Sources: Holcim US, Chicago; CMCM staff Amazon Web Services (AWS) has approved ECOPact-branded concrete mixes for northern Virginia data centers—facilities whose electrical and mechanical infrastructure typically spells inordinate concrete mass. Holcim US ready mixed operations design ECOPact orders with cementitious material blends, optimizing portland cement dosages and lowering concrete slabs Read more…
Sources: Green Canopy NODE, Seattle; Timber Finance Initiative, Zurich; CP staff The Timber Finance Initiative and Green Canopy NODE, respective advocates of sustainable investment tools and affordable, standardized residential building, lead a group of field and technical experts tasked with developing the first mass timber carbon credit methodology and submitting Read more…
Sources: Charles Pankow Foundation, McLean, Va.; CP staff The Portland Cement Association Education Foundation and Magnusson Klemencic Associates Foundation are lead supporters of a six-month, $100,000 research project, “Assembly Live Load Consistency for Buildings: Gateway to Reducing Embedded Energy.” Work will proceed under University of Colorado’s Dr. Ross B. Corotis, Read more…
New Dodge Construction research reveals how building interests are actively seeking to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete construction. Data shows that 81 percent of structural engineers and 69 percent of contractors working with concrete are tracking the embodied carbon on their projects, and about one third taking action to Read more…