GSA allocates $11.3 million for low-embodied carbon materials funded by the Inflation Reduction Act for the Robert A. Roe Federal Building in Paterson, NJ

November 07, 2023

New York – The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), has allocated $11,296,000 to install low-embodied carbon materials at the Robert A. Roe Federal Building in Paterson, N.J. With this critical investment of $11 million, this project will improve the performance of the five-story federal building enclosure. The funding will enable the project to incorporate low-embodied carbon glass to repair and replace windows, eliminate leaks, and increase energy efficiency.

Funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, the project is one of more than 150 low-embodied carbon projects that GSA announced on November 6, 2023.

“The Inflation Reduction Act gives us an opportunity to incorporate sustainable construction materials into our mission to maintain the federal buildings in our portfolio,” Regional Administrator for GSA’s Northeast and Caribbean Region, Francis Thomas said, “This project will not only create local jobs in the community but also allow us to take another step towards leveraging sustainable materials in federal construction projects.”

The Inflation Reduction Act includes $3.4 billion for GSA to further market research and development of low-embodied carbon materials, and to build more sustainable and cost-efficient high-performance facilities. GSA’s Inflation Reduction Act projects will implement new technologies and accelerate GSA's efforts in achieving a net-zero emissions federal building portfolio by 2045. Through these investments, GSA estimates that it could reduce carbon emissions by 2.3 million metric tons in operational greenhouse gas emissions. That is the equivalent of taking about 500,000 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles off the road for one year.

For more information about GSA’s Inflation Reduction Act projects, visit Inflation Reduction Act.

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