CarbonCure Technologies' CarbonCure Express EPD (environmental product declaration) service features a suite of carbon removal technologies, field-leading software, revenue-boosting carbon credits and now reporting – offered as a subscription package and bolstered by personalized customer support.
An EPD is an independently verified document that quantifies carbon emissions, environmental impacts and other life cycle information of a concrete product, in the same way that nutrition labels report ingredients and calories in food products.
CarbonCure Express EPD streamlines the complex life cycle assessment (LCA) process required for EPD generation by automating much of the data collection. This enables concrete manufacturers to quickly produce accurate, product-specific EPDs, generated through a secure program and available at an accessible price. With LCA support from objective organizations like Athena Sustainable Materials Institute and final verification from trusted third parties, designers and builders can trust the accuracy of CarbonCure Express EPDs to help them make informed comparisons during procurement.
“By adopting CarbonCure’s portfolio of hardware and software solutions, including our new Express EPD service, making the transition to low carbon concrete has never been easier,” says CarbonCure Chair and CEO Robert Niven. “CarbonCure now proudly provides to our customers all the tools they need to measure and reduce their carbon emissions, increase their profitability and ensure a competitive edge in the rapidly growing green building market.”
CarbonCure Express EPD follows the passage of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. The federal law includes major investments, including $250 million to assist EPD adoption and more than $4 billion to specify low-embodied carbon concrete and other materials for federal buildings and transportation projects. Paired with the Buy Clean Executive Order requiring EPDs for all federal construction starting in 2023, U.S. policy is leveraging the government’s massive purchasing power to catalyze industry adoption of EPDs and sustainability.
“CarbonCure’s solution for EPD generation is simple and yet very smart,” says Heather Brown, Vice President of Quality Control & Quality Assurance at Irving Materials, Inc. (IMI) which uses CarbonCure Express EPD across its plant network. “IMI is committed to sustainability and delivering to our customers in the construction sector the same, high-quality concrete products with a lower carbon footprint. With CarbonCure, we offer the market an accurate benchmarking of the environmental factors of our concrete mixes while we continue to deliver the exceptional products and services that define us."
