Users' Guide to "Green" Concrete in Building Construction

Users' Guide to "Green" Concrete in Building Construction

In this context, "green" refers to concretes made with supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) replacing varying amounts of portland cements to reduce the carbon footprint. Replacing large amounts of portland cement with SCMs can result in slower concrete setting and slower strength gain at both early and later ages. This research explores the relation between cylinder strengths and core strengths for low-cement content concretes.

• Grant Details

  Project

  Users' Guide to "Green" Concrete in Building Construction

  Grantee

  American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) Education, Research and Development Foundation

  Category

  Sustainability

  Subcategory

  Carbon Reduction

  Grant #

  05-11

  Award Amount

  $125,000

  Grant Period

  August 2011 - January 2014

  Grant Status

  Complete

  Principal Investigators

  Ward Malisch

• Resources / Downloads

  • Assessing the Impact of "Green" Concrete Mixtures on Building Construction incl. Lab and Field Data, 2013
  • Lab and Field Data for Assessing the Impact of "Green" Concrete Mixtures on Building Construction

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