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Sustainable Development with Concrete

 
  Welcome to the Concrete Thinker web site, a resource to help design professionals make sustainable design a reality through the durability, versatility and energy performance of concrete.

Through application overviews, case studies and other resources and tools learn how forward-thinking architects rely on concrete to create healthy and vibrant places to work, live and play for years to come.

This site was developed by the Portland Cement Association to demonstrate how concrete can be used to achieve sustainable solutions.
 

Explore the site. Get inspired. Share your ideas. Be a Concrete Thinker.
 
U.S. Green Building CouncilLEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System® is a registered trademark of the USGBC. Opportunities to achieve credits in LEED with concrete are highlighted throughout this web site. To go directly to an overview of LEED-NC 2.2 and concrete, see the "Sustainability Solutions" page on LEED. For a more in-depth discussion of credits, See our technical brief "Green in Practice 101 - LEED NC 2.2. Credits with Concrete".
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E-mailed 6 times a year, Concrete Thinking contains a wide assortment of information about cement-based applications for sustainable development, including featured projects, green building news, technical resources, upcoming events, and more.

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Build Your Legacy With Concrete
 
Meet the winners of PCA’s "Concrete Thinking for A Sustainable World" international student design competition, like Henry Miller, a recent graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, whose design won first place in the "Component Category" of this year’s competition.

"Concrete is simple to work with, can render both simple and complex geometries, depending upon the forms, and is universally available."

- Henry Miller,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 
Meet architects, like John Boecker, AIA, a green building pioneer, who is creating his legacy by thinking concrete.