Last Friday, Governor Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 2446 (AB2446) which phases in a 20% reduction by 2030 and a final 40% reduction by 2035 in embodied carbon in building materials, using a to be determined 2026 baseline. Like many things in CA this is under the jurisdiction of the Californi…

CA Adopts Embodied Carbon law for buildings!

Luke-Lombardi (Luke Lombardi) September 19, 2022, 8:09pm 3

Big shoutout to @sam.ruben !!
additional discussion for reference here.

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