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Handouts Available from NEU's Session at Fall ACI Convention in Baltimore

  • lindsaychelf
  • 6 days ago
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At the Fall 2025 ACI Concrete Convention in Baltimore, Maryland, NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete held a session on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, on Carbon-Reduction 201: What’s Next for Concrete Stakeholders. The session now has the presentations available for download.


This session brought together key stakeholders to discuss what is needed to reach carbon-reduction goals, address the challenges faced, and explore how to foster sector partnerships—going beyond simply understanding concrete PCRs, LCAs, and EPDs.

Learning objectives for this session included:

  1. Identify key stakeholders in carbon-reduction initiatives and analyze their specific contributions to achieving carbon-reduction goals;

  2. Examine new national and international legislation, regulations, and guides influencing carbon-reduction, and evaluate their impact on various stakeholders;

  3. Propose strategies to facilitate sector partnerships that accelerate carbon-reduction among stakeholders;

  4. Identify common challenges stakeholders face in carbon-reduction initiatives and propose strategies to address reluctance in carbon-reduction.


Topics presented during the session included:

  • Low-Carbon Concrete Guide: Materials. Presented by Sureka Sumanasooriya, Ph.D.| NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete.

  • Carbon Capture and Storage for Net-Zero Concrete. Presented by Larry Rowland, Heidelberg Materials.

  • The Future Landscape of Low-Carbon Concrete Codes. Presented by Nathan Forrest, California Nevada Cement Association (CNCA).

  • Admixture Innovation for Low-Carbon Cements: Addressing Early Strength and Durability Challenges on the Path to Net Zero. Presented by Peter Boul, Lyten.

  • Accelerating Carbon Reduction Through Effective Partnership. Presented by Maria Abadie, Google.

  • New Cement Binders-Transition from OPC to Blended Cements, Challenges, and Future Opportunities. Presented by Dave Burg, Ash Grove Cement.


Session handouts for the Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. session, Carbon-Reduction 201: What's Next for Concrete Industry Stakeholders, are available here


Videos of the presentations will be available soon.


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