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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Durability of Portland Limestone Cement Concrete
Neal S. Berke, Ali N. Inceefe, Allan Kramer, and Oscar R. Antommattei
Concrete for a large light-rail infrastructure project in the Northwest region of the United States was proposed to be switched from using ordinary portland cement to portland limestone cement (PLC). The article presents research performed to verify that the design requirement of a 100-year service life for the structure can be obtained with PLC concretes containing Class F fly ash.
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Thoughts Regarding Cement, SCMs, Concrete, and CO2
Mohan Malhotra and Terry Holland
The article provides authors’ thoughts regarding current sustainability efforts within the cement and concrete industry and offers recommendations for future improvements. The opinions are based on topics presented at the virtual 11th ACI/RILEM International Conference on Cementitious Materials and Alternative Binders for Sustainable Concrete and published as SP-349.
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Performance and Sustainability
Brooke W. Smartz, Todd S. Laker, and Thomas Van Dam
While cements containing 10 to 15% interground limestone are relatively new to the U.S. market, they offer an excellent opportunity to reduce the environmental footprint of concrete. Officials in Colorado and Utah have taken the initiative to be leaders in sustainable construction by allowing the use of portland-limestone cements in transportation projects. Projects presented in the article demonstrate that paving concrete made with portland-limestone cement can achieve specified strength and durability requirements.
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