Notes/Preview
The contents of this course include five recorded presentations from the ACI 2025 Spring Convention:
• What Can Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) Do for You? by Phil Matisak, Master Builders Solution
• Accelerating to Net Zero Concrete by Shane Mulligan, Heidelberg Materials
• The Cement and Concrete Industry’s Approach to Net Zero and Sustainability by Rob Cooney, Cement Association of Canada
• Sustainable Precast Concrete Solutions by Val Sylaj, CPCI
• Low Carbon Concrete: A Contractor’s Perspective by Maria Camila Castro Garrido, Building and Material Sciences at EllisDon
INSTRUCTIONS: Study the materials included in this module. Then, complete and pass the corresponding 12-question quiz with a score of 80% or higher to receive a certificate for 0.15 CEU (equivalent to 1.5 PDH).
Continuing Education Credit: 0.15 CEU (1.5 PDH)
Approved AIA (LU/HSW) and ICC
Access Period: 30 days
Description
This course provides a Canada-focused overview of sustainability initiatives across the cement, concrete, precast, and construction sectors aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving net-zero targets. It highlights industry-wide efforts in Canada to reduce embodied carbon through Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), evolving design and procurement practices, and real-world decarbonization strategies including the ConcreteZero Action Plan and precast innovation. It also emphasizes how producers, contractors, and industry organizations across Canada are collaborating to improve transparency, benchmarking, and carbon reduction in construction materials.
Document Details
Author: Matisak, Mulligan, Cooney, Sylaj, Garrido
Publication Year: 2026
ISBN:
Categories: Carbon Neutral, Sustainability
Formats: Online Learning
Table of Contents
Learning objectives:
1. Explain embodied carbon fundamentals and Canada’s use of EPDs to track and reduce emissions in cement and concrete.
2. Describe Canada’s ConcreteZero Action Plan and key industry-wide decarbonization strategies.
3. Summarize sustainable innovations in Canadian precast concrete and construction practices.
4. Recognize how procurement, design decisions, and performance-based specifications influence carbon reduction outcomes.
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| Quantity |
Discount |
| 10 - 19
| 25% |
| 20 - 49
| 35% |
| 50+ copies
| 50% |