Sources: Global Steel Climate Council, Washington, D.C.; CMCM staff As environmental and public procurement policymakers in North America, Europe and Japan prepare for next month’s G7 Hiroshima 2023 Summit, the Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) is drafting a standard for measuring and reporting carbon dioxide emissions in steel production. Council Read more…
Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.; United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna; CMCM staff Officials of global or national cement, concrete and steel groups recently convened in Vienna for a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) workshop aimed at developing a harmonized guideline for Product Category Rules. PCR Read more…
Sources: American Institute of Steel Construction, Chicago; CMCM staff A concept using structural steel to reinvent the gas station experience for the electric vehicle age has garnered LVL Studio, New York and Los Angeles architectural designer, the $10,000 Forge Prize from the American Institute of Steel Construction. LVL collaborators Jeffrey Read more…
Sources: Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas; CMCM staff A Heidelberg Materials and Government of Canada memorandum of understanding will support development of a full scale carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) facility at the company’s Edmonton cement plant. With projected annual capacity exceeding 1 million tonnes, the facility will Read more…
Sources: Votorantim Cimentos, Sao Paulo; CMCM staff The parent company of Prairie Material, Canada Building Materials and St Marys cement, aggregate and concrete operations serving Great Lakes markets reports a 3 percent year over year reduction in carbon dioxide emissions per tonne of cementitious material shipped. Votorantim Cimentos logged an Read more…
Sources: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concrete Sustainability Hub, Cambridge; CP staff The process by which cement-based products sequester carbon dioxide is key to understanding the life cycle impacts of the world’s most widely subscribed building material. In a three-point question & answer sequence, MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub Deputy Director Hessam Read more…
Sources: Trimble Inc., Westminster, Colo.; CMCM staff Construction technology and positioning device giant Trimble is the first Building Information Modeling software provider to join ResponsibleSteel, the Australia-based non-profit organization driving the premier global standard and certification for responsibly sourced and milled structural steel. ResponsibleSteel members cite a growing opportunity for Read more…
Sources: CarbonBuilt, Los Angeles; CMCM staff Arizona concrete masonry producer Block-Lite, plus partners CarbonBuilt and Aircapture, plan to develop the world’s first fully-integrated direct air capture (DAC)-to-concrete assembly. CarbonBuilt will install carbon dioxide curing and mineralizing equipment at the Flagstaff operation, tapping an array of modular Aircapture DAC devices engineered Read more…
Source: CMCM staff Just-deployed renewable energy infrastructure at the Alamo Cement Co. plant in San Antonio, Texas reflects carbon dioxide emissions reduction measures that parent and ultimate parent companies, Buzzi Unicem USA Inc. of Bethlehem, Pa. and Buzzi Unicem S.p.A. of Italy, have outlined for customers, investors and policymakers on both Read more…
Sources: Buzzi Unicem USA Inc., Bethlehem, Pa.; CMCM staff Alamo Cement Co. will source up to 15 percent of annual electricity requirements for its San Antonio plant from a new 24,700-panel solar field built adjacent to the operation’s limestone quarry. Full use of the 45-acre renewable energy infrastructure will position Read more…