Sources: Build with Strength coalition, Alexandria, Va.; SolidCarbon Inc., McMinnville, Ore.; CMCM staff The Tacoma/Pierce County Affordable Housing Consortium has recognized Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity and the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Build with Strength coalition for a Gig Harbor, Wash. home built with insulating concrete form (ICF) walls Read more…
Sources: Svante Technologies, Vancouver, B.C.; CMCM staff Svante Technologies, a partner in a carbon dioxide emissions management trials at Lafarge Canada’s Richmond, B.C. cement plant, has entered a commercial supply agreement with chemical giant BASF to process the proprietary Calgary Framework 20 (CALF-20) sorbent material. The Svante method leverages the Read more…
Sources: NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CMCM staff U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Federal Highway Administration and National Institute of Standards and Technology representatives offered and compiled takeaways as participants in the first Summit on Accelerating Carbon Neutral Concrete Materials Read more…
Sources: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CMCM staff Nucor recently announced a $35 million investment in Everett, Wash. fusion process technology developer Helion Energy Inc., coupled with a collaboration aimed at deploying by 2030 a 500-megawatt power plant offering baseload, zero-carbon electricity directly to a steel production line. Mimicking the sun, Read more…
Sources: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Waltham, Mass.; CMCM staff A “Cutting Carbon” webinar series from leading engineer Simpson Gumpertz & Heger includes a Structural Steel and Concrete installment, October 17, 12 p.m. EST. Presenters Eric Fleet, Julia Hogroian, and Matthew Sander will discuss how structural engineering interests have responded to Read more…
Sources: BIBM, Brussels; CMCM staff In a new position statement on members’ material usage, production methods and embrace of circular economy principles, the Federation of the European Precast Concrete Industry (BIBM) reinforces commitment to fostering a sustainable and low-carbon society. The BIBM Decarbonization Pledge represents “a concerted effort to minimize Read more…
Sources: Rogers Group Inc., Nashville; CMCM staff
(more…)Sources: Covalent, San Francisco; Carbon Limit, Boca Raton, Fla.; CMCM staff Citing launch of the first forward crediting platform for carbon removal (CDR) projects that ensure at least 1,000 years of permanence, climate technology startup Covalent is poised to connect innovators and new financing sources, starting with CaptureCrete developer Carbon Read more…
Sources: Materials Processing Institute, United Kingdom; CMCM staff Cambridge University researchers have conducted the first scrap-metal trial melt in the Materials Processing Institute (MPI) Cement 2 Zero project, aiming to prove the potential of portland cement clinker production using graded, recycled concrete material as flux in electric arc furnace (EAF) Read more…
Sources: RMI, Boulder, Colo.; U.S. Green Building Council, Washington, D.C.; CP staff Environmental policy authority RMI and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) address emissions reduction challenges along with measures to accelerate building construction sector decarbonization in “Driving Action on Embodied Carbon in Buildings.” Released in conjunction with USGBC’s 2023 Read more…