FAQ

  • MEP 2040 is a movement to radically reduce total carbon emissions associated with building systems through collective action.

    MEP 2040 is an intentional and voluntary pledge and collaboration among MEP design firms and their supporters in the building industry. MEP fimrs make a public, non-binding commitment to act to reduce embodied carbon and other emissions connected with their projects.

    There's not a lot of data on MEP impacts, and part of MEP 2040's work is to better understand these items and the choices MEP firms have in selection. It's an evolving process: gather data as an industry, share experiences with peers, make attempts to reduce carbon, track data, report data, spec lower carbon options when available. ASHRAE’s forthcoming version of CIBSE’s TM 65 should help with defaults and calculations.

  • The MEP 2040 Commitment:

    1. Sign the commitment.

    Complete a form to provide MEP 2040 your company logo for display on the MEP 2040 site.

    2. Make a company plan.

    Make a plan to reduce operational carbon and MEP embodied carbon across projects targeting zero by 2040. Measure, track and report progress annually once the portal is created.

    You will be invited to have your company plan available on your company’s website. so MEP 2040 can link to it. Here are a few examples.

    3.. Request low-GWP refrigerants

    This will be required by the EPA, WA and CA and other states and internationally by countries that ratified Kigali (which include US, Canada, UK and India).

    4. Request EPDs (environmental product declarations) in MEP specs

    This is similar to what architectural and structural specifications are doing voluntarily and in some case as required by the AHJ (ex: CalGreen and CO's Buy Clean Colorado).

    5. Participate in Quarterly Forums for MEP 2040

  • At some point MEP 2040 hopes to have an AIA 2030-like DDx reporting portal for firms to share their project data on. That's TBD. With many of your biggest clients having already signed up for AIA 2030, it is possible you will be asked to voluntarily report the embodied carbon and other data associated with your MEP 2040 commitments.