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Concrete: 8% of global emissions and rising. Which innovations can achieve net zero by 2050?

January 24, 2023 by Ben Skinner and Radhika Lalit

Concrete manufacture is responsible for 8% of global carbon emissions, with the ingredient “clinker” accounting for most of it. Global demand for cement (which hardens into concrete) is expected to increase 48% from 4.2bn to 6.2bn tons by 2050, mainly driven by developing nations. China used more concrete between 2011 and 2013 than the United States did in the entire 20th century. Ben Skinner and Radhika Lalit at RMI look at the materials and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry Tagged With: Africa, cement, China, clinker, concrete, ECOPlanet, emissions, FreedomTower, India, LC3, Portland, SCMs, ShanghaiTower

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – GCCA’s Claude Lorea: “How can we provide the world with the concrete it needs in a sustainable way?”

May 6, 2019 by Energy Post Premium

Concrete is, after water, the most consumed resource on the planet and no other man-made material is more widely used. Without it, there are no buildings, bridges, dams or roads – no Sydney Opera House, no Hoover Dam or Golden Gate Bridge, no Pantheon in Rome. It is no surprise, then, that it has significant environmental impacts. More than 4bn tonnes of cement, the main ingredient of concrete, are produced every year leading to between 5 and 8% … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Uncategorized Tagged With: 2050, cement, Claude Lorea, clinker, CO2, emissions, GCCA, Global concrete and Cement Association

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