RESOURCES
AB 262: BUY CLEAN CALIFORNIA ACT
Embodied carbon policy that requires facility-specific EPDs and will establish a maximum acceptable GWP for each category of material.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- For state-funded infrastructure and facility projects
- Requires greenhouse gas emissions disclosure from contractors during bidding process
- Closes “carbon loophole” created by importing materials Requires facility-specific environmental product declarations (EPDs)
- EPDs will be used to establish a maximum acceptable global warming potential for each category of eligible material
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DATE ENACTED:
January 2018
CATEGORIES:
Embodied Carbon: Performance Path
Achieving Zero
Reaching a 50-65% carbon emissions reduction in the built environment by 2030, and zero emissions by 2040, is critical if we are to successfully manage climate change. Achieving Zero is a framework and set of tools to help city and sub-national governments (state, provincial, and regional) meet this target.
