The U.S. Government's Inflation Reduction Act invests: $5 Billion in grants to support efforts to develop and implement strong, local greenhouse gas reduction strategies; $3.4 billion for General Services Administration projects with low-embodied carbon standards which are already set for concrete; ...
The built environment’s reinforced focus on carbon has placed considerable attention on concrete. As a key driver of embodied carbon of structures, concrete is often the first avenue where designers and builders seek to reduce carbon by optimizing mix designs. Several performance requirements also ...
The low-embodied carbon of concrete shells stemming from their structural efficiency can be compromised by the complexity of fabricating them with a formwork strategy that is wasteful. To prevent this, the mould system needed the reconfigurability to accommodate the range of shapes that must be cre...
As shown in the figure above, the majority of the volume of concrete is aggregates that are low in embodied carbon. The majority of the embodied carbon of concrete comes from the binder, the cementitious material - this can be Portland cement (CEM1) or secondary cementitious materials, such...
Different materials defined in the literature as low carbon materials are referred, such as cement and concrete, wood, bricks, rammed earth and sandstone. The review shows the research efforts found in the literature to develop new materials with less embodied energy. Finally, the effect of ...
Energy Optimization Design of Limestone Hybrid Concrete in Consideration of Stress Levels and Carbonation Resistance (3) The optimization mixtures with low carbon footprints overlapped with those with low embodied energy. In addition, the new knowledge of the research is... XY Wang,YS Wang,RS Lin,...
To enable low embodied carbon design, fire safety engineers, in collaboration with sustainability consultants and other engineers, should carry out the following three steps (see Figure 2): Step 1: Data mining and analysis We need to harness and harmonise global embodied carbon information for the...
Concrete mixes that reduce carbon impact Using new techniques and minimalist approaches to design—think sleek lines, exposed ceilings, and buffed concrete floors—also cuts down on the total amount of material used. TheEmbodied Carbon Calculator—or EC3, which works withBIM(Building Information Modeli...
5.4Low carbon green concrete The depletion of most raw materials has taken place from their natural deposit either in the form of aggregate sourcing or limestones in the production of cement. Reports available indicates the cements itself is responsible for about 900 kg ofembodied carbonfor every ...
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