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LEARNING CENTER
Bring practitioners, researchers and policy makers together to exchange the latest innovations for sustainable concrete design, construction and manufacturing. View schedule.

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Each session offers AIA Continuing Education and Professional Development Hours. Complete the form provided for each session to receive credits. 


AWARD PROGRAM
Recognizes outstanding achievements in concrete performance and sustainability. View winners and nominees.

Schedule

SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING SESSIONS
Tentative schedule. All time are shown in U.S. eastern time zone.

APR 19

11:00 - 13:00

​SESSION 10

 

LIMESTONE CALCINED CLAY CEMENT (LC3)

LC3 / LC2 a Breakthrough Technology to Lower CO2​

Karen Scrivener, Professor, Construction Materials Laboratory, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

By far the most feasible option to reduce CO2 from cements is to partially replace the CO2 intensive clinker component with substitutes.  The supply of traditional substitute materials – slag and fly ash is decreasing steadily. Calcined clay is an excellent alternative to slag an fly ash, and is abundant worldwide.  It reacts much faster than either slag or fly ash and the synergy for a coupled substitution with limestone is of particular interest.  This combination of limestone, calcined clay and cement is called LC3 and the combination of limestone and calcined clay for use as and SCM, LC2.  In this presentation I will explain the technology, its advantages and disadvantages.

Opportunities to Demonstrate Low Carbon Concrete in Transportation Infrastructure

Tom Van Dam, Principal at NCE, Hancock, MI

This presentation will discuss how FHWA and state DOTs are researching LC3 for transportation projects.

Manufacturing LC3 -- Opportunities and Challenges

Cheng Qi, Technical Center Director, Ash Grove Cement Company

This presentation will discuss the opportunities and challenges in manufacturing LC3 including technical, operational and economic issues. 

MAY 17

11:00 - 13:00

​SESSION 11

INNOVATIVE PAVEMENT SYSTEMS

Innovations in Concrete Pavements

 

Brian Killingsworth, Executive Vice President, NRMCA

 

Early forms of concrete were used by the ancient Egyptians and a few millennia later by the Romans. Modern concrete has been in existence since 1824 and the first concrete street in American was built in Bellefontaine, Ohio in 1891. While the basic components of concrete (rock, sand, water, and cement) have not changed, there have been many material, design, and construction innovations that allow us to optimize its use. This session will focus on concrete pavement innovations that positively impact the cost, environment, opening time, and ease of construction and also touch on the future of concrete paving.

The Role of US Pavement Life Cycle in Decarbonization

 

Hessam Azarijafari, Deputy Director, MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub​

 

Low carbon emissions policies and solutions are centered around the industries' and buildings' life cycle emissions. Limited tools and assessment methods commonly prevent pavement solutions from being considered for decarbonizing the United States. In order to achieve net-zero emissions and a decarbonized economy, pavements have a critical role to play. In this presentation, we will discuss the life cycle of pavements, their GHG emissions, and the potential for reducing these emissions by involving multiple stakeholders in the design, materials, and asset management of pavements. Additionally, we will introduce the Streamlined MIT Pavement LCA Tool, which allows engineers and planners to quantify the GHG emissions of different pavement options and scenarios. Using the nationwide case study of pavement network decarbonization, we will demonstrate how the LCA can be used to analyze and reduce pavement life cycle emissions.

JUN 14

11:00 - 13:00

SESSION 12

  1. Technical Sessions TBD

  2. Product Spotlight - concrete.ai

  3. Product Spotlight TBD

JUL 12

11:00 - 13:00

SESSION 13

  1. Technical Sessions TBD

  2. Product Spotlight TBD

  3. Product Spotlight TBD

AUG 16

11:00 - 13:00

SESSION 14

  1. Technical Sessions TBD

  2. Product Spotlight TBD

  3. Product Spotlight TBD

SEP 13

11:00 - 13:00

SESSION 15

  1. Technical Sessions TBD

  2. Product Spotlight - Solidia

  3. Product Spotlight TBD

OCT 18

11:00 - 13:00

​​SESSION 16

  1. Technical Sessions TBD

  2. Product Spotlight TBD

  3. Product Spotlight TBD

NOV 15

11:00 - 13:00

SESSION 17

  1. Technical Sessions TBD

  2. Product Spotlight TBD

  3. Product Spotlight TBD

DEC 13

11:00 - 13:00

SESSION 18

  1. Technical Sessions TBD

  2. Product Spotlight TBD

  3. Product Spotlight TBD

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