MassCEC has engaged Built Environment Plus (BE+) to conduct an Embodied Carbon Challenge for actual new construction and major renovation projects in process or built in Massachusetts.
Donor Name: Massachusetts Clean Energy Technology Center (MassCEC)
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 03/31/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information
- Total Prize Money: 380k
- Prizes: 12
Eligibility Criteria
- Project Requirements
- In order for projects to be eligible for prizes projects must meet the following requirements:
- Be located In Massachusetts.
- Have over 20,000 square feet of floor area.
- Be an actual / real project that will be constructed.
- Projects in Design: Have at least started construction documentation phase of design by March 31, 2024.
- Projects Completed: Have reached substantial construction completion after June 1, 2023.
- Can be new construction or major renovation.
- Must be a whole building.
- There are no limits on project type or construction type.
- A project can only be submitted once.
- Any given project cannot receive more than one award with the exception of the People’s Choice category.
- In order for projects to be eligible for prizes projects must meet the following requirements:
- Lead Applicant Requirements
- Each project is required to be submitted by a Lead Applicant. The Lead Applicant can be:
- Any company/person on the Design and/or Construction Team including the Owner.
- Must have approval from the project Owner and be in coordination with other team members.
- It will be up to the discretion of the Lead Applicant how the prize is allocated to other team members.
- A Lead applicant can submit more than one entry and be on more than one team.
- A Lead Applicant will only be awarded a prize as the Lead Applicant once. The Lead Applicant can be on an additional winning project as a non-lead applicant team member.
- Each project is required to be submitted by a Lead Applicant. The Lead Applicant can be:
Judging Criteria
Judges will score the projects on a scale of 0-100 using the following criteria.
- Replicability and Cost Effectiveness
- Proposed measures can apply broadly and cost effectively to projects across the state
- Proposed measures use commercially and widely available building materials and equipment
- Building design changes and material changes can be implemented by existing workforce or with modest investments in workforce training
- General cost estimates for changes are reasonable based on evaluation of MassCEC and review committee
- Reduction in Embodied Carbon
- Percent Reduction in Embodied Carbon as demonstrated by difference in WBLCA
- Baseline WBLCA assumptions are reasonable as to what project what have done in the absence of focusing on reduction in embodied carbon
- How Carbon per square foot compares to other buildings in similar building type
- Innovativeness
- The changes to reduce embodied carbon are new applications of design or material changes
- This approach breaks new ground.
For more information, visit MassCEC.
