Isometric, the certifier for the industrial economy, has certified the Low Carbon Cement Protocol. This is the first protocol against which Environmental Attribute Certificates (EACs) for low-carbon cement can be issued, providing producers with a new source of revenue to fund decarbonization. Cement accounts for around 8% of global carbon emissions. Since 2015, the sector’s total emissions have increased, while…
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The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) 2025 End-of-Life Tire Market Report finds 79% of the 273 million end-of-life commercial and passenger vehicle tires generated last year in the United States reached end-use markets. That volume represents 5.154 million tons, of which Tire-Derived Fuel (TDF) accounted for 1.317 million tons, including 821,000 tons consumed in cement kilns. Document is posted here.…
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A new membership program from Building Transparency, Seattle-based Embodied Carbon Calculator (EC3) developer, affords construction value chain stakeholders a direct way to support the technology tool’s underlying infrastructure. Free to a registered-user base of 70,000-plus, EC3 presents carbon dioxide or CO2 equivalent emissions data from a global library of more than 250,000 Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) spanning 2,000 material or…
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