Building Green with Concrete
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:00 pm
Environmental Attributes of Concrete
Historical perspective
What makes a building green
Market drivers
Green building focus
Life cycle approach
LCA assessment
• Stages, phases
• Operation and use
• Recycling
Carbon uptake
Energy Performance of Concrete Building Systems
Conventional cast-in-place frame
Insulating concrete forms
Sandwich panels
Tilt-up
Interior and exterior flatwork
Building energy
Thermal mass
Passive solar design
Research and case studies
Urban heat island
Illumination
Prioritizing the Environmental with Concrete
Low impact development (LID) methods
Stormwater management and pervious concrete
Reducing embodied impacts of concrete
• Carbon footprint
• Recycled content
• Supplementary cementitious materials
• Return concrete
• Recycled concrete
• Recycled water
Concrete’s Contribution to LEEDv4
USGBC & LEED
• MR Credit: Building life cycle impact reduction
• MR Credit: Building product disclosure and optimization –
environmental product declarations
• MR Credit: Building product disclosure and optimization –
sourcing of raw materials
• MR Credit: Building product disclosure and optimization –
material ingredients
Credits
Architects
6.0 Continuing Ed. Hours(HSW)
6.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.0 Continuing Ed. Hours
Building Performance Institute
3.0 CEUs
Contractors
Voluntary CE Opportunity
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.0 (HSW) continuing education hours to architects and 6.0 continuing education hours to engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Virginia.
This event has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885).
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The Building Performance Institute has approved this event for 3.0 CEUs.
This seminar offers a continuing education opportunity to construction contractors but has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire program. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
James Bogdan
James Bogdan is senior director of Sustainability Initiatives for the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA). He tracks market sustainability drivers and prepares NRMCA members to meet new requirements in the green building standards such as LEED and Green Globes. Sustainability initiatives include product sustainability and transparency, supply chain sustainability, and other environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. Mr. Bogdan develops strategies that will support concrete’s position within standards development, and manage education and certification programs such as whole building life cycle assessment, environmental product declarations, responsible sourcing, corporate social responsibility, and ingredient disclosure (health product declarations, cradle to cradle, GreenScreen, etc.).
Mr. Bogdan has earned certifications including LEED AP, Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP), and Certified Sustainability/CSR Practitioner. Before joining NRMCAMr. Bogdan led corporate sustainability initiatives for aleading NYSE-listed wholesale distributor of electrical, lighting and maintenance products, and before that was manager of market sustainability initiatives for a NYSE-listed global coatings and glass company where he developed and implemented strategies to influence architect, engineer and contractor (AEC) specifications with a focus on the green building market. A professional with 25 years of experiences, He also has environmental, health and safety (EHS)consulting expertise for an architectural and engineering firm. Mr. Bogdan has a B.S. degree in Environmental Science from Slippery Rock University and an M.S. degree in Environmental Management from Duquesne University, and he completed an MBA essential certificate program through the University of Pittsburgh.
Tien Peng
National Ready Mixed Concrete AssociationTien Peng is National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s (NRMCA) vice president of sustainability. Based in Seattle, he monitors and provides input to building codes, standards and green protocols. This includes the LEED rating system, Green Globes, the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI), and the International Green Construction Code. For the past two decades, Mr. Peng has been involved in codes and standards as a means to ensure that buildings and facilities are safe, healthy, and energy efficient. He advised the Washington State Legislature on building code adoption as a member of the State Building Code Council. He also facilitated the creation of the LEED Homes rating system for the US Green Building Council (USGBC) as well as current versions of the BuiltGreen program and the Evergreen Development Standard. Mr. Peng serves on the consensus body of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Green Globes document.
Mr. Peng holds a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Houston and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His professional accreditations include LEED AP BD+C, Certified Sustainable Building Advisor (CSBA), Certified Green Professional (CGP) from the National Association of Home Builders, Project Management Professional (PMP), and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB).