Low-Carbon Materials a ‘Huge Opportunity’ to Green the Transportation Sector

August 28, 2024

The U.S. DOT has a new strategy to cut pollution: promoting green construction materials for transportation projects. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions created during the construction process is a key way to make the country’s transportation systems more environmentally friendly, Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt told Construction Dive.  

“We often talk about the amount of GHG that is produced by our transportation system, but our construction system produces a lot of GHG as well. In fact, almost 10% of GHG worldwide is produced by the construction sector. And so for us to be able to introduce low-carbon materials that perform at the same level as regular materials is a huge opportunity,” Bhatt said.

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