Canada Research Chair in sustainable cementitious materials

There would be no modern society without concrete. However, the environmental costs associated to its production amount to 8% of the total CO2 emissions, largely due to the huge volume of concrete produced.

Carbonated cementitious materials offer a unique opportunity to close the net-zero gap, but current standards and practices are still badly adapted.

As Canada Research Chair in sustainable cementitious materials, Professor Fabien Georget and his team aim to unlock fundamental challenges limiting the implementation of sustainable cementitious materials with a focus on enforced carbonation.

This research program aims to develop the mechanistic understanding to enables the large-scale implementation of a new type of material: the carbonated cementitious materials, which are using CO2 to both capture it and to increase the material's properties.

The program is expected to make scientific breakthroughs in the characterization, modelling and optimization of the reactivity, microstructure and water distribution, to make the net-zero CO2 pledge of the construction industry possible, and contribute to the mitigation of climate change and the formation of tomorrow's leaders to implement these changes.

• Canada Research Chairs Program
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

Additional Information

• Tier 2 Chair - 2026-04-01