The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) announce that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the association for a $9.63 million grant aimed at “Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Construction Materials and Products.” The grant will fund a five-year project managed by NRMCA and supported by its Build With Strength initiative which includes a team of concrete experts to educate the architectural and engineering communities on designing and specifying low carbon concrete.
To support the federal government’s goal of reaching net zero emissions in procurement by the year 2050, the EPA initiated this new grant program through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This project will help NRMCA accelerate its goal to cut the carbon footprint of concrete in half by 2028, using 2014 as a baseline, and to attain carbon neutrality by 2045, five years ahead of its original goal.