The Environmental Protection Agency is requesting applications for its Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials and Products grant program.
Donor Name: Environmental Protection Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: American Samoa, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/08/2024
Size of the Grant: $250,000 to $10 million
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
Program Goals and Objectives
The Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials and Products grant program will advance the goals of EPA’s EPD Assistance Program as follows:
- Increase the robustness of greenhouse gas emissions data associated with the production, use, and disposal of construction materials and products;
- Assist businesses in disclosing and verifying these data via robust EPDs, as well as states, Indian tribes and non-profit organizations that assist these businesses; and
- Spur market demand for construction materials and products that have lower embodied greenhouse gas emissions.
Scope of Work and Eligible Projects
The Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials and Products grant program will advance standardization and transparency in EPDs which will support procurement decisions accounting for embodied carbon of construction materials and products. Applicants should demonstrate how they will invest in projects and activities that provide support for industry data preparation, reporting, and analysis; provide financial and technical assistance to develop, update, digitize, and verify EPDs; improve standards and verifications for PCRs and EPDs; provide financial support for mid-cycle updates to PCRs to reflect new datasets/guidance; and amplify EPD educational resources.
EPA envisions funded projects to fall under five broad categories:
- Robust Data for EPDs: Projects that contribute new and/or improve critical data, analysis, or feedback for producing robust EPDs.
- Robust Product Category Rule (PCR) Standard Development, PCRs, and Associated Conformity Assessment Systems: Projects that encourage the development of robust, standardized PCRs, including identifying what data needs to be collected for EPDs, how that data should be collected, how it should be reported in EPDs, and what transparency and verification needs to be in place to ensure credible EPDs.
- Robust Tools & Resources to Support & Incentivize Development and Verification of EPDs: Projects that contribute to the development of tools and resources to make it easier, faster, and more cost effective to produce and disclose robust EPDs.
- EPD Development and Verification: Projects that offer construction material and product manufacturers assistance in producing robust EPDs, or in which a construction material or product manufacturer is producing robust EPDs.
- Robust EPD Data Platforms and Integration: Projects that support EPD reporting, availability, and verification; support the standardization of disparate EPD systems; and support future EPD integration into construction design and procurement systems.
Funding Information
Federal awards through this funding opportunity in 2024 are anticipated to total up to $100 million and are anticipated to be in the range of $250,000 to $10 million for individual grant and cooperative agreements for periods of performance of up to 5 years. In addition, EPA will consider subranges of grants in the amounts of $250,000 to $749,999; $750,000 to $4.99 million dollars; and $5 million to $10 million dollars.
Eligibility Criteria
Entities eligible to apply for this funding opportunity include businesses that manufacture, remanufacture, and refurbish construction materials and products, and States, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit organizations that will support such businesses.
- Businesses (for profit or nonprofit) that manufacture, remanufacture, or refurbish construction materials and products.
- States, including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any agency or instrumentality thereof (including port authorities) exclusive of local governments.
- Indian tribes are defined as any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native Village or regional or Village Corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. Chapter 33), which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)). See annually published Bureau of Indian Affairs list of Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services.” Note that Alaskan Native Corporations are Indian tribes for the purposes of 2 CFR 200.1.
- Nonprofits, consistent with the definition of Nonprofit organization at 2 CFR § 200.1, mean any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that is operated mainly for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purpose in the public interest and is not organized primarily for profit; and uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the operation of the organization. The term includes tax-exempt nonprofit neighborhood and labor organizations. Note that 2 CFR 200.1 specifically excludes Institutions of Higher Education from the definition of non-profit organization because they are separately defined in the regulation. While not considered to be a non- profit organization(s) as defined by 2 CFR 200.1, public or nonprofit Institutions of Higher Education are, nevertheless, eligible to submit applications under this NOFO. Private universities who can demonstrate that they qualify as nonprofits based on the nature of how they are incorporated under state law or through their federal tax-exempt status are eligible
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
