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: Lafarge Canada Inc., Montreal; CMCM staff A 12-month ECOCycle Technology pilot project has seen Lafarge Canada integrate upward of 10,000 tonnes of old concrete and building materials into cement production at its St. Constant operation near Montreal. Material from the initial phase has proved of equivalent performance to traditional 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: 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…