Synopsis
Most concrete is produced with Portland Cement whose manufacture produces large amounts of CO2 due to energy used and the calcination of CaCO3. Recent data on global CO2 emissions from cement manufacture give an overall average of 0.88 tonnes per tonne of cement produced accounting for about 7.5% of total global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. The majority of concrete is produced using only a minor proportion of cement but the industry has been slow in promoting that fact that the real embodied carbon is relatively low when compared to clay for example.
Notwithstanding there is real pressure to reduce embodied carbon during the manufacture of concrete and this has led the industry to increase the extent to which Portland cement is substituted by other ingredients that are currently approved in the existing norms, such as granulated blast furnace slag (ggbs), pulverized fuel ash (pfa), natural pozzolans and limestone.
Six papers will be presented at the meeting that afford an insight into some of the cutting edge research that is/has taken place in the development of low carbon concretes and their component cements and aggregates.
Attendees
This event will be of interest to chemists, students, researchers, specifying authorities and practitioners from the construction, concrete and concrete products manufacturing and related industries. It will appeal to those who wish to know how new technologies may contribute to more sustainable construction.
Delegate Fees
Early Bird Fees - before 6 March 2015
SCI/ICT Member GB£45
SCI/ICT Student Member GB£15
SCI/ICT Subsidised Member GB£25
Non-Member GB£60
Standard Fees - after 6 March 2015
SCI/ICT Member GB£55
SCI/ICT Student Member GB£20
SCI/ICT Subsidised Member GB£30
Non-Member GB£75
Most concrete is produced with Portland Cement whose manufacture produces large amounts of CO2 due to energy used and the calcination of CaCO3. Recent data on global CO2 emissions from cement manufacture give an overall average of 0.88 tonnes per tonne of cement produced accounting for about 7.5% of total global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. The majority of concrete is produced using only a minor proportion of cement but the industry has been slow in promoting that fact that the real embodied carbon is relatively low when compared to clay for example.
Notwithstanding there is real pressure to reduce embodied carbon during the manufacture of concrete and this has led the industry to increase the extent to which Portland cement is substituted by other ingredients that are currently approved in the existing norms, such as granulated blast furnace slag (ggbs), pulverized fuel ash (pfa), natural pozzolans and limestone.
Six papers will be presented at the meeting that afford an insight into some of the cutting edge research that is/has taken place in the development of low carbon concretes and their component cements and aggregates.
Attendees
This event will be of interest to chemists, students, researchers, specifying authorities and practitioners from the construction, concrete and concrete products manufacturing and related industries. It will appeal to those who wish to know how new technologies may contribute to more sustainable construction.
Delegate Fees
Early Bird Fees - before 6 March 2015
SCI/ICT Member GB£45
SCI/ICT Student Member GB£15
SCI/ICT Subsidised Member GB£25
Non-Member GB£60
Standard Fees - after 6 March 2015
SCI/ICT Member GB£55
SCI/ICT Student Member GB£20
SCI/ICT Subsidised Member GB£30
Non-Member GB£75
