30 November 202225 November 2022Towards a zero-emission construction trade The major part of CO2 emission reductions will have to come from radical innovations but the most of them are still in development
20 January 202219 January 2022 Unique equipment for biotechnological capture and conversion of CO2 into chemical building blocks developed in the BioRECO2VER projectExamining the conversion of CO2 emissions from refineries and the cement industry into the chemical building blocks isobutene (C4H8) and lactate (C2H6O3)
23 October 201918 October 2019New approach suggests path to emissions-free cementMIT researchers find a way to eliminate carbon emissions from cement production — a major global source of greenhouse gases
16 March 201814 March 2018Bio concrete and other construction materials from local resourcesDevelopment of innovative kinds of concrete is needed, but with up to 93% lower CO2
12 February 20188 February 2018Innovative concrete: we need it badly, it’s there, we don’t use itThere are several promising trials to turn the cement paths towards sustainability - but to bring it to the market is failing at several obstacles
12 December 20179 September 2021The material that built the modern world is also destroying it. Here’s a fixCement industry is currently responsible for about 5% of global CO2 emissions - 1 kg of cement releases more than 0.5 kg of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
27 March 201526 March 2015Revolutionary Road (materials)The cost of replacing crumbling roads will tumble, with the introduction of an Arizona Chemical additive that enables more low-cost recycled asphalt to be used
