LOW-CARBON CONCRETE:  HOW DO WE GET THERE?

SUMMARY:  Driven by the public and private sector actions to reduce CO2 emissions from all industrial processes, the cement and concrete industries have accepted the challenge to be carbon-neutral by 2050.  Steps to achieve this goal have already been taken, such as adoption of Type IL cements, but both industries need to do more.  Future actions will be a mixture of implementing what we already know, using conventional materials, and development and use of new materials and technologies.  This presentation will discuss some of the driving forces moving the industry to net-zero carbon and existing and emerging solutions to be implemented.

SPEAKER:  Larry Sutter, Ph.D., P.E., F.A.C.I, F.A.S.T.M. - Sutter Engineering, LLC - 51998 Canal Road - Houghton, Michigan, 49931 - 906.370.7737 - [email protected]

BIO:  Larry Sutter, Ph.D., P.E. is the principle of Sutter Engineering, LLC.  He is also a Professor Emeritus/Research Professor in Materials, Science & Engineering at Michigan Technological University.  His focus is concrete durability, the use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), the advancement of alternative cements and SCMs, and carbon reduction in concrete.  He is a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and Chairman of Committee 321 Concrete Durability Code, Vice-Chairman of ACI Committee 232 Fly Ash, and Secretary of ACI Committee 201 Concrete Durability.  He is President of the Board for the ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete (NEU).  He is also a fellow of ASTM and a member of Committees C01 (Cement)  and C09 (Concrete), serving as Vice Chair of Committee C09 and Chairman of subcommittees C01.14 Non-Hydraulic Cements and C09.24 on Supplementary Cementitious Materials.  He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Michigan.