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Neutralizing the Downsides of Concrete

Concrete is a durable and necessary building material, but its carbon footprint is huge. Here’s a rundown of concrete’s tradeoffs and some solutions.

Using Low-Carbon Concrete in Your Next Project

Advancements in low-carbon concrete materials and strategies have led to greater adoption in much of the U.S. Now it's time to start using them.

A New Standard for Replacing Cement with Recycled Glass

ASTM C1866 will make it easier to specify low-embodied-carbon recycled ground glass as a supplementary cementitious material.

California’s Embodied Carbon Code May Embolden Other States

Whether you call it CalGreen, Title 24, or simply “the law,” its embodied carbon requirement is unprecedented in the U.S. We analyze the code and what might come next for other states.

Blue Planet: Cost-Effective Carbon Sequestration

Blue Planet turns industrial CO2 into aggregate, cost-effectively sequestering carbon while producing a viable commodity.

New Cement Might Make for Carbon-Negative Concrete

Portland cement has a massive carbon footprint, but it has seemed indispensable to concrete—until now. C-Crete aims to replace portland cement with other cementitious materials and its proprietary low-carbon chemistry.

Impact of Concrete Extends to Sand and Gravel Production

Portland cement takes a lot of heat for concrete’s carbon emissions, but water quality, land use, and transportation count too, especially because of aggregate.

Marin County First to Adopt Low-Carbon Concrete Code

A California county has the first code to address both concrete performance and concrete’s carbon emissions.