Associate Teaching Professor Chris Senseney recently had a journal paper published in "Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability." The paper,"Recommendations for cradle-to-gate environmental product declarations (EPD) in 'Buy Clean' procurement based on CDOT's experience," is one of the first papers of its kind to discuss green public procurement of construction materials in the United States, Senseney says.
The paper discusses how environmental product declarations (EPDs) work and gives an example from the Colorado Department of Transportation. It also gives advice on how to deal with problems when using EPDs. The goal is to help the government make good choices for the environment when buying materials and to make it easier for them to do it.