In his book Concrete Planet, author Robert Courland discusses why the concrete first used by the Romans is more durable than the concrete used in most present day buildings. Plus, mineralogist Peter ...

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 ...

Five years ago, Mahmoud Khalifeh was given a task — develop a material for well plugging and abandonment that would outperform cement while retaining some of that material’s important characteristics.

Concrete has a giant carbon footprint yet concrete blocks are a ubiquitous building material used around the world. Watershed Materials has produced a new, beautiful and sustainable masonry block that ...

If we told you there was a sustainable substitute for concrete you’d probably say rubbish!… and you would be right. The dream of a resource-saving, emissions-reducing replacement for concrete is ...

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, ...

A team of scientists has created low-carbon building blocks that not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions but also minimize the leaching of toxic metals when construction waste reaches the end of its ...

A productive garden does not require a luxury budget. It demands resourcefulness, solid planning, and the right tools in ...