Julie Buffenbarger will present a FREE webinar on June 3 titled “Concrete: Adaptive and Resilient Engineering for Climate Change.” The presentation has been approved for 1 AIA LU. All attendees […]
Q: I’m a designer who’s concerned about carbon emissions. Are alternative cements more environmentally-friendly than portland cement? A: It depends. The best way to find out if an alternative cement […]
The National Academy of Sciences has published our committee’s final report, in which we address the public comments on our previous reports and the study overall. Our committee provided oversight […]
Electric utilities are under pressure to reduce carbon emissions and other pollutants from their power stations. More and more, they are shutting down their coal-fired plants in favor of natural […]
The January 2020 issue of Architect, the journal of the American Institute of Architects, quotes Julie Buffenbarger in its article on zero-net-carbon structural materials. Seeking to reduce the carbon footprint […]
Julie Buffenbarger, our senior scientist and sustainability principal, was recently quoted in the article, Voices of the Concrete Sector, in the October 14/21 issue of the Engineering News- Record. When […]
For would-be engineers, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) sets the standards for university education. University engineering departments seeking accreditation must demonstrate how they meet the ABET criteria. […]
While it may seem that natural disasters are becoming more frequent and more severe, it isn’t necessarily so. However, more people are moving to areas that are exposed to flooding, […]
ASTM C1709 provides a way to introduce alternative supplementary cementitious materials (ASCMs) into the marketplace. Supplementary cementitious materials include fly ash, slag cement, silica fume, and calcined clay. They can […]
Beton’s Julie Buffenbarger wrote an article for the May 2019 issue of Gulf Construction magazine about factors that impact concrete’s environmental footprint. She asserts that it is imperative that the […]