New York S 8000: Directs state agencies to adopt an embodied carbon decarbonization program

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Directs state agencies to adopt an embodied carbon decarbonization program; requires the office of general services to continue to issue operational directives and guidance for common construction materials to reduce the amount of embodied carbon in such materials.

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8000

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing state agen-
 cies to adopt an embodied carbon decarbonization program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-j
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 170-j. Embodied carbon decarbonization program. 1. For the purposes
 4 of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "affected entities" shall mean any agency or department over which
 6 the governor has executive authority, including all offices and divi-
 7 sions thereof, as well as all public authorities for which the governor
 8 appoints the chair, the chief executive, or the majority of the board
 9 members, including all offices and divisions thereof, except for the
 10 port authority of New York and New Jersey. "Affected entities" shall
 11 also include the state university of New York and the city university of
 12 New York;
 13 (b) "common construction materials" shall mean:
 14 (i) concrete, including ready mix concrete, shotcrete, precast
 15 concrete, and concrete masonry units;
 16 (ii) asphalt paving mixtures;
 17 (iii) steel, including rebar, reinforcing steel and structural steel,
 18 hot-rolled sections, hollow sections, plate steel and cold-formed steel;
 19 (iv) any other materials the office of general services designates by
 20 rule and reviews every three years;
 21 (c) "new construction" shall mean the construction of a new building
 22 that is occupied during all four seasons and is five thousand square
 23 feet or larger; and
 24 (d) "product and facility-specific environmental product declarations"
 25 shall mean a type III environmental product declaration, as defined by

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11392-06-5

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 1 the international organization for standardization 8 standard 14025,
 2 representing a single product from a single manufacturing facility.
 3 2. Beginning in two thousand twenty-six, the office of general
 4 services shall continue to issue operational directives and guidance for
 5 common construction materials to reduce the amount of embodied carbon in
 6 such materials. Affected entities shall seek to reduce the embodied
 7 carbon in all new construction or construction projects consisting of
 8 adaptive reuse or significant renovations that cost greater than one
 9 million dollars, submitted for permitting by affected entities, by
 10 taking the following actions:
 11 (a) design teams shall calculate the total embodied carbon that will
 12 result from the project, including shipping, transportation, and
 13 construction equipment requirements;
 14 (b) bidders shall be required to submit product and facility-specific
 15 environmental product declarations, that include the amount of embodied
 16 carbon in given building materials; and
 17 (c) product- and facility-specific environmental product declarations
 18 for products submitted for bid and installation shall comply with maxi-
 19 mum global warming potential limits defined by the office of general
 20 services.
 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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