Sources: Valmont Industries Inc., Omaha, Neb.; CP staff The top concrete power transmission and distribution pole producer has marked an inflection point in (GHG Protocol-defined) Scope 2 and 3 emissions and (Environmental Product Declaration-cited) global warming potential metrics at its Bristol, Ind. plant. Valmont Industries’ new $35 million operation is Read more…
Sources: CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, Nova Scotia; CP staf CarbonCure Technologies, developer of a widely deployed process for mineralizing and permanently sequestering carbon dioxide in concrete, has announced a major investment by Blue Earth Capital of Switzerland, part of a broader collaborative funding round exceeding $80 million. Funding round participants include Read more…
Sources: Holcim US, Chicago; CP staff An ECOPact concrete mix specification for the recently topped out Populus hotel in Denver nets a 764-ton reduction in carbon dioxide emissions when measured against CO2 metrics attending conventional ready mixed concrete. Denver producer Holcim US designs ECOPact concretes with supplementary binding agents to offset Read more…
Sources: Global Cement and Concrete Association, London; CMCM staff The Global Cement and Concrete Association has shortlisted nine North American startups for the 2023 Innovandi Open Challenge, soliciting technologies that lower the carbon factor in finished concrete: • Arrakis Materials, Woburn, Mass.; carbon-negative materials for concrete mixes • Chement, Chicago; electrochemical process Read more…
Source: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CMCM staff National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Senior Director, Building Innovations Donn Thompson, AIA, LEED-AP-BD+C will lead “Top 10 Ways to Reduce Concrete’s Carbon Footprint,” a July 18 American Concrete Institute webinar to help design and construction professionals understand the basics of embodied Read more…
Sources: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; CP staff Infrastructure and building project concrete schedules for the United States’ top local agency will soon reflect maximum carbon dioxide emissions limits—equivalent to a 25 percent or greater reduction in portland cement content—plus portland limestone cement and ground glass pozzolans Read more…
Sources: Jacobs, Dallas; CMCM A cast-in-place concrete vault with precast concrete covers for each of four cells houses splicing and transitioning assemblies for Oregon State University’s PacWave South ocean wave energy testing facility in Seal Rock, Ore.—the first commercial-scale U.S. installation of its kind. Engineering giant Jacobs recently completed work Read more…
Sources: Chaney Enterprises, Gambrills, Md.; CMCM staff Chaney Enterprises’ new Ever Concrete Series affords architects, engineers, contractors and owners an opportunity to consciously reduce the embodied carbon of their projects by selecting from a range of mixes that utilize less carbon-intensive ingredients, coupled with innovative sustainable solutions and carbon offsets. Read more…
Sources: CarbonBuilt, Los Angeles; CMCM staff Commercial production of the world’s first ultra-low carbon concrete masonry units (CMU) is under way at Blair Block of Childersburg, Ala. plant. The operation leverages CarbonBuilt technology that reduces embodied carbon by 70-100 percent compared to traditional concrete blocks. The charter production line will Read more…
Sources: Solidia Technologies, San Antonio, Texas; CP staff Solidia Technologies, one of the first carbon-minded disruptors in construction materials to garner backing from leading climate technology investor Breakthrough Energy Ventures, plans a Q3 2024 start for its first concrete production line. Configured to an existing 53,000-sq.-ft. building in Elmendorf, Texas, Read more…