RILEM Association’s ROC&TOC webinar “Myths of low carbon concrete”. Continuing her series of lectures on common myths, Prof. Scrivener looks at some of the claims for low carbon materials and exposes some common myths. She also talks about frameworks to assess claims for new materials concentrating on scalability and cost. […]

Clinker substitution is one of the main levers of our Concrete Future 2050 Net Zero Roadmap. From a current level of 0.63, the clinker to binder ratio is projected to reduce to 0.58 and 0.52 by respectively 2030 and 2050. Availability of suitable materials around the world varies now, and […]

Karen Scrivener and the LC3 Project housed at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) were recognised as an Energy Transition Changemaker, winning an award! During the Changemakers Heavy Emitting Sectors session at COP28 in UAE, Karen Scrivener shared essential information about the LC3 Project: its purpose is to accompany producers, […]

A new material developed at EPFL could change how we make cement forever — and cut 500 million tons of emissions by 2030. Under the stewardship of Karen Scrivener, head of EPFL’s Laboratory of Construction Materials at the School of Engineering, a team of researchers has been wrestling with the […]

The ambition towards implementation of ‘low-carbon’ concrete in the industry is evident nowadays. Nevertheless, there is certain ambiguity observed in the approach of manufacturers, specifiers and wider industry regarding the adoption of sustainable concrete. Fragkoulis Kanavaris of Arup and Karen Scrivener of EPFL identify part of the ambiguity that can […]