This 12 minute webinar introduces concrete and its constituent materials. It provides insights into how to lower the embodied carbon of concrete through specification. On-demand: Bitesize video Low carbon cements MPA has been leading work to test a range of low carbon multicomponent cements and ceme...
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 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; ...
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 ...
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...
Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have developed a concrete floor system that uses 70% less material compared to traditional reinforced concrete.
Designed for developer Hang Lung Properties, Westlake 66 is a major mixed-use development spread over 2.1 million square feet in Hangzhou, China. Part of the project’s sustainability strategy includes employing innovative, low-carbon concrete bricks developed by CLEANC02, a carbon-capture s...
they had a vision. The project would not only breathe another 100 years of life into the 1912 brick bearing-wall building, it would serve as a living laboratory to test and showcase cutting-edge low-embodied-carbon systems and materials, among them cement, concrete, steel, timber and insula...
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...
Calcium-Based Binders in Concrete or Soil Stabilization: Challenges, Problems, and Calcined Clay as Partial Replacement to Produce Low-Carbon Cement Calcium-based binders, such as ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and lime (CaO), are the most common artificial cementitious materials used worldwide for...