Danielson's CarbonBuilt produces a lower emissions concrete block. Here's why it's a good thing for builders and the ...

They’re like children’s building blocks, except these ones are designed to construct real houses. German start-up Polycare says its Polyblocks – made from artificial resin – provide an environmentally ...

UConn is using CarbonBuilt’s low-carbon concrete blocks made with up to 50% less cement, cutting CO2 emissions and supporting LEED-friendly construction.

Concrete is the most widely used building material in the world, but it comes at a huge environmental cost. Engineers in Japan have developed a new technique to make concrete by recycling waste ...

Concrete is a huge contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions, and Concrete Masonry Units (aka cinder blocks or breeze blocks) make up a significant part of this. However, a new project by Skidmore, ...

In 2019, Bangladesh set a target to end the use of traditional bricks and switch to concrete blocks in all government construction works by June 2025. Aimed at preventing the loss of farmland and the ...

ALTO APURE, Venezuela, Feb 2 (UNHCR) - It's barely daybreak in Guasdualito and Jairo Augusto (not his real name) and his sons are busy mixing sand and cement to produce concrete building blocks. "We ...

Concrete is now being used to help save the planet. Introducing ECOncrete, a new product shaped into unique pods. When they are installed along marinas, they can help prevent shoreline erosion and ...

Stuart is president and chief executive officer of San Diego Foundation and lives in Bankers Hill. Like many who live near San Diego’s urban core, I witness the tragedy of people living on our streets ...