National Asphalt Pavement Association - Your reference document for Decarbonization. Download your copy today!
Industry, pavement owners, and other stakeholders are developing ambitious goals to significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Efforts to achieve these climate related goals will affect all aspects of the U.S. economy, including a new focus on reducing the embodied carbon emissions associated with constructing and maintaining America’s pavements and other infrastructure assets. Through the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, and other federal programs, unprecedented levels of federal funding will be used to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions throughout the U.S. economy. In the IRA, $4.5 billion is directed towards quantifying and reducing GHG emissions in the construction materials sector.
