NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete, has released a new publication, The Low-Carbon Concrete Guide: Materials. The guide is authored by Mary Christiansen, Ph.D., LEED AP.
The resource focuses on practical, data-driven strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of concrete, with particular emphasis on the material and mixture decisions that designers, engineers, contractors and policymakers make at the project level. The guide provides the context, background and technical framework needed to understand low-carbon concrete materials and their implications for performance and sustainability.
The publication also examines the role of concrete in global carbon emissions, lifecycle thinking and carbon quantification tools, as well as a full spectrum of binder-level strategies, including SCMs, mineral fillers, blended cements, low-carbon and alternative cements. The guide can be purchased and downloaded here.
