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Bring practitioners, researchers and policy makers together to exchange the latest innovations for sustainable concrete design, construction and manufacturing. View schedule.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Each session offers AIA Continuing Education and Professional Development Hours. Complete the form provided for each session to receive credits.
AWARD PROGRAM
Recognizes outstanding achievements in concrete performance and sustainability. Nominate a project.
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Webinars | LIVE events
APR 2025
Concrete Innovations LIVE!
School Summit Series in April, 2025
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​​​Join us for our events focused on the unique needs of K-12 school administrators, district officials and architects specializing in educational facilities. Gain the knowledge, tools and connections needed to create and maintain top-tier school environments that are safe, resilient, sustainable and inspiring.
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Witness success stories of schools that have achieved net-zero energy usage, disaster resilience, sustainability targets, and easy, costeffective maintenance goals
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Learn from industry experts about innovation in carbon reduction, building methods, materials and strategies that enable schools to achieve net-zero
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Discover how A/E teams overcame challenges during their school construction projects while delivering quiet and innovative learning environments
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Experience the ICF environment with visits to local schools that have reaped the benefits​​​​​
April 2 & 3
Embassy Suites by Hilton, Charlotte
Concord Golf Resort & Spa
5400 John Q. Hammons Dr
NW Concord, NC 28027
April 16 & 17
Springhill Suites Marriott
12513 Front Beach Road
Panama City Beach, FL 32407
April 23 & 24
Hotel Indigo Baltimore Downtown
24 West Franklin Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
MAY 2025
Concrete Innovations LIVE!
Insulating Concrete Forms Educational Event and Tour​
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​Here's an opportunity to learn more about cutting edge innovations in Ready Mixed Concrete. Latest strategies for building high efficiency cold storage facilities with ready mixed concrete will be presented. Learn from the design and construction teams. Tours a local project built with lightweight, fast, and more cost-effective Insulating Concrete Form (ICF), construction. See ways in which concrete and ICFs are quickly becoming the sustainable methods of choice for building all project types including residential, hotels, schools, and offices. Design professionals as well as concrete contractors, masons, and framers have an opportunity to learn how to work more effectively with concrete to enhance their sustainability and competitiveness in today's construction environment.​​
MAY 8, 2025
10:00am to 3:00pm
Leinenkugel's Pilot Room
124 E. Elm Street
Chippewa Falls, WI
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APR 16
11:00-13:00 eastern
SESSION 28 - PRIVATE SECTOR DECARBONIZATION INITIATIVES
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
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Genevieve Graham, Engineer, Arup | Vice Chair SE 2050
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Daniel Boero Vargas, Industry Decarbonization Lead, Cement & Concrete, World Economic Forum
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Tim Lewis, Sustainability Structural Engineer, Amazon
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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.
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