Sustainability: Page 38

Concrete
Lehigh Cement Among Latest to Launch Reduced Carbon Footprint Concrete
Heidelberg Materials
Lehigh Hanson has launched EcoCem PLUS at its Edmonton plant in Canada.
Lehigh Cement EcoCem PLUS
Diesel Engines
DME Fuel Provides Alternative for Heavy-Duty Engines
Synthetic fuel could help bridge the future to clean energy.
FPT Industrial recently announced that FPT Motorenforschung in Arbon, Switzerland, is developing an 11-liter heavy-duty engine powered by DME.
Sustainability
HeidelbergCement Scales Up CO2 Capture Technology
HeidelbergCement AG
HeidelbergCement is starting the further development and scaling-up of the LEILAC technology (Low Emissions Intensity Lime And Cement) together with the Australian technology company Calix and a European consortium.
HeidelbergCement Hanover plant
Construction Technology
Canadian Construction Tech Startup Nexii Opening Plant in Pennsylvania With 180 Jobs
Nexii
Green construction tech company Nexii receives investor funding, names notables to board and plans to open Pennsylvania plant in spring 2021.
Nexii building panels
Concrete Materials
The Impact of Admixtures on Sustainability
GCP Applied Technologies Inc.
Two examples that illustrate how admixtures can be used to reduce the CO2 footprint of concrete.
The Impact of Admixtures on Sustainability
Construction Technology
Chevron Invests in Startup That Creates Concrete Aggregate from CO2
Chevron
Chevron invested in San Jose-based Blue Planet Systems, a startup that manufactures and develops carbonate aggregates and carbon capture technology intended to reduce the carbon intensity of industrial operations.
Blue Planet concrete
Infrastructure
New York Governor Cuomo Announces $26 Billion Green Energy Initiative
The massive public-private partnership (P3) initiative includes wind and solar energy projects throughout the state.
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Sustainability
Carleton Students Research Low-Carbon Concrete, Sustainable Building Materials
Carleton University students in Canada are continuing hand-on learning and researching building materials with a low carbon footprint.
Carleton University students study low-carbon building materials
Sustainability
Tata Steel Leads Initiative to Produce 'Green' Rebar in India
Tata Steel
Tata Steel has collaborated with CII Green Business Centre and relevant stakeholders in the India steel sector to develop GreenPro framework for steel rebars.
Tata Steel to make green rebar
Sustainability
Green Building Initiative Announces Board of Directors Appointees
The Green Building Initiative (GBI)
The Green Building Initiative (GBI) announced the election of Charles Kibert, professor and director of the Powell Center for Construction and Environment at the University of Florida, as chair of its board of directors.
Green Building Initiative board president Kibert
Construction Technology
Balfour Beatty Plans to Reduce Construction Site Carbon Emissions by 80%
Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty, with Sunbelt and Invisible Systems, has developed technology to manage the power supply of construction sites and reduce carbon emissions on its sites by up to 80%.
Balfour Beatty Thames workers
Concrete Materials
Investment to Create Synthetic Limestone Aggregate
MDU Resources Group, Inc.
Using sequestered carbon dioxide, Blue Planet Systems Corp. is developing a construction-grade rock, and ultimately concrete, that would have net-zero or net-negative carbon footprint.
Blue Planet’s limestone-coated light weight aggregate specified in Interim Boarding Area B at San Francisco International Airport was included in concrete poured in 2016 by Central Concrete. Testing showed that it met all necessary specifications.
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