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SE 2050: Commit to creating a firm-wide plan to reduce the embodied carbon of your structural systems, evaluate and reduce the embodied carbon impacts of your design decisions, and track your progress. Check out the ECOM tool to quickly find an estimate of the embodied carbon in your project or framing scheme.
The City of Portland posted a concrete EPD purchasing policy. As of January 1, 2020, all concrete purchases are required to have an environmental product declaration (EPD). By April 1, 2021, a global warming potential (GWP) threshold will be established, and by January 1, 2022, all concrete EPDs will be required to meet this GWP threshold.
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