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  1 [EcoSmart Concrete - SCM Supply]
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: April 21, 2008
Author(s): Michel de Spot, P.Eng.
    As part of the Sustainable Building and Concrete Seminar during the 2008 Batimat Tradeshow in Abu Dhabi, UAE, de Spot discussed SCM supply, specifically FA and slag. De Spot discussed associated costs, supply sources and storage and handling....[more]
    See Also: concrete and cement industry, costs, fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag
  2 Achieving green buldings with LEED : lessons from Canada
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: April 21, 2008
Author(s): Ken Klassen, CMHC International Training Team (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
    As part of the Sustainable Building and Concrete Seminar during the 2008 Batimat Tradeshow in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Klassen provided an overview of CMHC International and its activities in the United Arab Emirates. Klassen also discussed lessons learned in Canada from adapting and implementing LEED and insights gained from C-2000, a Canadian precursor t...[more]
    See Also: guidelines, sustainability
  3 Building materials : how to tell green from 'greenwash'
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: April 21, 2008
Author(s): Ken Klassen, CMHC International Training Team (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
    As part of the Sustainable Building and Concrete Seminar during the 2008 Batimat Tradeshow in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Klassen provided an overview of CMHC International and its activities in the United Arab Emirates. In this presentation, Klassen discussed how to determine if a product or design is ‘green’ or ‘greenwash’. Key considerations include a lif...[more]
    See Also: environmental impact, sustainability
  4 Dubai Central Laboratory Test Series : an EcoSmart sponsored series
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: April 21, 2008
Author(s): David Barrie, EIT, EcoSmart Foundation
    As part of the Sustainable Building and Concrete Seminar during the 2008 Batimat Tradeshow in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Barrie presented the results of the test series by Dubai Municipal Labs on concrete samples containing various amounts of FA. Further tests were also done by SIMCO, a Canadian company, in parallel. Barrie described the mix designs and th...[more]
    See Also: chemical attack, compressive strength, environmental impact, fly ash
  5 EcoSmart Concrete
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: April 21, 2008
Author(s): Denis Beaupre , Unibeton
    As part of the Sustainable Building and Concrete Seminar during the 2008 Batimat Tradeshow in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Beaupre described a concrete producer’s reasons for using EcoSmart Concrete. Strength, durability, costs and properties such as heat of hydration and pumpablity are important to concrete producers. He also compared FA and slag and reasons...[more]
    See Also: concrete and cement industry, costs, fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag, hydration, pumping
  6 EcoSmart Concrete - Sustainable Building and Concrete
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: April 21, 2008
Author(s): Michel de Spot, P.Eng., EcoSmart Foundation
    As part of the Sustainable Building and Concrete Seminar during the 2008 Batimat Tradeshow in Abu Dhabi, UAE, de Spot provided an overview of the EcoSmart Foundation and EcoSmart Concrete activities in the United Arab Emirates. De Spot illustrated how dynamic the UAE construction market is and how EcoSmart concrete can address resulting sustainabi...[more]
    See Also: concrete and cement industry, emissions, environmental impact, high volume fly ash concrete, supplementary cementing materials, sustainability
  7 Low CO2 Fly Ash Concretes
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: April 21, 2008
Author(s): David Cooney, Unibeton
    As part of the Sustainable Building and Concrete Seminar during the 2008 Batimat Tradeshow in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Cooney presented the results of the second phase of tests on concrete samples containing various amounts of FA. Samples were obtained from companies in the UAE. Cooney described the mix designs and tested their mechanical properties. This i...[more]
    See Also: compressive strength, concrete and cement industry, environmental impact, hydration, slump
  8 New approaches to enegy efficiency and greenbuilding
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: April 21, 2008
Author(s): Jeff Hood, Icynene
    As part of the Sustainable Building and Concrete Seminar during the 2008 Batimat Tradeshow in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Hood provided an overview of Icynene and the Icynene Insulation System. Hood discussed drivers to be sustainable and recent trends in building science that can help achieve energy efficiency and create green buildings. A key to this is co...[more]
    See Also: sustainability, sustainable building design
  9 Sustainable materials for sustainable cities : the Masdar view
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: April 21, 2008
Author(s): Khaled Awad, Masdar
    As part of the Sustainable Building and Concrete Seminar during the 2008 Batimat Tradeshow in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Awad provided an overview of the Masdar development, discussing key features, such as population density, the layering of the city, accessible green spaces within walking distance and transport systems. The project aims to be a closed loop...[more]
    See Also: environmental impact, greenhouse gas emissions, sustainability, sustainable building design
   
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