Concrete Life Cycle Sustainability Transportation 
Natural Building
MAY 20, 2022
The manufacture of concrete, steel, and glass uses vast amounts of raw materials and water and emits copious amounts of greenhouse gases per year. Moreover, embodied carbon, which is carbon released over the entire life cycle of a building, including end-of-life material disposal, is responsible for 11% of total global carbon emissions.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
JANUARY 10, 2023
One of the things that often comes up when discussing the future of construction is sustainability. This is, after all, the only planet we can live in (that we know of), so promoting sustainability will serve us — and future generations. This post rounds up some notable examples of sustainable construction materials.
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CivilJungle
JUNE 27, 2022
Introduction of Green Concrete. In the history of the concrete world, green concrete is a revolution topic in Denmark; it was first invented in 1998. With the color green concrete has nothing to do. To make the system more sustainable, green concrete eco-friendly materials are used. Why Use Green Concrete.
GCP Applied Technologies
JANUARY 31, 2019
Admixtures and sustainability. Cement additives and concrete admixtures are construction chemicals that reliably improve the sustainability of a broad range of cement-based systems. This action leads to an increase in the bulk flow of the concrete system. Phillip.fry@gc…. Thu, 01/31/2019 - 13:31. GCP Applied Technologies.
Stok
OCTOBER 28, 2018
As Katie Ross, Global Real Estate and Facilities Sustainability Lead at Microsoft, said at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco last month, “carbon is the great equalizer.” Concrete and steel structures are responsible for the highest percent of emissions on new construction projects. Forget about transportation.
Stok
OCTOBER 28, 2018
As Katie Ross, Global Real Estate and Facilities Sustainability Lead at Microsoft, said at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco last month, “carbon is the great equalizer.” Concrete and steel structures are responsible for the highest percent of emissions on new construction projects. Forget about transportation.
Natural Building
JANUARY 4, 2022
Overall, straw is a sustainable material that has plenty of redeemable features when it comes to construction, though it may not be suited for everyone or every situation. The core material of a straw bale house can be returned to the earth at the end of its life.
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