Supplier reporting
Captures embodied carbon, material origins, and fair labor compliance for construction materials.
Case study · University of Washington and Washington State Department of Commerce
Buy Clean Buy Fair: a reporting database for the Legislature.
Embodied carbon, material origins, and labor standards for publicly funded construction, reported from any device.
2021commissioned by the Legislature
5state projects in the pilot
9step reporting workflow
AAWCAG 2.1 accessibility
The brief
Public data collection, from any device.
Washington’s Buy Clean Buy Fair Act asks suppliers to report embodied carbon, material origins, and labor standards for materials used in publicly funded construction. That means a tool used by people who never chose it: contractors on site, suppliers on a phone, state analysts at a desk.
The pilot was commissioned by the Washington State Legislature in 2021 and delivered by the Carbon Leadership Forum at the University of Washington College of Built Environments, with the Department of Commerce. Meserow Design built the reporting database, and Patrick and Ellen Escarcega are named co-authors on the reports.
“They asked many thoughtful questions about our project, some of which I hadn’t even thought of. Our project had a challenging timeline, but they were ready for it, executed the work efficiently, and delivered a functional database with a beautiful UI.”
What it does
Capabilities
EC3 integration
Connects to the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator to check the carbon impact of materials.
Regulatory tracking
Tracks certifications against the Act: LEED, EPDs, and fair labor standards.
Low-code forms
Vendors and agencies update, submit, and validate data with little technical help.
Built to WCAG 2.1 AA
Labeled fields, status that never relies on color alone, and a full keyboard path.
Dashboards and reporting
Procurement impact, supplier compliance, and material usage, ready for legislative review.
Built with
Angular.NETC#AzureEC3 APISQL ServerWCAG 2.1 AA
Government work lives on meserow.com
The full Buy Clean Buy Fair case study is on meserow.com.
The complete write-up, with the accessibility work and the published reports, lives on our government site alongside our procurement details.