This month, I’d like to have some fun with a serious topic. In the great sustainability measure of concrete, steel or wood specifications, rules of the childhood “Rock, Paper, Scissors” game transform to accommodate these heavyweight construction material contenders. Each wields strengths but also has its Achilles’ heel. Here’s how the matchup plays out: Concrete smashes steel: Concrete is the…
Read MoreIn its latest construction material carbon management measure, Meta Platforms has committed to financing a collaboration enabling deployment of CarbiCrete concrete masonry unit production technology at Ontario-based Canal Block, and expanding capacity at Quebec peer Patio Drummond, charter CarbiCrete operator. The CarbiCrete method lowers carbon dioxide emissions tied to concrete by replacing portland cement with steel slag-derived binder and mineralizing…
Read MoreThe Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes Association (CMHA) provides global warming potential (GWP) and other requisite metrics for seven light, medium or normal weight block classes in the premier Industry-Average Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for Concrete Masonry Units in the United States. Leading EPD author Climate Earth Inc. factors data from 35 CMU producers in the ASTM International-verified document. The Industry-Average…
Read MoreSources: CarbiCrete, Montreal; CP staff Facebook administrator Meta Platforms continues to walk the walk and talk the talk on construction material carbon management. Most recently, it has committed to a carbon financing collaboration enabling deployment of CarbiCrete concrete masonry unit equipment and technology at Ontario-based Canal Block, and expanding capacity at Quebec peer Patio Drummond, charter CarbiCrete operator. The CarbiCrete…
Read MoreCarbiCrete, Montreal-based developer of carbon-wise concrete binding agents and curing methods, has named Jacob Homiller as chief executive officer. He succeeds Chris Stern, co-founder, who will remain with the organization as a strategic advisor. Homiller has more than 25 years’ experience with various global industrial businesses. He was most recently president and CEO of H.C. Starck Solutions, a portfolio company…
Read MoreOn the heels of increasing availability of its cement-free, carbon-negative binder through a Lafarge Canada production agreement, CarbiCrete has announced a doubling of signature block output at Patio Drummond, Quebec neighbor and premier binder user. The CarbiCrete process substitutes portland cement with a steel slag binder and brings carbon dioxide into the concrete masonry curing phase, where the gas is…
Read MoreSources: CarbiCrete, Montreal; CP staff Canada’s Global Innovation Cluster for Advanced Manufacturing, Ngen, will provide $3 million as part of an $8 million integration of CarbiCrete cement-free concrete mix and curing technology at the Canal Block plant in Port Colborne, Ontario. The CarbiCrete process substitutes portland cement with a steel slag binder and brings carbon dioxide into the curing phase,…
Read MoreSources: Lafarge Canada Inc., Montreal Lafarge Canada has teamed with CarbiCrete, Quebec-based concrete binding agent and curing method developer, to process steelmaking byproduct at its St. Constant – Montreal East manufacturing cluster and extend the latter company’s market prospects. CarbiCrete technology enables the conversion of formerly sub-grade, often landfill-bound steel slag to cementitious material with binding capacity affording full portland…
Read MoreCarbiCrete, Montreal developer of a process where slag cement and carbon dioxide replace portland cement and steam in concrete masonry unit mixes and curing, has taken a critical step in commercialization thanks to its charter North American producer, Quebec-based Patio Drummond. After extensive testing and trials, the concrete hardscapes producer has begun selling CarbiCrete block directly from its Drummondville plant…
Read MoreSources: CarbiCrete, Montreal; CP stafff CarbiCrete, developer of a process where steel slag and carbon dioxide replace portland cement and steam in concrete masonry unit mixes and curing, has taken a critical step in commercialization thanks to its charter North American producer, Quebec-based Patio Drummond. After extensive testing, the concrete hardscapes producer has begun selling CarbiCrete block directly from its…
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