Embodied Carbon

Opportunities in Low Carbon Concrete

Expanded Content from the CTBUH Presentation by DCI Principal Roger Heeringa

If you joined us at the 2024 CTBUH International Conference in London, you understand what's on the line for pursuing more sustainable solutions in the built environment.

In Roger's presentation, he addressed concrete's role in embodied carbon and provided touchpoints on how we have the ability to turn this "supervillain" into a "superhero"...

Click on the below Presentation Abstract for Low Carbon Concrete takeaways

Concrete Summary Tables

Online Resources & Articles

Resource Links for Above Tables

Type 1L - https://www.greenercement.com/
CarbonCure - https://www.carboncure.com/
Brimstone - https://www.brimstone.com/
Blue Planet - https://www.blueplanetsystems....
LC-3 - https://lc3.ch/
Sublime - https://sublime-systems.com/
C-Crete - https://ccretetech.com/
Solid Carbon (Biochar) - https://www.solid-carbon.com/

Additional Thought Pieces

The Conversation: "How low can we go? To cut the carbon that goes into buildings to net zero, we need radical change"
Popular Science: "Zero-emission 'electric cement' is an 'absolute miracle'"
Seattle Times: "Northwest innovators chase the dream of greener concrete"
Green Building Advisor: "An Unusual Approach to Low-Carbon Concrete"
University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering
Canary Media: "Sublime Systems’ low-carbon cement goes commercial"

DCI's Embodied Carbon Action Plan (ECAP)

Click to read DCI's 2022 ECAP, featuring a case study on 1 De Haro, pg. 27

The Future of Concrete: Refining the recipes for low carbon mix

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DCI's Sustainability Services

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Roger L. Heeringa

Principal, Seattle

PE, SE, LEED AP

I love seeing a project begin as a simple sketch on the back of a napkin or a piece of scratch paper, and then come to fruition in the form of a complex, 3D building.”