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Bill S287 in New Jersey to encourage use of low carbon concrete
Policy and Regulations

State of New Jersey passes tax credits bill for lower carbon concrete

...carbon footprint of wood v steel v concrete buildings Bio-concrete - carbon zero alternative to carbon intensive portland cement based concrete The definiti...

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Mid-rise construction with reduced embodied carbon wood v concrete
Products and Materials

Infographic of the mid-rise wood v concrete construction comparison report

...carbon comparison for mid-rise construction with wood v concrete The embodied carbon and operational carbon of mid-rise buildings in Canada and northern USA was...

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Zero Carbon Concrete Alternative Product Cement Free by Prometheus Materials
Products and Materials

A sustainable, zero-carbon alternative to Portland cement concrete from Prometheus Materials CO - BioConcrete !

...carbon concrete solutions including carbon negative CMU blocks produced in Quebec for the north east of Canada and the US, but the new zero-carbon concrete alte...

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CarbonCure low carbon footprint ready mix concrete
Products and Materials

Two startups cutting emissions from the use of concrete have won the $20 million Carbon Xprize.

...CarbonCure carbon-storage concrete injects captured carbon into concrete to reduces carbon emissions These companies were part of a large pool of innovators vy...

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Carbon negative concrete CMU blocks
Climate Change

Carbon negative concrete goes into pioneering “green” CMU blocks – Quebec leads the way!

...carbonate inside the rock also releases carbon dioxide.  Cement production is therefore one of the world’s major contributors of carbon dioxide into the atmosph...

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Coronavirus - clean energy & sustainables in jeopardy after covid-19 - IEA
Climate Change

Coronavirus poses a threat to climate action says The International Energy Agency (IEA)

...carbon footprint of eco homes & sustainable construction unless Governments channel economic stimulus initiatives into them...  Find more pages about sustai...

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Carbon Emissions in the US reduced in 2019 - IEA Report Reveals
Climate Change

Carbon emissions declined in US in 2019 - a glimmer of hope for climate change goals?

...carbon reduction challenge; it does little to address the carbon contribution of the built environment. Calculating and optimizing a building's embodied carbon ...

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