Speaker(s)
Rick Bohan, Vice President of Sustainability, Portland Cement Association
Abstract
The cement industry is one of the most significant energy intensive trade exposed industries. PCA, through its member companies, has developed a roadmap to carbon neutrality across the entire value chain of cement and concrete to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. This presentation will highlight the unique approach to achieving carbon neutrality through direct reductions and avoided carbon emissions at each stage of the cement and concrete value chain. It will also emphasize the critical role that cement and concrete play within the circular economy. A high-level overview of the roadmap will discuss the technologies, the timelines, and the supporting policies required. Of particular note will be the discussion of concrete’s role within the cradle-to-cradle life cycle, concrete’s role as a carbon sink, and the use phase impact of sustainable, resilient structures now built with an expected multi-generational lifetime.

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