Sources: Office of New York Governor Kathy Hochul; CP staff Beginning in January 2025, concrete producers will be required to provide environmental product declarations for New York State agency project deliveries above $1 million and 50 yards, or NYS Department of Transportation work above $3 million and 200 yards. Under Read more…
Sources: CarbiCrete, Montreal; CP staff CarbiCrete, developer of a concrete masonry unit production process abating and removing 150 kilograms of carbon dioxide per metric ton of output, has taken a critical commercialization step through charter North American producer, Quebec-based Patio Drummond. After extensive testing of steel slag binder and CO2 gas Read more…
Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; CMCM staff The Environmental Protection Agency has opened a three-month window to apply for grants under the Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials and Products program. With up to $100 million in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding, the program will support a) businesses Read more…
Sources: ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa.; CMCM staff ASTM Committee C16 on Thermal Insulation is accepting abstracts of papers for Symposium on the Changing Face of Building Materials and Systems in Response to Climate Change, October 9-10, 2024 in Orlando, Fla. Organizers envision a forum exploring the impacts of climate Read more…
Sources: Boston Metal, Woburn, Mass.; CMCM staff Boston Metal is poised to commercially demonstrate its Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE) platform for decarbonized steelmaking on the strength of a $262 million Series C funding round, whose participants include incumbent investors Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, plus newcomer Aramco Read more…
Sources: Building Transparency, Seattle; CMCM staff Architectural/engineering/construction professionals’ premier carbon accounting resource, Building Transparency, will join top general contractors to launch its latest Carbon Action Network (CAN) at the 2023 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, September 26-29, Washington, D.C. Clark Construction, Skanska USA, Turner Construction, Webcor and peers chartering contractorsCAN seek Read more…
Sources: Coolbrook Oy, Helsinki; CMCM staff Coolbrook reports success in the first phase of large-scale pilot RotoDynamic Heater (RDH) pilot tests, attaining a level of 1,000°C on a pathway toward a 1,700°C threshold equal to decarbonizing high-temperature iron, steel and cement processes by replacing fossil fuel combustion with electricity. With Read more…
Sources: Coolbrook Oy, Helsinki; CMCM staff Coolbrook reports success in the first phase of large-scale pilot RotoDynamic Heater (RDH) pilot tests, attaining a level of 1,000°C on a pathway toward a 1,700°C threshold equal to decarbonizing high-temperature iron, steel and cement processes by replacing fossil fuel combustion with electricity. With Read more…
Sources: Sims Crane & Equipment Co., Tampa; CMCM staff Florida’s largest private crane rental and rigging service provider, Sims Crane & Equipment Co., showcased the world’s first battery powered crawler crane at Tampa headquarters. The Liebherr 1250.1’s battery powered engine cuts local carbon dioxide emissions and can run for eight Read more…
Sources: Master Builders Solutions, Beachwood, Ohio; CMCM staff Concrete admixture market leader Master Builders Solutions equips users of its latest Concrete Now! app version with the Embodied Carbon Estimator, joining other ready mixed order planning, tracking and management tools. Estimator enables data-driven decision making by analyzing key environmental metrics for Read more…