A startup called CarbiCrete has been developing one promising solution: carbon-negative concrete.If a typical plant adopts its technology - 20,000 tons of CO2 abated and 4,400 cubic meters of water saved.
Cement production is one of the world’s leading contributors of CO2 emissions. Now, US researchers have combined sand, a hydrogel, and bacteria into a living material that has similar strength to cement-based mortar.
The raw materials are not limitless; we are running out of sand and fresh water. We have to rethink our need for more concrete roads and more underground parking garages and more tall concrete buildings.
UK Researchers have created graphene-infused concrete that is twice as strong but has far lower carbon emissions than ordinary concrete.
Technology developed at MIT could enable faster, cheaper, more adaptable building construction.
