Caltrans Low-Carbon Materials Initiatives
Low-Carbon Materials in Action:
- Caltrans News Release: Portland-Limestone Cement (PLC): Low-Carbon Cement to Help Combat Climate Change
- Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU) Savings in California
Current Initiatives:
- Caltrans Blended Supplementary Cementing Material (SCM) Scoping Document
- Caltrans EPD Resources
- Caltrans Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Climate Challenge: Asphalt and Concrete Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)
- Caltrans Participation in the FHWA Every Day Counts (EDC)-7
- Department of General Services: Buy Clean California (Steel, Glass, etc.)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Label Program Comments from American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
- EPA Product Category Rule (PCR) Comments from AASHTO
- EPD Scoping Document (Concrete and Asphalt)
- Office of the Federal Chief Sustainability Office: Federal-State Buy Clean Partnership
- Product Evaluation Program to Evaluate New Low-Carbon Materials
Complete Initiatives:
- Caltrans: Impact of the Use of PLC on Concrete Performance as Plain or Reinforced Material - Final Report
- Pavement and Materials Partnering Committee (PMPC): PLC Scoping Document
- PMPC: SCMs Supply Look Ahead Report
- University of California Pavement Research Center (UCPRC): Lessons Learned from Caltrans Pilot Projects for Implementation of EPDs
Useful Links:
- American Concrete Institute (ACI): CODE-323 Low-Carbon Concrete: Open for Public Comments
- EPA: Draft Approach for Implementation of the EPA Label Program for Low Embodied Carbon Construction Materials
- EPA: Draft Criteria for PCRs to Support the Label Program for Low Embodied Carbon Construction Materials
- EPA: Interim Determination on Low-Carbon Materials Under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
- FHWA: Low-Carbon Materials Grant Program
- National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA): EPD Benchmark for Asphalt Mixtures
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): Low-Carbon Cements and Concretes Consortium
- National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA): Concrete Product EPDs Verified Under NRMCA's EPD
- NEU - An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete