Sand has long been used as a fine aggregate in concrete production, but this bears consequences for the planet. One food ...

Cement is one of those materials you don’t think about until it breaks — until the bridge you drive across, the house you live in, or the sidewalk you walk on shows cracks. Yet it is everything ...

Some people don't know cement production wastes energy and contributes CO2. This greener alternative could offer the same ...

Aside from water, concrete is the most-used material in the world, with about 14 billion cubic metres being used every year. Of that, 40% of that is used to build places for people to live. If you ...

The Australian government has agreed to invest almost $53 million in a north Tasmanian company that will upgrade its coal-fired kiln to burn wood “waste” and used tyres for cement manufacturing. The ...

Mass timber has shifted from an experimental niche to a central part of the contemporary debate surrounding sustainable construction. The combination of lower embodied carbon, prefabricated systems, ...