(NRMCA) provides comprehensive technical guidance on EN 15804 and U.S. modifications.

Construction offers Steel PCRs and guidance related to EPD preparation (structural steel, fabrication).

offers PCRs and LCA guidance for wood-based products.

provides guidance on PCRs and EPDs for the glass industry.

offers guidance on PCRs and EPDs for plastics in primary forms and other product types.

is one of the largest PCR/EPD program operators in the U.S. Its PCR library is widely used for building products, including concrete, insulation, flooring, and coatings.

develops global standards that impact public health and safety, and manages PCRs for construction materials, steel, asphalt, plastics, and more.

offers a comprehensive PCR library across all product categories.

is an SCS-certified global leader in third-party certification, verification, and validation.

provides innovative solutions that encompass every aspect of life, through Assurance, Testing, Inspection, and Certification (ATIC) services to customers worldwide.

offers building operating systems as tools to reduce the commercial real estate industry’s carbon footprint by providing real estate operators with an energy reduction tool that also provides significant financial payback and increases asset valuations.

is a versatile suite of building performance analysis tools, empowering designers to assess various options, enhance energy efficiency, and optimize occupant comfort while reducing carbon emissions.

propanediol is a 100% renewable, plant-based polyol used in making urethanes (a type of polymer). It enhances mechanical properties and offers benefits like improved flexibility, excellent resilience, and strong adhesion.

utilizes plants such as corn, cassava, sugarcane, or beets to capture and sequester CO₂, transforming it into long-chain sugar molecules that are then processed to create Ingeo PLA. Ingeo PLA can be used as a renewable paper coating, a bioplastic for extrusion and thermoforming, injection molding, films, and cards, 3D printing, and more.

PLA is a high-quality 3D printing material that is versatile and easy to use. It can be printed quickly and at low temperatures, while still maintaining a high level of detail and strength. Additionally, it is compatible with dual-extrusion 3D printers, making it possible to create two-colored models.

is a regional science and innovation-driven initiative that works with biobased and biodegradable packaging for the East African market. The packaging is developed from cassava peels and other biowastes such as vegetable oils, natural resins, and fibers from sugarcane bagasse, wheat, rice, and maize biomass.

offers a full range of biobased packaging and hospitality products made from renewable, natural ingredients that are fully compostable. Their bags are made from cassava starch, vegetable oil, and other natural materials. They also provide products made from corn starch as renewable alternatives to paper and plastic cups, using PLA-based solutions.

researchers are creating biodegradable packaging from plant-based and agro-industrial waste to replace plastic. Their packaging includes compounds that extend shelf life or indicate food spoilage, like grape-skin extracts in cassava starch films. They have developed scalable, malleable films that resist high processing temperatures and that are close to commercial viability.

a Polish design team, transforms beet waste into biodegradable packaging using hot press technology, creating sustainable alternatives like fruit containers and plant pots from natural pulp-based composites.

Company processes beets into ingredients for food (sugar), energy, and biobased materials for diverse industries.

has been focusing on the potential of Fibnano, a cellulose nanofiber made from sugar beets and sugarcane using the traditional Japanese technique of fermentation. This new material can be used for a wide range of purposes, including medicine, food, cosmetics, specialty paper, and resin fillers.

features a dedicated section on steel, which outlines its environmental impacts — both positive and negative — and provides design and construction guidance to support the use of low-embodied carbon steel.

provides a Toolkit that includes a section on transparent reporting of the environmental impacts associated with construction products, as well as facility-specific EPDs that represent products made at a particular mill or manufacturing location.

offers a multidisciplinary review of the design considerations that impact the structural design of hybrid steel-framed structures with mass timber floors, including fire safety, acoustics, and sustainability.

explore real-world applications of sustainable steel construction through detailed case studies that showcase how innovative design and steel usage can reduce carbon emissions and support a greener built environment.

that helps clarify and explain steel’s recyclability, its strength-to-weight ratio, and its reusability.

focuses on the built environment, exploring its impact, and offering solutions, business models, toolkits, and strategies to implement circular design, achieve net-zero outcomes, and drive sustainability in the industry.

provides an understanding of the circularity concept, its scope and how it contributes to promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns.

is a platform committed to the circular economy, where every material retains its value and can be continually reused. It provides tools to track, manage, and optimize resources, ensuring nothing goes to waste. By assigning a unique identity to each material, the platform enables better decision-making throughout its lifecycle, drives transparency, and fosters collaboration.

developed by CE Grow Circular, is dedicated to growing the circular economy in Central Europe and beyond. The framework, which readily applies to circular design, defines ten strategies for circularity that can be used to build a successful circular product and material flows.

offers a downloadable report showcasing innovative designs, practices, and materials with frameworks and actionable guidance to foster circularity across the entire value chain and restore Earth’s Nine Planetary Boundaries.

is a free, easy-to-access online space allowing stakeholders interested in the promotion of a data-enabled Circular Economy to share their results, use cases, and present their knowledge, products, and services with others.

is a registered nonprofit that serves as the premier national organization encouraging the recovery, reuse, and recycling of building materials in the United States. They are also committed to developing social investment and workforce development programs in the deconstruction industry. Their vision is to transform communities by creating a building industry in which used and excess materials become an asset and waste is no longer acceptable.

from Grace Farms, offers guidance in circularity and regenerative practices to reduce emissions and promote ethical sourcing.

sheets, made from 100% PLA bioplastic from sugarcane or corn, resemble polystyrene in look and performance. Versatile and durable, they are easily printable, cut, drilled, bent, milled, and laser-cut.

are plant-based bioplastics from sugarcane, elephant grass fibers, starch, and PLA, are ideal for P.O.S. applications like shelf strips, displays, and routing, as well as for crafting lamps.

is a packaging material made from sugarcane bagasse, the fiber left behind after extracting juice from sugarcane stalks. It provides an environmentally friendly alternative to plastic packaging, offering a lightweight, hard, and smooth solution.

poly bags are made from sustainably grown sugarcane, recycled content, and net-positive materials. They are recyclable within supply chains handling PE, PET, and PP polymers.

is a high-performance insulation made from recycled newspapers that provides thermal insulation for timber-framed buildings. The CO₂ sequestered within Warmcel is then locked into the building.

converts a volcanic rock into stone wool, a versatile natural material ideal for applications in buildings, industry, transportation, horticulture, and water management.

offers EPD Database, an API to an open-access database of digital, third-party verified EPDs with global reach

is an open data format for passing digital third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) among Program Operators, EPD Databases, Life Cycle Analysis tools, design tools, reporting, and procurement.

transparently reports the lifecycle assessment of a product in a single, comprehensive report.

forms to make informed decisions more easily.

-powered platform ingests and transforms unstructured, operational data into automated, real-time reporting on emissions, delivering rapid deployment of LCAs and EPDs.

provides a hub for manufacturers to master Environmental Product Declarations and Life Cycle Assessments. Explore concise explainers, step-by-step guides and expert insights, or ask anything whenever you need clear, actionable answers.

is developed by CarbonZero AB, a Swedish company committed to making sustainability central to business success. This green tech company helps businesses harness sustainable practices to maximize their impact and discover new opportunities.

is a platform for fostering stakeholder collaboration, good industry practices, and environmental and ethical standards to support safe and economically viable biochar systems.

is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the sustainable production and use of biochar through research, policy, technology, and implementation in North America for sustainable food security, improved soil fertility, environment, and climate resilience.

unites businesses, investors, and civil society to drive policy change, foster industry growth, and build the partnerships needed to scale biochar solutions across markets. Their powerful climate tool provides guidelines to advance biochar carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and its applications.

provides guidance to account for, report, and verify greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions and carbon removals associated with the production and application of biochar. The documentation includes eligible feedstocks and end uses for biochar.

provides resources for the development of local biochar systems, as well as recommendations and key considerations surrounding biochar use. The content is derived from international sources.

from Carbonfuture, provides a brief summary of biochar’s valuable role as a readily available and scalable carbon dioxide removal solution in many countries. Links to additional reading materials on biochar are included.

creates carbon-negative portland cement by a process that removes CO₂ from the air.

produces aggregates containing sequestered CO₂. Aggregate is the largest component of concrete and carbon-sequestered aggregate effectively creates carbon-negative concrete for the built environment.

cement-free, carbon-negative concrete injects and sequesters CO₂ within concrete.

injects CO₂ into ready mix and converts it into a mineral, thereby lowering its carbon footprint.

locks CO₂ inside cement-based materials and reduces the amount of cement required in concrete.

technology uses renewable energy, cheaper and easier carbon capture, and with zero energy emissions.

has developed Carbstone, which converts calcium-rich slag into tiles, roof tiles, paving bricks, kerb stones, building blocks, and more. The process is called carbonation, which adds carbon dioxide instead of binders such as cement.

has created proprietary concrete mixes that are chemically similar to oyster shells, with micro and macro designs that attract and retain healthy oyster populations. GROW Oyster Reef’s products enable long-lasting habitat restoration, increase shoreline retention, and capture carbon.

permeable concrete utilizes low carbon materials and upcycled industrial minerals, not Portland cement

focuses on the raw materials that the water boards can produce from sewage, such as cellulose, lime and kaumera Omlab has researched new printable bio-based pastes, both in terms of material composition and exploration of the applications. The material dries well, is 3D-printable and biodegradable.

leverages geopolymer technology to transform mineral wool waste into valuable resources for the creation of new ceramic or concrete-like products. By utilizing advanced technologies for smart demolition and sorting of mineral wool waste, Wool2Loop employs an innovative analysis method that separates materials based on their compatibility with alkali-activation.

research is dedicated to improving the sustainability of concrete production & use.

is a Norwegian technology company developing a sustainable concrete that reduces carbon emissions by greater than 80% compared to the industry norm and recycles waste from mining into a value-adding product.

by Snøhetta is the first carbon neutral concrete made with the ideal blend of biochar and concrete which has gone through meticulous testing process guaranteeing success in terms of execution, concrete properties, and, notably, attaining carbon-negativity.

produces materials with a goal to remove 25% of carbon emissions from the concrete industry by 2030

is a graphene-reinforced concrete technology that utilizes nanostructured carbon to make a new type of concrete that is thinner and lighter with a lower carbon footprint.

offers innovative concrete solutions for marine construction that enhance biodiversity through their proprietary technology based on three core elements: bio-enhancing concrete compositions, complex surface textures, and science-based designs, which work in synergy to decrease the ecological footprint of concrete infrastructure while enhancing their strength and durability.

are making Carbon-Negative Biogenic Limestone by developing a technology that enables production of the world’s first carbon-negative portland cement.

combines microalgae with other natural components to form a zero-carbon bio-cement for construction.

grows unique bio-cement from a biomineralizing plant enzyme utilizing naturally-occurring enzymes that can be sourced from waste products of accessible, nitrogen-fixing, and drought-resistant crops. This catalyzes the growth of mineral glue, resulting in marine-safe enzymatic cement that can be produced in situ without heat, energy, or resource depletion, bypassing the petroleum economy in cement production.

is lightweight structural building material made from sugarcane bio-waste to create carbon negative.

is a solar power installation company in Spain that designs an end-to-end solar installation and payment system that maximizes energy savings.

turns data into visuals to make sense of big environmental challenges – climate change, air pollution, water and resource use. At the personal, local or global level.

is a team of economists, climate scientists, data engineers, and risk analysts that are building the world’s most comprehensive body of research quantifying the impacts of climate change, sector-by-sector and community-by-community.

provides timely and authoritative scientific data and information from NOAA Climate.gov about climate science, adaptation, and mitigation. Visual information helps people understand climate change and make decisions about managing climate-related risks and opportunities.

is a NASA initiative that produces visualizations, animations, and images to promote a greater understanding of Earth and Space Sciences.

is a NASA initiative that provides this series of interactive visualizations that show how some of Earth's key climate indicators are changing over time.

from the New York Times provides 30 climate change graphs to explore our planet’s warming oceans, intensifying storms and rising air temperatures, as well as its greenhouse gas emissions and climate solutions.

of the Month is created by Zachary Labe, a climate scientist whose research interests include disentangling patterns of climate change from climate variability using data-driven methods, especially in the Arctic.

from The New York Times, includes news and insights for a warming world frequently accompanied by graphs and interactive data visualizations.

by Professor Ed Hawkins (National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading) develops graphics that show different aspects of how the climate is changing and are all free to use with a CC-BY 4.0 license.

depict the changing impact of climate change around the world, in our cities and neighborhoods, and impacting our lives. (January 2020-October 2024)

by Metropolis, is a comprehensive resource to help interior designers reduce the carbon emissions of their work. The Climate Toolkit Sections include: The "Why", Carbon 101, Pre-design Phase, Design Phase, The Materials Library, Product Selection, Close-out Phase, Advocacy, and Credits.

by College Educated is a comprehensive resource that empowers college communities to address climate issues effectively. Climate justice intersects with various social justice issues, including race, gender, and economic inequality. Understanding these intersections is crucial for developing effective climate policies that address the needs of all communities.

serves as a comprehensive guide that explores the intricate relationship between climate change and wildfire disasters, as well as offers adaptation and mitigation strategies to address this critical challenge. The guide builds upon scientific research, examines real-world case studies, and shares practical insights into how communities can effectively respond.

is bridging the gap between policymakers and innovators working to remove carbon from our atmosphere.

from The New York Times, collects reader’s frequently asked questions about climate change and provides answers in plain-spoken terms.

is Building Transparency’s new guide, developed by the organization’s Materials Carbon Action Network specifically for manufacturers, to learn how to get started and act on embodied carbon.

has written, The time-value of carbon, which provides practical guidance for applying carbon approaches to inform better decision making.