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Low-Cost Ways to Cleaner Construction (PDF) (6 pp, 2.4MB, EPA420-F-08-008, March 2008)
Cost effective ways to reduce emissions from construction equipment for:
- Construction company owners
- Equipment rental companies
- Equipment operators
Funding Opportunities for Clean Construction Projects in 2008
See Examples of Air Quality Language in Use Today
These examples address air quality issues, particularly diesel emissions, from construction equipment and other diesel sources, in contracts, codes, laws, rules, policies, and other specifications.
Clean Construction USA, part of the National Clean Diesel Campaign (NCDC), is an innovative program designed to promote the reduction of diesel emissions from construction equipment and vehicles.
Nonroad diesel engines can contribute significantly to the levels of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the air. In recent years, EPA has set emissions standards for engines used in most new construction equipment. However, because construction equipment can last 25 to 30 years, it will take many years before existing equipment is replaced with new, cleaner equipment. Because EPA's regulations only apply to newly manufactured diesel engines, EPA developed the Clean Construction USA program to assist owners and operators of construction equipment to reduce emissions from the older engines that are in operation today.
Clean Construction USA is encouraging contractors, owners, and operators of construction equipment to:
- properly maintain their equipment,
- reduce idling,
- retrofit diesel engines with verified technologies,
- replace older equipment,
- use cleaner fuels,
- repower equipment (i.e. replace older engines with newer, cleaner engines).
This site provides a broad range of information about technologies and strategies for emissions reduction of construction equipment. The following links provide more information.
- Basic Information: Learn more about this incentive-based program designed to reduce emissions from existing diesel engines and nonroad equipment at construction sites.
- What You Can Do: Learn the strategies that fleet owners, operators and policy makers are implementing to reduce the impact of diesel emissions from construction sites.
- Retrofit Strategies: Learn the strategies to reduce emissions from construction equipment: retrofitting, repowering, replacing, reducing idling, repairing.
- Grants & Funding: Learn about available funding opportunities for adopting cleaner diesel technologies and strategies.
- Case Studies: Learn from the experience of others who are exploring the option of retrofitting equipment by implementing diesel reduction projects.
- Publications: Download available print material and studies, which offer information relating to emissions reduction.
- Related Links: Get links to other diesel collaboratives and partnerships.