LEARNING CENTER 2025 ON-DEMAND
Concrete Innovations Learning Center On-demand provides recordings and downloads for previously aired Learning Sessions on the latest innovations for sustainable concrete design, construction and manufacturing. Select a year for on-demand learning sessions:
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
Each session of the Concrete Innovations Learning Center offers AIA Continuing Education and Professional Development Hours. Complete the form provided for each session to receive credits.
SESSION 29: MAY 14, 2025
RESILIENT CONSTRUCTION INITIATIVES
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The Case for Resilience: Defined Pathways for Achievement
Over the past several decades, there has been a continuous increase in human and economic loss from disaster events. This panel will review the imperative for building resilience and discuss initiatives and frameworks to support resilient construction. The adoption of updated codes and standards are a first step to approach resilient design objectives, particularly resilience to fire disaster events. The MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub studies how cities can be made more resilient to hazards through investment in stronger and cooler construction. The US Resiliency Council’s Building Performance Ratings identify resilient design strategies for architects and designers. FORTIFIED is a voluntary construction incentive program designed to strengthen homes and commercial buildings against specific types of severe weather such as high winds, hail, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Panelists include:
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Shamim Rashid-Sumar, P.E., FSFPE, Senior Vice President, Codes and Standards, NRMCA (moderator)
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Evan Reis, S.E., Executive Director of the US Resiliency Council DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
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Hessam AzariJafari, Ph.D., Deputy Director, MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
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Brian Meacham, Ph.D., P.E., Director of Risk and Regulatory Consulting, Crux Consulting DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
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Mary Uher, FORTIFIED Director of Field Services DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
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New LEED v5 Resilience Requirements
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Julian Mills-Beale, Ph.D., Director, Codes and Standards, NRMCA
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LEED v5 includes significant updates to transportation, site, energy, materials, and indoor environmental quality credits, and also includes a new resilience assessment prerequisite and credits rewarding resilience design features. This presentation will provide definitions for key resilience concepts, outline the new resilience prerequisites and credits in LEED, and discuss how concrete can play a role in meeting the new requirements.
SESSION 28: APRIL !6, 2025
PRIVATE SECTOR DECARBONIZATION INITIATIVES
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Panel Discussion: How Decarbonization Initiatives are Creating Demand for Low-Carbon Concrete
This panel features four private sector initiatives designed to increase demand for low-carbon construction and more specifically, low-carbon concrete. The World Economic Forum’s First Movers Coalition (FMC), is a private sector demand-focused initiative in heavy-emitting industrial sectors, seeking to surface the scaled supply of deeply decarbonized products and services through a strong, credible demand focus. Amazon has made an ambitious commitment to reach net-zero carbon across its global operations by 2040 as part of its co-founding of The Climate Pledge. The SE 2050 Challenge is an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) initiative to transform the practice of structural engineering by prioritizing reduction of embodied carbon, through the use of less and/or less impactful structural materials, participating firms can more easily work toward net zero embodied carbon structural systems by 2050. Architecture 2030’s mission is to rapidly transform the built environment from the major emitter of greenhouse gases to a central solution to the climate crisis. Panelists include:
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Vincent Martinez, President and COO, Architecture 2030 DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
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Genevieve Graham, Engineer, Arup | Vice Chair SE 2050 DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
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Daniel Boero Vargas, Industry Decarbonization Lead, Cement & Concrete, World Economic Forum DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
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Tim Lewis, Sustainability Structural Engineer, Amazon DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
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​Product Spotlight - Climate Earth
Concrete Solutions: Reducing Carbon with Advanced EPD Databases
Laurel McEwen, Executive VP EPD Services, Climate Earth
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In this talk, we explore how cutting-edge technologies are transforming data collection and utilization of Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) databases, dramatically reducing setup times and enhancing data use. By integrating mix designs with comprehensive EPD data, we create powerful databases that empower concrete producers to develop low-carbon solutions. We will discuss how data access through advanced APIs, and database-driven analysis promotes transparency, aids in making informed sustainable choices, and showcases the industry's commitment to carbon reduction goals.