GSA will use roughly $8 million in IRA funds for low embodied carbon (LEC) materials including concrete, glass, and steel that have fewer greenhouse gas emissions associated with their production. This furthers the Biden-Harris Administration’s Federal Buy Clean Initiative which aims to leverage federal procurement to catalyze markets for these materials.

The remainder of the IRA funds, roughly $16 million, will be used for emerging and sustainable technologies, which could include highly-efficient mechanical systems like geothermal or air-source heat pumps, that aim to reduce energy consumption by 40%, achieve a deep energy retrofit, eliminate operational greenhouse gas emissions and enable the facility to run on 100% electric power.

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