Buy Clean and Beyond

RMI's guide outlines a framework for US state governments to reduce embodied carbon—emissions from the extraction, manufacturing, transport, construction, and disposal of materials—in state-owned building projects. The guide proposes four core strategies, including the implementation of Buy Clean policies targeting high-emitting materials like steel and cement, to send demand signals to the market and accelerate decarbonization across the building industry's value chain.

• US state governments can reduce climate-warming emissions from manufacturing and construction projects by addressing 'embodied carbon', which refers to greenhouse gas emissions generated during material extraction, manufacturing, transport, construction, and disposal.
• The guide outlines four core strategies to help states create a roadmap toward net-zero embodied emissions, specifically highlighting that Buy Clean policies targeting high-emitting materials such as cement and steel can produce immediate and substantial GHG emissions reductions.

APA

RMI (2023). Buy Clean and Beyond. https://rmi.org/resources/guide-to-road-mapping-state-owned-building-projects-to-reach-net-zero-embodied-carbon/

Chicago

RMI. Buy Clean and Beyond. 2023. https://rmi.org/resources/guide-to-road-mapping-state-owned-building-projects-to-reach-net-zero-embodied-carbon/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=RMI |title=Buy Clean and Beyond |date=30 November 2023 |url=https://rmi.org/resources/guide-to-road-mapping-state-owned-building-projects-to-reach-net-zero-embodied-carbon/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2023buy, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Buy Clean and Beyond}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2023}, month = nov, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/guide-to-road-mapping-state-owned-building-projects-to-reach-net-zero-embodied-carbon/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }