Professionals and business people in the concrete and construction industries know what it is like to be used as a whipping boy by advocates for the environment. Cement alone is responsible for more ...

Concrete has quietly become one of the planet’s biggest climate problems, yet the material itself has barely changed in a century. Now a new class of mixes infused with graphene is starting to alter ...

Jianzhuang Xiao is a professor of recycled concrete materials and structures at Tongji University, Shanghai, China, and a vice-president at Guangxi University, Nanning, China. Zongjin Li is a ...

The Geneva, Switzerland-based World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)’s Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) published a report focusing on the availability of the latest ...

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), launched the Green Cement Technology Tracker. The Green Cement Technology Tracker presents ...

Picture the Pantheon in Rome. Considering that it was built in CE 128, it has held together remarkably well under the footsteps of hundreds of millions of visitors over the centuries. If the ancient ...

A carbon capture and storage feasibility study at Heidelberg Materials' plant in Mitchell, Ind., is the largest project of its kind in the U.S., according to the Green Cement Technology Tracker. A ...

An alum’s cement alternative could significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from concrete production. Last summer, in the dusty basement of a building in Seattle, workers poured about 60 tons of ...

Interstates across the country boast an innovative concrete technology that promises to save American travelers time and money. This “smart concrete” can communicate with engineers about its strength, ...

One of the most overlooked sectors in the fight against climate change is the cement and concrete sector. It generates more than twice as much carbon dioxide as flying or shipping, accounting for ...