EPA Awards $160 Million to Tackle Climate Impacts of Construction Materials

Funding for grants, ranging from $250,000 to $10 million, is being allocated from President Joe Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

Workers attach siding to a house at a new home construction site in Trappe, Md., on October 28, 2022. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has pledged millions of dollars in grants for businesses, universities, and nonprofit organizations across the country as part of what it says are efforts to reduce climate pollution arising from the manufacturing of construction materials.

The EPA estimates construction materials used in buildings and other infrastructure account for more than 15 percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions.