AWC Submits $10 Million Grant Proposal to EPA for EPD and PCR Development
The American Wood Council submitted a grant proposal to the Environmental Protection Agency aimed at increased transparency in the U.S. wood product industry by further developing Environmental Product Declarations and Product Category Rules for the industry. The $10 million grant proposal was submitted as part the EPA’s Inflation Reduction Act funding that seeks to reduce embodied greenhouse gas emissions for construction materials and products.
“This grant, if awarded, would ensure existing data gaps are filled and bring the whole of the industry together to collect and report life cycle data for U.S. wood products,” said Rachael Jamison, AWC’s Vice President of Markets and Sustainability. “The funds would be transformational by supporting [a] holistic, whole life cycle approach to data collection and reporting.”