MASFIELD, Conn. — The University of Connecticut is now using cutting edge concrete blocks from CarbonBuilt in construction projects at its field house and new school of nursing building. These blocks ...

It's so widespread that it can be easy to forget, but concrete is actually one of the most polluting materials in the world. During its production, both the energy used to fire it in a kiln — as well ...

Concrete has quietly become one of the planet’s biggest climate problems, yet the material itself has barely changed in a ...

July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded. Scorching heat, droughts, a disruption of the polar jet stream, and record-high ocean surface temperatures offer just a taste of how climate change is ...

During a trip to Thailand on his honeymoon, while swimming above a coral reef, Wil Srubar was thinking about the beauty of nature—but he was also thinking about cement. In the reef, microalgae were ...

Data centers siphon huge amounts of energy to power artificial intelligence. But their environmental footprint starts to balloon even before the first server switches on due to the immense amount of ...

Princeton researchers believe seashells might just hold the key to stronger concrete.

After a decade in the works, researchers at University of California, Los Angeles, have successfully devised a way to produce cement with 98% less CO2 emissions than traditional methods. The UCLA team ...

American Foundations Will Work to Expand the Availability of American-Made Cement to Create Jobs, Build Resilient Infrastructure, Grow Our Economy, and Enhance National Security WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, ...

In a recent study published in BMC Public Health, researchers investigated the exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) in reinforced concrete production environments and its impact on respiratory ...

Furno Materials, a leader in sustainable and modular cement production, today announced a major strategic agreement with Maschmeyer Concrete Company of Florida, a premier ready-mix provider, to ...