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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released details of a new labeling program aimed at increasing the quantity and quality of more sustainable, U.S.-made building materials on the market. It supports the agency’s new $160 million grant initiative to introduce new Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). The labels will include a formal definition of what constitutes “clean” building materials, also supporting the Biden administration’s Federal Buy Clean Initiative, first launched in February 2022.
Specifically, the EPA explains that the program will “prioritize steel, glass, asphalt, and concrete because these materials offer significant opportunities to reduce climate impacts and they make up the majority of building materials and products that government agencies purchase with federal funds.”
A related list of supporting documents, including EPD development guidelines, is available here.
