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Concrete Sustainability: Quantifying and Decarbonizing Concrete - How Prescriptive Specs Limit Sustainability

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Date & Time

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Miller Business Campus
9750 South 300 West
Sandy, UT 84070

11:30 - 12:00 Check in & Lunch Served
12:00 - 1:00   Presentation

1 PDH
1 Core Contractor CEU
1 Energy Specific Contractor CEU
1 ICC Hour

Please join us to learn how to measure, optimize, and innovate for a more sustainable, low-carbon future in concrete design and construction.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explain the basics of the embodied carbon of concrete. How EPDs (Environmental Product Declarations are used to measure embodied carbon.
  • Prioritize strategies to optimize concrete specifications to get the greatest reductions in carbon footprint using current technologies and design tools.
  • Explore how innovative technologies will result in zero carbon concrete in the future.
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Patrick Matsche
Build with Strength Senior Director
Building Innovations – Structures and Sustainability Group
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association

Patrick Matsche is NRMCA’s Build with Strength Senior Director, Building Innovations – Structures and Sustainability Group. In this role, he promotes concrete and concrete technologies throughout the design community with a special focus on sustainability, resilience and decarbonizing the built environment. He integrates teams of architects, engineers, and contractors to offer durable, energy efficient and economical concrete solutions. He supports member companies by providing outreach and education to developers, contractors and design professionals, offering practical alternatives that underscore the economic benefits of building with concrete.