Articles, Guides & Reports
NEU has identified materials that are a good starting place to learn about sustainability and decarbonization. NEU also periodically publishes articles in industry trade journals.
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NEU Introduces The Low-Carbon Concrete Guide: Materials
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NEU's new guide focuses on practical, data-driven strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of concrete with emphasis on the material and mixture decisions that designers, engineers, contractors, and policymakers make at the project level.
Low-Carbon Concrete Materials Available to Reduce CO2 Emissions of Concrete
Many solutions exist to produce low-carbon concrete. One such solution is the increased use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) and alternative cements.
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ACI Concrete Sustainability Forum IX
Koji Sakai and Julie K. Buffenbarger
ACI Concrete Sustainability Forum IX took place in October 2016 at the ACI Concrete Convention and Exposition. The forum featured presentations from seven experts on sustainability design, sustainability assessment systems, and new material technologies for sustainable buildings and civil engineering structures.
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ACI’s Commitment to Carbon Neutrality
To reduce energy consumption, carbon emissions, and operation costs, ACI has incorporated energy efficient technologies at ACI World Headquarters in Farmington Hills, MI, USA. These technologies include updating all lighting to LED lighting and installing 300 solar panels on the roof of the building.
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Racing Towards a Green Future
Allan Scott, Jacob Carlos, Jon Remacka, Stephanie Paitich, and Neil Hoult
The Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race is a competition among engineering students from colleges and universities across Canada and the United States. In 2017, the Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, team won the overall championship as well as the award for Most Sustainable Toboggan with the self-consolidating magnesium silicate concrete racing toboggan.
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