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: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; CMCM staff The Environmental Protection Agency’s just-published Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks cites 5.586 billion metric tons (mt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions for 2021, a 6 percent increase over the prior year. EPA assigns CO2e metrics by UN Intergovernmental Panel Read more…
Sources: Votorantim Cimentos, Sao Paulo; CMCM staff The parent company of Prairie Material, Canada Building Materials and St Marys cement, aggregate and concrete operations serving Great Lakes markets reports a 3 percent year over year reduction in carbon dioxide emissions per tonne of cementitious material shipped. Votorantim Cimentos logged an Read more…