SAT-A02 - Mitigating the Carbon Footprint of Concrete

Saturday, November 20, 2021

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM CDT

Location: Music City Center, Room 209

Compliments of:

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, 1 GBCI SITES AP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Meg Calkins, FASLA

Department Head and Professor of Landscape Architecture
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

Speaker(s)

Kevin W. Burke, FASLA

Director of Design
Atlanta BeltLine Inc
Atlanta, Georgia
Jennifer Mitchell

Senior Manager, Design Build
Linkedin
Gilroy, California

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, 1 GBCI SITES AP, FL, NY/HSW
The carbon footprint from the billions of tons of concrete placed each year is substantial, resulting in nearly 8% of total global emissions. This session will provide attendees with tools to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete through use of high-volume cement substitutes, concrete mix optimization, and carbon sequestering technologies.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand the carbon impacts of concrete and Portland Cement, and methods to mitigate the impacts.
Identify Portland Cement substitutes, both natural pozzolans and industrial byproducts, and the effects they have on concrete structures during placement and use.
Understand technologies for carbon sequestration in cement, manufactured aggregates, and concrete.
Recall the benefits, costs and challenges of technologies and materials to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete structures.