Thursday / February 11, 2021 / 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Embodied Carbon in Concrete
Online
The versatility of concrete makes it a valuable building material. A variety of methods can be used for reducing the embodied carbon of concrete, which makes it an important material for contributing to the sustainability of construction projects. This presentation will discuss the embodied carbon of concrete and environmental product declarations (EPDs) that provide quantitative metrics for sustainability. Methods available for achieving low carbon concrete will be presented along with some inherent improved performance and material properties. Lastly, some specification recommendations will be provided as a resource for how to incorporate low carbon concrete.
Speakers:
Alana Guzzetta, PE, manages U.S. Concrete’s National Research Lab in San Jose, California, a resource for all U.S. Concrete business units. Responsibilities of the research team include evaluating new materials, developing mix designs with targeted performance, trial batching, demonstrating the capabilities that Orca Quarry aggregates provide to concrete, and supporting ARIDUS® Rapid Drying Concrete, a patented mix design for slabs that receive adhered flooring. Alana is the Vice President of the ASCE San Jose Branch and an active member of ACI and the Carbon Leadership Forum.
Juan Gonzalez is Manager of Strategic Development & Sustainability for four business units of U.S. Concrete’s West Region: Central Concrete, Right Away Redy Mix, Polaris Materials, and Westside Construction Materials. In sustainability, Juan is pushing the boundaries of innovation, devising multiple strategies to achieve zero waste. These strategies include the use of new wash-out processes, producing concrete blocks with left-over concrete, reusing left-over concrete to produce concrete aggregates, and reusing fresh returned concrete through Same Day Stabilization process.
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