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A whopping $2 billion in investment funding will support more than 150 cleaner construction projects as part of the nation’s climate crisis agenda, the United States General Services Administration announced.
The projects will use low-embodied carbon (LEC) materials that are considered to be cleaner, part of the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in America agenda. The projects are also expected to spur the market for U.S.-made low-carbon asphalt, concrete, glass, and steel.
Plus, the projects further the Buy Clean Initiative that prioritizes the purchase of these building materials with lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions associated with their production, use, and disposal.
The projects are across 39 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, and the funding stems from the Inflation Reduction Act, which was approved last year and included numerous provisions for renewable energy projects and climate crisis investments. Namely, the IRA provisioned nearly $3.4 billion for GSA to invest in federal buildings.
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