Date:  February 4, 2021
Time:  12pm - 1:15pm ET
Location:  Zoom (Code to be provided to participants one week before webinar)

Cost:  FREE (Professional Development Hours - 1.0 PDH accredited)    

Topic:  Lower Carbon Concrete via NYS LECCLA Bill, Ground-Glass Pozzolan, and EPDs

Description:  

• Update on the primary structure/content of the NY State Senate and Assembly Low Embodied Carbon Concrete Leadership Act (LECCLA) Bill and recent revision to be more performance-based
• Overview of Ground-Glass Pozzolan (ASTM C1866) cement replacement drivers; local performance + durability testing; and mix design, supply, + batching logistics
• Understanding of the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a concrete mix and components, as measured via Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) reporting

Speakers:

Marija Krstic

Marija Krstic is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering at CCNY. She is also an Adjunct Lecturer at Stony Brook University, NY. She is author and/or co-author of technical papers and reports, including "Field Application of Recycled Glass Pozzolan for Concrete" in ACI Materials Journal (2019), "Ground-Glass Pozzolan for Use in Concrete", Concrete International, ACI (2020), and Freeze–Thaw Resistance and Air-Void Analysis of Concrete with Recycled Glass–Pozzolan Using X-ray Micro-Tomography (2021).

Marija is a member of ACI Committee 240, and ASTM C09. She is also a member of ASCE and RILEM. She was a recipient of an EREF scholarship during her doctorate research, and upon graduating she received the Great Grads 2020 award from CCNY, and ACI Construction award for her achievements. Her research interests include sustainable concrete and use of recycled materials as supplementary cementitious materials in structures. Her work also contributed to the approval of ASTM C1866 in 2020. She received her BS and MS in Civil Engineering from University of Nis, Serbia in 2011, and her second MS in civil engineering and PhD in structural engineering and materials from CCNY, NY in 2014 and 2020.

Constantine Quadrozzi

Constantine Quadrozzi is currently the General Sales Manager of US Concrete New York Division. He
currently oversees the Sales efforts of the company but has held positions in all aspects of the business
during his tenure with US Concrete. Starting out in his family’s business working part time while in school, his career includes more than 35 years of experience in the Ready-Mix Concrete Industry. Constantine has been involved with the
development of Concrete Mixes using Ground-Glass Pozzolan the past 10 years. He holds a degree in Business Administration from Boston University.

Chris Erickson

Chris founded Climate Earth in 2008 to create innovative, and efficient software systems to measure and manage environmental impacts. Today the company is the leading provider of EPDs for the concrete industry with over 30,000 EPDs generated. The CarbonCLARITYTM Suite and EPD GeneratorTM enable customers to rapidly innovate new low carbon mix designs and meet the growing demand for reduced carbon construction. The company also works with Fortune 500 companies to assess the environmental impacts of the largest supply chains in the world.

Prior to Climate Earth, Chris was VP of a Fortune 500 computer company and CEO of three successful Silicon Valley software startups. He holds a BA in Economics and an MBA from the University of California, Haas School of Business.  

Amanda Kaminsky

Amanda Kaminsky is Principal of Building Product Ecosystems [BPE] LLC, collaborating with building owners and large-scale procurement to optimize material resource cycles. Amanda leads multi-disciplinary pilot collaborations that evolve feedstocks, recycling, infrastructure, and logistics for improved (human and climate) health and performance/durability, engaging regional policy makers and academic research as needed. Collective pilot learnings are shared amongst collaborators for expedited industry progress. Informed by piloting and lab testing, solutions are quality-controlled and streamlined for scaled implementation via evolution of existing codes/standards, and creation of new ones.

Amanda is a member of ACI Committee 240, and of ASTM C09, and has led the development/integration of the recently published ASTM C1866. She chairs the Health Product Declaration Collaborative Board, and sits on the Boards of Recycling Certification Institute and Carbon Leadership Forum. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from University of Virginia.