July 21, 2011
ASCC Column: "Sustainability Basics: Urban Heat Islands and Solar Reflectance"
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As a contractor, you may not have considered the temperature of concrete a selling point for the material.
This article explains how the solar reflectance of concrete contributes to a more-sustainable project by lessening urban heat-island effect.
Emily Lorenz, Structural & Architectural Evaluation, authored this July 2011 column for the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) newsletter The Voice of the Concrete Contractor. Lorenz will continue to author this monthly column in future issues.
Source: ASCC: The Voice of the Concrete Contractor
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December 1, 2011 - Sustainability Basics: Life - Cycle Assessment
December 1, 2011 - Oct. 16, Lorenz to Present Session on Standard 189.1 at ACI 2011 Fall Convention
October 16, 2011 - Oct. 15, Lorenz to Present at ACI Concrete Sustainability Forum IV at ACI 2011 Fall Convention
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October 5, 2011 - Lorenz Presents for Sedgwick Chicago Seminar Series
October 5, 2011 - VanGeem and Lorenz Present at LCA XI Conference
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June 15, 2011 - Lorenz Presents at PCI-IW's Technology Tuesday
May 3, 2011 - Designing Green
May 2, 2011 - Lorenz Presents AIA Seminar "Standard for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings" in Abu Dhabi
April 26, 2011 - Solar Reflectance for Walls
April 8, 2011 - Lorenz Presents at ACI Spring Convention in Tampa
April 6, 2011 - VanGeem and Lorenz Present
March 24, 2011 - High-Performance – Nextgen of Buildings are Safe, Secure & Green
November 5, 2010 - Lorenz Speaks at ACI Convention in Pittsburgh
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