Circularity of Concrete – A WorldGBC and Circular Buildings Coalition Perspective will be presented by Dr. Carolina Montano Owen, the Technical Lead for Sustainable Buildings at World Green Building Council (WorldGBC), at the upcoming Cementitious Materials International Congress Americas (April 2-3, Kimpton Sylvan Hotel, Atlanta, USA).
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Owing to its durability and versatility, concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials around the world. Yet its value is significantly reduced after the first use, as downcycling is the most common recovery practice.
By implementing the circular approach to concrete, we can change that, increasing its value whilst creating more sustainable, profitable and resource efficient products and buildings. Through successful case studies and dynamic discussion from industry leaders across circularity, this session will explore the case for going full circle on concrete – and how we can scale up the solutions which are already in action across the European market today.
Carolina leads on the WorldGBC Circularity project, which is part of the Circular Buildings Coalition, an initiative from World Green Building Council (WorldGBC), Metabolic, Circular Economy Foundation, WBCSD, the Ellen Macarthur foundation and Arup, with the support of Smith Innovation and Laudes Foundation.
She will also be speaking about her journey as a woman leader in the sector at the Women in Cement and Construction Congress Americas held on April 3-4 at the same venue as the Cementitious Materials Congress, Kimpton Sylvan Hotel.
Other speakers for the Cementitious Congress include:
- Scott Dickson, President, Southeast Region, Heidelberg Materials
- Grant Quasha, Chairman and CEO, Eco Material Technologies
- Surendra P. Shah, Director, Center for Advanced Construction Materials, University of Texas at Arlington
- Paul D. Tennis, Senior Director of Research and Product Standards at the Portland Cement Association
- Darren Wilbanks, Technical Service Manager, Texas Lehigh Cement Company
- Dennis Kearn, Sales Specialist, FLSmidth Cement
- Lucas Moreno Kristiansen, VP Growth & New Business Development – York Building
- Frank Mruk, Senior Director Building Innovations & Climate Tech Acceleration at NMRCA
- Dr. Leo Emmenegger, Consultant, Exponent
- Carolina Prieto-Gómez, R&D Construction materials, Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua
- Brian Killingsworth, P.E., Executive Vice President, Local Paving, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
- Femi Akinrebiyo, Global Manager, Manufacturing & Trade Supplier Finance, IFC
- Franco Zunino, Assistant Professor, University of California at Berkeley
About the Speaker
Carolina Montano Owen is the Technical Lead for Sustainable Buildings at World Green Building Council (WorldGBC). She promotes strategies to accelerate the transition to a circular and decarbonised built environment, by leading initiatives such as the Circular Buildings Coalition and the WorldGBC Circularity Accelerator global programme. Carolina has supported the development of the technical screening criteria for the EU’s Green Taxonomy as a member of the WorldGBC team for the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance, as well as the decarbonisation roadmaps part of the #BuildingLife project.
Carolina has a background in Civil Engineering and a Doctorate from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. During her studies she received awards from institutions such as the Energy Institute of the United Kingdom, CIBSE and ASHRAE, and was a representative at the Global Young Scientists Summit in Singapore in 2018.
About The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC)
The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) is the largest and most influential local-regional-global action network, leading the transformation to sustainable and decarbonised built environments for everyone, everywhere.
Together with 75+ Green Building Councils and industry partners from all around the world, WorldGBC is driving systemic changes to:
- Address whole life carbon emissions of existing and new buildings
- Enabe resilient, healthy, equitable and inclusive places
- Secure regenerative, resource efficient and waste-free infrastructure
WorldGBC works with businesses, organisations and governments to deliver on the ambitions of the Paris Agreement and UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs).
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Dive into our calendar of events, featuring CarbonZero Global Conference and Exhibition: Alternative Fuels and Raw Materials 2025 taking place in October in Bucharest, Romania; Women in CemCo International Congress Americas 2025, taking place in April in Atlanta, USA and Women in CemCo International Congress EMEA 2025, taking place in October in Bucharest, Romania; Cementitious Materials International Congress Americas 2025, taking place in April in Atlanta, USA and Cementitious Materials International Congress EMEA 2025, taking place in June in Cairo, Egypt; and Sustainability and ESG International Summit 2025 taking place in June in Cairo, Egypt.
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