Launching the 2nd Annual Green Concrete GCC Conference

DUBAI, UAE - June 3, 2016 - PRLog -- Following the success of its first edition, Advanced Conferences & Meetings is proud to announce the launch of the 2^nd Annual Green Concrete GCC conference, held on 28-29 September in Dubai, UAE.

Officially supported by Dubai Municipality and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), the 2^nd annual Green Concrete GCC will address the use of sustainable concrete across GCC to reduce carbon emissions and increase project lifecycles.

The event will give an update on Dubai Municipality's initiatives in using sustainable concrete for all new projects, made mandatory as of April 1st, 2015. The discussion will expand to include the adoption of sustainable concrete across the UAE as well as the wider Gulf region, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Benefits of switching to green concrete

Durable concrete increases the service life of structures with reduced maintenance. It's cost effective and promotes environment's sustainability, in addition to the fact that structures built using green concrete have a better chance of surviving a fire.

Reducing the amount of OPC in concrete mixtures creates a significant opportunity for reducing global CO2​ emissions. In fact, Green Concrete uses less energy in its production & produces less CO2 than normal traditional concrete.

With this being said, in Qatar, upgrades have been implemented to Qatar Construction Specifications (QCS 2014) and the concrete currently produced in the country has a lower carbon footprint. In addition, Saudi Arabia is gravitating towards concrete of higher durability, which has led to a growing demand for admixtures based on polycarboxylic ethers (PCEs).

The 2^nd Annual Green Concrete GCC will gather industry stakeholders across the value chain to discuss strategies and solutions in developing sustainable concrete to reduce carbon emissions and increase the lifecycle of future projects.

For further information about the conference, please visit www.greenconcretegcc.com

There are currently sponsorship opportunities available for manufacturers and solution providers to showcase their products and services. You can contact lara.makdessi@acm-events.com or call +971 4 3614001 to find out how your business can benefit from this opportunity.

Advanced Conferences & Meetings is a premium business-to-business conference company focused on the requirements of the MENA region. Its events are highly tailored networking and learning opportunities, bringing senior decision makers together and providing up-to-the-minute information on industry trends, government initiatives, technological advances and developments in regulation. As such, they act not only as extremely effective tools for gaining business advantage, but also as high level platforms for change in the industries they serve.