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Committee hears broad support — and some opposition — for bill requiring embodied-carbon reporting for large projects
Summary
House Bill 1458 would require embodied-carbon reductions for new construction, additions and renovations 50,000 square feet or larger via three compliance pathways; the bill drew technical testimony from architects, engineers, industry groups and researchers.
The Local Government Committee heard extensive testimony on House Bill 1458, which would direct the State Building Code Council to adopt embodied-carbon emissions reduction standards for large building projects and require reporting into a public database.
Staff explained the bill’s key elements: the State Building Code Council must adopt embodied-carbon standards applying to new construction, additions and renovations of 50,000 square feet or larger. Projects could comply through one of three pathways: (1) reuse at least 45% of an existing structure and envelope, (2) demonstrate covered products meet established embodied-carbon reduction requirements via environmental product declarations covering at least 90% of covered products, or (3) perform a whole-building life-cycle assessment compared to a functionally equivalent…
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