Carbon credit exchange system and method for reduced-carbon-emission portland cement concrete slabs-on-ground

A method, comprising:

• constructing a reduced-carbon-emission portland cement concrete slab-on-ground (PCC SoG) at a ground site for a building, wherein the reduced-carbon-emission PCC SoG has 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,
• wherein a first carbon emission is associated with the reduced-carbon-emission PCC SoG,
• wherein a second carbon emission is associated with the PCC SoG design, and
• wherein carbon emission savings for the reduced-carbon-emission PCC SoG are indicated by a difference between the first carbon emission and the second carbon emission;
• recording, using a video recording device, a time and location indexed elevational view of the surface of the ground site prior to construction of the reduced-carbon-emission PCC SoG at the ground site;
• providing a processor, a first database coupled to the processor, and a second database coupled to the processor;
• storing, by the processor, the carbon emission savings in the first database;
• verifying, by the processor, that the building constructed with the reduced-carbon-emission PCC SoG has been completed;
• and
• transferring, by the processor only after the processor verifies that the building constructed with the reduced-carbon-emission PCC SoG has been completed, at least a portion of the carbon emission savings stored in the first database to the second database.

A method, comprising:

• constructing a reduced-carbon-emission portland cement concrete slab-on-ground (PCC SoG) at a ground site, wherein the reduced-carbon-emission PCC SoG is operable to support subsequent construction of a building therewith, and wherein the step of constructing includes
• 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,
• 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, and
• completing the step of emplacing with at least 4 hours remaining in the window-of-time,
• wherein a first carbon emission is associated with the reduced-carbon-emission PCC SoG,
• wherein a second carbon emission is associated with the PCC SoG design, and
• wherein carbon emission savings for the reduced-carbon-emission PCC SoG are indicated by a difference between the first carbon emission and the second carbon emission;
• providing a processor, a first database coupled to the processor, and a second database coupled to the processor;
• storing, by the processor, the carbon emission savings in the first database;
• verifying, by the processor, that the building constructed with the reduced-carbon-emission PCC SoG has been completed;
• and
• transferring, by the processor only after the processor verifies that the building constructed with the reduced-carbon-emission PCC SoG has been completed, at least a portion of the carbon emission savings stored in the first database to the second database.