Climate-friendly construction with concrete

Concrete is one of the most frequently used building materials and has a considerable share in global carbon emissions. Innovative materials such as the Earth Friendly Concrete provide environmentally friendly alternatives which are able to reduce the carbon footprint substantially due to the use of alternative raw materials.

Concrete is one of the most frequently used building materials and has a considerable share in global carbon emissions. Innovative materials such as the Earth Friendly Concrete provide environmentally friendly alternatives which are able to substantially reduce the carbon footprint due to the use of alternative raw materials.

 

Cement – Cause of carbon emissions in the construction industry

The topic of sustainability and carbon footprint and/or climate friendliness plays an ever more important role today as well as in the future. This is more and more also true for construction products and...

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Measures to reduce CO2 emissions

More than 6 % of the worldwide carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caused by humans are associated with the production of cement and concrete. It is a known fact that a purposeful substitution of the...

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Issue 04-2022/2022 ELEMATIC

Carbon footprint evaluation for precast plants

The leading precast concrete technology supplier Elematic, together with Sweco, has released a carbon footprint evaluation service to help precast plants measure their carbon footprint. The service...

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Issue 09/2024 EHL

Low-carbon concrete through upcycling: „URBAN“ research and promotion project

As an international industry player and driver of innovation, Ehl AG is committed together with its affiliated company CRH to the research of low-carbon materials in the concrete industry. Hence, they...

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Issue 06/2023

Climate-friendly concretes and salt-frost scaling ­resistance – contradictory or not?

Against the backdrop of climate change, reducing carbon emissions in cement and concrete production is one of the major challenges in the construction industry. Beside process engineering approaches...

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Issue 11/2024

Future-oriented concrete for the construction of station platforms

Against the background of ambitious EU-wide climate goals, sustainability has high priority in railway construction projects for some time as well. As far as new construction and the refurbishment of...

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