1. SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS IN CONCRETE INDUSTRY
GSAS Sponsored Seminar / Workshop
SUSTAINABILITY – THE WAY FORWARD
IN CONCRETE INDUSTRY
Dr. Huiqing He, Director - Sustainability
Qatar National Convention Centre, Doha – Qatar
24th May 2014

2. Contents Concrete Basics for Sustainability
Regional Sustainability Rating Systems
Sustainable Solutions
Concrete Life-Cycle Perspective Operations
Green Projects Highlights
Knowledge Sharing
Sustainability Appreciation

3. Sustainability Development

4. Why Concrete ?
Concrete is the world’s most used construction materials: > 10 billion m3 /year worldwide
> 10 M m3 /2014 (Qatar)
Concrete has a huge impact on green built because of its sheer volume and the massive resources used to make it.
The intelligent use of concrete makes a significant contribution to sustainable development.

5. Why Concrete ? Concrete Basics for Sustainability 1. Durable
2. Use recycled materials
3. Can be recycled and reused
4. Less energy required to produce
5. Locally manufactured
6. Reduce energy required for heating and
cooling through thermal mass
7. Low VOC emission
8. Light in color
9. Used directly as finished surface
10. Formable

6. Sustainability Initiatives
Regional Sustainability
Initiatives and Assessment Systems

7. Sustainability Assessment System

8. Sustainability Assessment System

9. Sustainability Assessment System

10. Materials and Resources (GSAS / ESTIDAMA / LEED / NRMCA)

11. Sustainability System: Mitigation of Environmental Impact through Green Building Practice (GSAS/ESTIDAMA/LEED/NRMCA)

12. Sustainable Concrete Solutions
Sustainable Concrete Practice through implementing the Life
Cycle Perspectives Operations to Lower Overall Footprint

14. GSAS – Materials

15. WHAT A CONCRETE PRODUCER CAN DO SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT
TO CONTRIBUTE TO
SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT

16. GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
Process
Life-Cycle Perspective Operations
Green Products
Low Carbon Emission Products
Self Compacting Concrete
High Strength Concrete
Durable Concrete
Pervious Concrete
Architectural Concrete
Service
Value-Engineering
Innovative Green Technology
IBB Workability Probe
Sustainability Awareness

17. Material Acquisition / Production

18. Delivery, Construction / Product Use

19. Reduce, Recycle and Reuse

20. Strategies for Reducing Carbon Footprints
Process (LCA)
- Material transportation analysis
- Process emission analysis
- Primary energy analysis
- Waste recycling and reuse
Concrete Products
- Low carbon emission products
- Eco-friendly construction methods
Project Requirement
- LEED/Estidama/GSAS/NRMCA
- Compliance to the requirements
Innovative Green Technique
- IBB workability probe
- Waste and emmision reduction
Knowledge Sharing
- Internal & external training
- Community

21. NRMCA Gold Certification on Sustainable Concrete Plant

22. Green Concrete Options
• Highly optimized mix design
• Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag
• Pulverized fly ash. (PFA)
• Effective admixture use
• Cement free concrete
• Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC)
• Low cost construction
• Portland limestone cement
• Rice husk ash cement
• Rice husk cement
• Concrete wood

23. Green Concrete Options – By Recycling Materials?

24. GGBFS Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag
PFA Pulverized Fly Ash

25. IBB Workability Probe Green Technology

26. IBB Workability Probe – Green Technology
IBB PROBE is designed to measure fresh concrete properties with-in the ready-mix drum automatically without sampling.
It can continuously monitor concrete, Slump, Temperature, Viscosity, Drum Speed and Concrete Volume in real time without human influence.
It can be connected to a GPS and Communication system for real time integrated quality control.
It is a green technology, which can reduce concrete waste, save and power and shorten the concrete supply time.

27. IBB Workability Probe – Green Technology

28. IBB Workability Probe

29. IBB Workability Probe

30. Green Projects Highlights

31. New Doha Port Project

32. SCC Demonstration in Qatar NPP plan Opening Qatar

33. Sustainability Awareness

34. Sustainability Achievement –Appreciation & Awards
Excellence through Innovation on green and sustainable solutions

35. SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS

36. Sustainability is a community, be part of it!