ACI Concrete Sustainability Forum VII: Fid-Bau Portal

ACI Concrete Sustainability Forum VII

Koji Sakai

Forum VII comprised four parts: * Presentations on Concrete Sustainability Forum history and lessons, ACI Committee 130's sustainability guideline, sustainability in fib (International Federation for Structural Concrete) Model Code for Concrete Structures 2010, a low-carbon cement and concrete system, low-carbon footprint cement innovations, carbon dioxide (CO2) use in concrete production, Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) sustainable pavements program, and resilient buildings and communities; * An interactive panel discussion between the speakers and the audience facilitated by Koji Sakai; * A luncheon lecture by Henry L. Green, President of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), titled "Resilience: It's a Concrete Notion"; and * A tour of the National Building Museum with a focus on the "Designing for Disaster" exhibit. Considering the depletion of resources and the risks of climate change on a global scale, any unchecked increase in the use of resources and energy in the construction sector is obviously unacceptable from a sustainability point of view. [...]it is very important to incorporate sustainability into design codes to promote more sustainable concrete structures.///) has included design criteria with relation to sustainability in its Model Code for Concrete Structures 2010.