NRMCA’s Wymant Represents Ready Mix Industry at Greenbuild 2024
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NRMCA Vice President, Building Innovations, Michael Wymant attended Greenbuild 2024 held earlier this month in Philadelphia in part to make sure ready mixed concrete was represented. He noted that this year, the USGBC partnered with Mass Timber for a co-branded convention, highlighting the wood industry's innovations. While this shift in focus presented a unique opportunity to explore new materials and technologies, it also underscored the importance of showcasing concrete's sustainability advantages, Wymant said.
NRMCA's partnership with PCA allowed us to delve into low carbon cement options; Heidelberg Materials generously hosted tours of a slag cement plant in New Jersey. These initiatives exemplify the concrete industry's commitment to transparency and innovation.
"Concrete is the material of choice for green building, resiliency and carbon reduction from a materials to performance perspective," Wymant said. "We need to communicate this despite the massive effort to pull the design community to structural wood systems. By educating the industry about concrete's superior performance and durability, we can counterbalance misleading narratives. Greenbuild remains a valuable platform for networking, learning and inspiring the next generation of sustainable building practices."
For more information, contact Michael Wymant at mwymant@nrmca.org.
