Governments

Marin County’s Low Carbon Concrete Code

The Marin County, California Low Carbon Concrete Code was the first in the nation to address the negative environmental externalities of concrete when it added a mandatory low carbon concrete specific...
Example States and State Governments

New York’s S542A (2021)

In June 2021, New York’s Assembly and Senate passed S542A, which instructs the state’s Office of General Services to set guidelines for procuring low-carbon concrete for state construction projects. T...
Example Local Governments

Portland’s Low Carbon Concrete Initiative

The City of Portland’s 2016 Sustainable Supply Chain Analysis identified construction services as the top spend category contributing to the City’s supply chain greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Within ...
Example States and State Governments

New Jersey’s Low-Carbon Concrete Tax Incentive

In January 2023, New Jersey enacted S287, creating a first-in-the-nation tax credit for the utilization of low-carbon concrete. The new law gives businesses a credit of up to 5% of a project’s total c...
Example Executive Branch

EO 14057

In December 2021, President Biden signed EO 14057, which orders the U.S. government to be “net-zero” by 2050. EO 14057 directs the federal government to leverage its 300,000 buildings, 600,000 cars an...
Example Local Governments

Hastings-on-Hudson’s Low Carbon Concrete Resolution

On May 18, 2020 the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson passed a resolution committing the local government to promoting the use of low embodied carbon concrete products in building...
Resource States and State Governments

Oregon Buy Clean Legislation

In March 2022, Oregon passed House Bill 4139, which will require state regulators to conduct life cycle assessments for select construction and maintenance materials used for public infrastructure pro...
Example States and State Governments

Hawaii Law Maximizing Energy Efficiency of Public Buildings

In July 2022, Hawaii adopted HB 1801, which requires and establishes deadlines for state facilities to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures. The Hawaii State Energy Office must collect ...
Example States and State Governments

Buy Clean Colorado Act

The Buy Clean Colorado (BCCO) Act (C.R.S. 24-92-117) applies to State public projects for which the cost exceeds five hundred thousand dollars and for which an agency of government issues a solicitati...