Videos & Webinars

Barzin Mobasher, PE, FACI, FRILEM, Arizona State University, discusses alternative reinforcements such as fibers, textiles, and fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) as well as hybrid designs that tend to reduce the amount of rebars used by means of conventional design approaches and make a significant improvement in the overall load-carrying capacity while reducing the overall carbon footprints. New test methods are presented to validate the potential benefits by identifying the controlling mechanisms. Several applications developed in the past five years are highlighted as case studies and showcase the significant cost savings, enhanced performance, and carbon emissions reduction.

NEU’s mission is to drive education, awareness, and adoption of carbon neutral concrete materials and technologies.

Green concrete, carbon-neutral concrete, sustainable design… so many terms and so much to learn about how to make it happen. Andrea Schokker, NEU technical consultant and board advisor, provides an overview of sustainable concrete basics from material choice to design, plus discusses what to do now and what we can expect for the future.

Join NEU Executive Director Dean Frank as he explains NEU's validation process in "NEU Validation/Verification Program for Evaluation of Environmental Claims Related to Reducing Carbon Emissions Associated with Cement and Concrete." The validation/verification program provides an independent peer assessment of carbon reduction materials and technologies and the process is conducted impartially by subject matter experts to evaluate the accuracy of relevant technical claims related to reduction of carbon in cement and concrete.

New materials and technologies are slow to be adopted within the construction industry largely due to risk, both real and perceived. To move technologies forward, there needs to be demonstrated cases where the material was used and it performed, to help eliminate the perceived risks and provide information on the constructability and performance to minimize real risks. Proof of performance can be established through demonstration projects but for these projects to be successful, there needs to be post-construction testing, monitoring, analysis, and reporting of the results. This talk will discuss a recent demonstration project performed at MnROAD, a research test site operated by the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The talk will discuss the planning and execution of the project and will share lessons learned that may assist others that are planning similar projects. Presented by Lawrence Sutter, Ph.D., P.E., Sutter Engineering LLC.

Presented byTom Tietz of the California Nevada Cement Association. Since 2017 there have been a wide variety of concepts that have been proposed to reduce carbon emissions for California cement and concrete levels at state and local levels. These have included legislation, local measures, and building code proposals to limit embodied carbon. Some of these initiatives were being created by entities with little understanding of the complexities of cement and concrete production and value chain. This spurred the California Nevada Cement Association to produce a carbon neutrality plan released in 2021. The purpose of this plan is to proactively engage in removing the barriers to decarbonization and to provide a foundational reference for the pathway to carbon neutrality for cement consumed in California. One significant outcome is that this plan provided the framework for Senate Bill 596: Greenhouse gases: cement sector: net-zero emissions strategy. This presentation will highlight the components of CNCA’s carbon neutrality report, the direction of SB 596 (the first sector-specific net zero bill in California history) and other policy initiatives in various forms of current development.