Next Concrete Innovations Session Focuses on Private Sector Decarbonization Initiatives

Concrete Innovations Session 28: Private Sector Decarbonization Initiatives is scheduled for Wednesday, April 16, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time. This session features five private sector initiatives designed to increase demand for low-carbon construction and, more specifically, low-carbon concrete. The session begins with a panel discussion featuring key private sector initiatives: The World Economic Forum’s First Movers Coalition (FMC), is a private-sector, demand-focused initiative in heavy-emitting industrial sectors. The SE 2050 Challenge is an American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) initiative to prioritize reduction of embodied carbon in structural systems; Architecture 2030’s mission is to rapidly transform the built environment from the major emitter of greenhouse gases and Amazon’s ambitious commitment is to reach net-zero carbon across its global operations by 2040. The session concludes with a product spotlight presentation from Climate Earth on reducing carbon with advanced EPD databases.

Presenters include: 

• Vincent Martinez, president and COO, Architecture 2030
• Genevieve Graham, engineer, Arup and vice chair SE 2050
• Daniel Boero Vargas, industry decarbonization lead, cement & concrete, World Economic Forum
• Tim Lewis, sustainability structural engineer, Amazon
• Laurel McEwen, executive vice president EPD Services, Climate Earth

Click here to register and visit www.concreteinnovations.com for more session details. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org or 847-922-7995.