The American Concrete Institute plans to lead the construction industry’s transition to carbon-neutral concrete through research and technology assessment conducted by its new Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete. ACI's goal is for the material to be free of embodied carbon by 2050.
ACI launched the initiative, which it calls NEU, at the group's spring convention in Orlando, March 27 to31. NEU will unite concrete stakeholders through "access to technologies and the knowledge needed to effectively and safely produce and place carbon-neutral concrete and concrete products," said Andrea Schokker, NEU's executive director, in an April 7 statement.