Patent ID: 11946211
Assignee: AXIOM CARBON INDEX, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  C  G  H | IPC C  E  G  H

Claim 27:
28. A method, comprising:
providing a ground site having a surface;
preparing the ground site for construction of a portland cement concrete slab-on-ground (PCC SoG) of a building;
monitoring, using a computerized weather application operable on an electronic device, weather conditions for a geographic locale that includes the ground site to identify a window-of-time during which the weather application indicates there is a less than 50% chance of precipitation at the geographic locale;
proof rolling the surface of the ground site during the window-of-time wherein the ground site is assigned a passing grade or a failing grade after the step of proof rolling;
emplacing, using concrete emplacement equipment during the window-of-time and only after the passing grade is assigned, wet concrete on the surface of the ground site to a nominal thickness that does not exceed 7 inches and that is at least one inch less than a PCC SoG design for the ground site having a design thickness based on design guidelines set forth by the American Concrete Institute;
completing the step of emplacing with at least 4 hours remaining in the window-of-time wherein a constructed PCC SoG covers the surface of the ground site;
determining a first value indicative of carbon emission associated with the constructed PCC SoG;
determining a second value indicative of carbon emission associated with the PCC SoG design for the ground site based on the design guidelines set forth by the American Concrete Institute, wherein the design thickness of the PCC SoG design is determined using a thickness design method set forth in the American Concrete Institute's Publication No. 360R-10, and wherein the thickness design method uses a factor of safety of at least 1.4;
determining a difference between the first value and the second value, wherein the difference is indicative of a commercially-exchangeable carbon credit associated with the constructed PCC SoG;
storing the commercially-exchangeable carbon credit associated with the constructed PCC SoG at a database; and
advertising at least a portion of the commercially-exchangeable carbon credit stored at the database via an internet-accessible website after the building has been completed.