Special Webinar: A framework for integrating performance, resource constraints, and life cycle assessment for sustainable concrete production
Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm Josefine Olsson, PhD Candidate, UC Davis Civil & Environmental Engineering Register via Zoom Concrete is an essential material in the built environment and plays a critical role in infrastructure and urban development. Recent estimates have put global concrete production as contributing approximately 8% of anthropogenic CO2 […]
Special Webinar: Lab2Slab2Practice: Framework for a Faster Pace of Implementation of Novel Concrete Materials and Technology
Associate Professor at UC Davis and Principal Investigator at the UCPRC, Somayeh Nassiri’s webinar on Lab2Slab2Practice presents a comprehensive risk management framework for accelerating the adoption of low-carbon concrete into standard practice based on systematic evaluation. The framework draws upon social behavioral models, including Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model, Diffusion of Innovations (DOI), and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to help identify and manage risks. These methods help to guide the novel technology integration process by addressing early adopters, building performance expectancy, reducing perceived user effort, leveraging social influence, and facilitating conditions. By reliable, fast throughput experimentation at laboratory and slab scales, engaging all stakeholders, the framework aims to manage risks. These methods help to guide the novel technology integration process by addressing early adopters, building performance expectancy, reducing perceived user effort, leveraging social influence, and facilitating conditions.
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Special Webinar: Pathways to utilize locally available biomass residues in materials production
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm Seth Kane, Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Davis Materials Decarbonization and Sustainability Center Watch Video Global materials production, as of 2019, exceeded 42.8 Gt and was responsible for over 25% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Simultaneously, global forestry and agriculture resulted in 9 Gt of underutilized biomass […]
Special Webinar: Decarbonizing High-Emissions Materials – Challenges and Opportunities for Cement, Steel, Plastics, and Bricks
Tuesday, October 29th, 2024 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm Sabbie Miller, Faculty Director, UC Davis Materials Decarbonization and Sustainability Center Watch Video Materials like plastics generate high emissions during production due to energy-intensive processes, while others, such as cement and concrete, have high emissions largely due to their massive scale of consumption in construction. This […]