Concrete Innovations Session 7, titled Carbon Sequestration in Concrete, is scheduled for Wednesday, October 12, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time. Participants will learn how to permanently sequester carbon dioxide in concrete along with other strategies to lower the carbon footprint of concrete. Presentations include:
• Carbon Uptake in the Environmental Footprint of the US Concrete Industry - Hessam AzariJafari, deputy director, MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub
• Digital and Chemical Solutions to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Concrete: In-Transit Concrete Management Systems - Nathan Tregger, director for data analytics for GCP's VERIFI In-Transit Concrete Management Systems and Riccardo Stoppa, GCP global marketing manager, cement additives
• How Sustainability, EPDs, and Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment are Converging at a Concrete Plant Near You - Matt Hinck, director of environmental affairs and Karin Perissinotto, sustainability manager for CalPortland
Concrete Innovations Learning Sessions are designed to bring practitioners, researchers and policy makers together to exchange the latest innovations for sustainable concrete design, construction and manufacturing.
Click here to register for this session and here to register for all the Concrete Innovations' learning sessions. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org.
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