On-Demand Webinar: Introduction to the NEU Environmental Claim Validation/Verification Program

NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete recently launched its Validation/Verification Program to assess and validate/verify the environmental claims of innovative and new products/technologies associated with low-carbon cement and concrete production. The end result of this program is to issue an independent third-party verification or validation statement which is aimed at securing the trust of customers, investors, and consumers in the long term, and by using reliable methods, to separate plausible statements from insubstantial marketing promises. This presentation by Mahmut Ekenel, PhD, PE, FACI, Validation Director for NEU, aims to introduce the program, identify the difference between verification and validation statements, and introduce the ISO/IEC 17029 standard under which the program is set to operate.

Speaker biography

Mahmut Ekenel, PhD, PE, FACI, is Validation Director for NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete. Ekenel has extensive experience in developing acceptance criteria for the evaluation of building materials in accordance with the model building codes, building code development, and a working knowledge of International Standards Organization (ISO) standards and quality control inspections. Ekenel received his PhD from the Missouri University of Science and Technology and became a Fellow of ACI in 2020. Prior to joining the ACI Staff, Ekenel served as Senior Staff Engineer for the International Code Council Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) and was employed by ICC-ES for 17-plus years. He is a licensed civil engineer in the State of California and a licensed professional engineer (PE) in the States of Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

Topic:  NEU Environmental Claim Validation/Verification Program

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