On 7–8 November 2023, the Research Institute for Sustainability – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (RIFS), University College London Institute for Sustainable Resources (UCL ISR), Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (Global ABC), One Planet Network and Life Cycle Initiative will host the Carbon Footprint Policy Accelerator Conference: Learning about buy clean and whole life carbon regulatory standards for buildings.
The conference will explore path-breaking policies to achieve much-needed rapid decarbonization of industry and construction. Carbon footprint procurement specifications for building products and mandatory maximum whole life carbon thresholds for buildings could create lead markets for radical low- zero-carbon innovation.
Inputs from key actors involved with the Buy Clean movement in the US (public procurement of building products) and mandatory maximum carbon threshold standard setting for buildings in Denmark and the Netherlands will be complemented with interactive sessions on the limitations and potentials of these approaches and the transfer of lessons learned. It will also explore the connections with the US Inflation Reduction Act and public and private pledges to buy ultra-low carbon products through the Clean Energy Ministerial’s Industrial Deep Decarbonisation Initiative (IDDI) and the First Movers Coalition.