Industries Fault CARB Draft Reporting Rule To Cut Building Material GHGs

Building industry groups are faulting a key piece of a California Air Resources Board (CARB) proposed rule to measure and reduce “embodied carbon” (EC) and other greenhouse gases from building materials used in the state, faulting the plan’s “granular” requirements for manufacturer and project-level data reporting. The rule would implement a 2022 law that broadly seeks a 40 percent cut in building materials’ EC, though industry says the proposed reporting requirements are infeasible. “CARB’s proposal to require quarterly revenue and...