# Current Code regulations
**URL:** https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/current-code-regulations/2462
**Category:** Policy
**Tags:** legislation, code
**Created:** [October 1, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/current-code-regulations/2462 "2020-10-01T00:11:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@tschuster](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/tschuster)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/current-code-regulations/2462/1 "2020-10-01T00:11:48Z")
Hello,
I am a current graduate student studying structural engineering and am working on a report for Carbon emissions during phases A1-5. I am new to the topic and I was hoping I could get some guidance. Are there any organizations/government agency/code references that state or set the standards for the CO2 emission? Similar to how IBC and ASCE set design standards for structural design. I see different organizations like Carbon Leadership Forum and Architecture 2030. I believe if an owner wants a LEED certified building it must meet certain standards. But not all buildings are required to be LEED certified.
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### Author:  [@ceirekenny](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/ceirekenny)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/current-code-regulations/2462/2 "2020-10-08T05:55:47Z")
Hi Timothy, its depends what region of the world you are referring to ? For the USA the NRMCA EPD is a good baseline, as is the regional NRMCA report that breaks down the country into different regions. EC3 is another good tool for specific manufactures in the US.
[NRMCA\_EPD10294 - US concrete benchmark.pdf](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/uploads/short-url/jbE0sD3IDLTdeSerMeqUNNQ7g8o.pdf) (3.6 MB)
[NRMCA\_Benchmark\_Report\_-\_October\_14\_2014\_web (1).pdf](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/uploads/short-url/thy6ODBLhnXTjKcLMBRVIDCHOQJ.pdf) (814.7 KB)
Both aren’t perfect but a good place to start.
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### Author:  [@ksimonen](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/ksimonen)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/current-code-regulations/2462/3 "2020-10-09T19:07:14Z")
You can look to the EC3 tool at [www.buildingtransparency.org](http://www.buildingtransparency.org) for a database of concrete EPDs. Also the SE 2050 Commitment Initiative [https://www.se2050.org/](https://www.se2050.org/) looking to advance this data/standards and the Bay Area Low Carbon Concrete Code. [https://www.marincounty.org/depts/cd/divisions/sustainability/low-carbon-concrete-project](https://www.marincounty.org/depts/cd/divisions/sustainability/low-carbon-concrete-project) And don’t miss the IStructE work in the UK.
[https://www.istructe.org/resources/guidance/carbon-embodied-operational/](https://www.istructe.org/resources/guidance/carbon-embodied-operational/)