Build Reuse - General
Root
- About the Build Reuse Wiki
- Brief History of the Build Reuse Wiki
- Why Deconstruct and Reuse
- Envisioning a Circular Building Sector
- Circular Design Tools
- Case Studies
- Guides
- Reuse Store and Material Recovery Maps and Databases
- Deconstruction and Reuse Networks
- Deconstruction and Reuse News Outlets
- Conference and Webinar Materials
- RFIs / Opportunities to Give Feedback
- Funding Opportunities
- US EPA IRA Programs to Reduce GHGs Associated with Construction Materials and Products
- Purpose:
- Lowering embodied carbon in the building sector
- Status: Comments closed May 1st
- Link to more info: https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/inflation-reduction-act-programs-fight-climate-change-reducing-embodied
- Purpose:
- U.S. Department of Energy Seeks Information on Increasing the Recyclability and Reusability of Materials to Reduce Waste and Decarbonize the U.S. Economy
- Purpose:
- Not specific to building sector; motivated by Biden's clean energy and net-zero emissions goals
- Interested in circular economy, EPDs and LCA data, reducing demand for virgin materials, and e-waste
- Status: Comments closed May 1st
- Link to more info: https://www.energy.gov/eere/ammto/2023-circular-economy-request-information-challenges-and-opportunities-increasing
- Purpose:
- ECJ Grant Program
- Purpose:
- ECJ = Enviro and Climate Justice
- EPA has gathered public input on ECJ Grant Program to distribute IRA funding
- Status:
- Funding opportunities expected to be announced mid-summer
- Link to more info: https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/inflation-reduction-act-environmental-and-climate-justice-program
- Purpose:
- EPA Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution
- Purpose: Focuses on actions to reduce, reuse, collect, and capture plastic waste.
- Status: Written public comment submission deadline extended to July 31, 2023.
- Link to more info: https://www.epa.gov/circulareconomy/draft-national-strategy-prevent-plastic-pollution
Federal
- US EPA IRA Programs to Reduce GHGs Associated with Construction Materials and Products
- Purpose:
- Lowering embodied carbon in the building sector
- Status: Comments closed May 1st
- Link to more info: https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/inflation-reduction-act-programs-fight-climate-change-reducing-embodied
- Purpose:
- U.S. Department of Energy Seeks Information on Increasing the Recyclability and Reusability of Materials to Reduce Waste and Decarbonize the U.S. Economy
- Purpose:
- Not specific to building sector; motivated by Biden's clean energy and net-zero emissions goals
- Interested in circular economy, EPDs and LCA data, reducing demand for virgin materials, and e-waste
- Status: Comments closed May 1st
- Link to more info: https://www.energy.gov/eere/ammto/2023-circular-economy-request-information-challenges-and-opportunities-increasing
- Purpose:
- ECJ Grant Program
- Purpose:
- ECJ = Enviro and Climate Justice
- EPA has gathered public input on ECJ Grant Program to distribute IRA funding
- Status:
- Funding opportunities expected to be announced mid-summer
- Link to more info: https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/inflation-reduction-act-environmental-and-climate-justice-program
- Purpose:
- EPA Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution
- Purpose: Focuses on actions to reduce, reuse, collect, and capture plastic waste.
- Status: Written public comment submission deadline extended to July 31, 2023.
- Link to more info: https://www.epa.gov/circulareconomy/draft-national-strategy-prevent-plastic-pollution