In November 2025, NEU released a new publication, The Low-Carbon Concrete Guide: Materials. The guide examines concrete’s role in global carbon emissions, life-cycle thinking and carbon quantification tools, as well as a full spectrum of binder-level strategies, including SCMs, mineral fillers, blended cements, low-carbon portland cements, and alternative cements. It also introduces aggregate, reinforcement, and water-level pathways, along with supporting concepts such as mix

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) and NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete successfully concluded their participation at Big 5 Global 2025. Held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from November 24-27, the organizations hosted the "Concrete Talks powered by ACI and the ACI UAE Chapter" sessions, bringing technical expertise to one of the construction industry's most influential events. The sessions served as a platform for engineers, researchers, and i

NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete announces the release of a new publication, The Low-Carbon Concrete Guide: Materials . The guide is authored by Mary Christiansen, Ph.D, LEED AP. This guide focuses on practical, data-driven strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of concrete, with particular emphasis on the material and mixture decisions that designers, engineers, contractors, and policymakers make at the project level. The goal is to support

The NEU Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete is developing a new sustainable concrete guide (SCG3), roughly titled “Carbon...