The North American Precast Concrete Sustainable Plant Program (NAPCSPP) is a joint initiative from the members of PCI, the Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (CPCI), and the National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA).

The NAPCSPP is a program designed to encourage continuous improvement and compliance to environmental and sustainability regulations and standards. Environmental performance is determined based on the intents of all applicable government environmental policies. Sustainability performance builds on the North American Precast Concrete Life Cycle Assessment research already completed by PCI.

The goal is to reduce the environmental impact at the manufacturing level while advancing the culture of sustainability within the North American Precast Concrete Industry. The program allows plants to track environmental performance measures, monitor changes and improvements in performance, and enhance their environmental and economic performance.

The program is not intended to replace municipal, provincial/state or federal environmental acts and their requirements; it is a program designed to track the improvements implemented by each precast producer. It is the responsibility of each individual precast producer to understand and comply with the applicable government requirements. As part of this program, facilities are required to submit confidential benchmark reports on a quarterly basis. The aggregated results of the program are communicated to the public through the North American plant performance reports. PCI’s first report (1.2mb, PDF) reflects the first 12 months ending December 2015; the second report (1.06mb PDF) reflects the first 24 months ending December 2016. All participating plants are assigned unique identification numbers in order to maintain confidentiality.

The environmental and sustainability requirements are based on the following sub-categories:

• Environmental Performance Standards
  • Dust Control
  • Process Water, Storm Water and Chemical Management
  • Noise Control
• Sustainability Performance Standards
  • Energy
  • Materials
  • Transportation
  • CO2 equivalent
  • Total Primary Energy
  • Water Consumption