July 24, 2024, 12 p.m. Central
The building industry is under constant pressure to provide low‐carbon solutions. Traditional green building standards such as LEED started the movement, but more recent public policies have elevated the drive to low carbon building materials. Tackling the problem of embodied carbon, the emissions associated with building materials and construction, is crucial to meeting near term climate goals. This session will examine how early collaborative decision‐making and the use of performance‐based specifications can empower project teams to include embodied carbon targets alongside cost, performance, and schedule to create a holistic bidding and procurement process that supports sustainability goals. As it pertains to concrete materials, they are unique in that design professionals and contractors have a greater influence on product formulation which can drastically affect carbon footprint. This session will examine concrete specifications and how to influence them to allow for greater reduction in carbon footprint. Following this, we will identify concepts for establishing a carbon budget for the projects concrete scope and how to ultimately write these targets into the specifications and project goals.
Continuing education credit will be provided by NRMCA to attendees after the webinar. Email Derek Torres, DTorres@nrmca.org.
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Presented by: Brandon Wray, Senior Director, Building Innovations, and Lionel Lemay, Executive Vice President, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
Brandon Wray is the Senior Director, Building Innovations for the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association. In this role, Brandon promotes concrete and concrete technologies throughout the design community with a special focus on sustainability. Prior to joining the NRMCA, Brandon worked as a civil engineer for US Concrete where he assisted in developing, evaluating, and launching various concrete technologies throughout North America. Most recently, he was a design manager on the project management team at Clark Pacific, a world renowned precast concrete designer and manufacturer.
Mr. Lemay is Executive VP, Structures and Sustainability for the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA). He leads a team of professionals to offer building owners and designers cost effective, durable and sustainable concrete building solutions through education, research, design assistance, building codes and standards. He has written many articles and books on concrete design and construction. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and Structural Engineer in the State of Illinois. He is also a LEED Accredited Professional. Mr. Lemay holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.