A polished, grey concrete floor won’t suit every space, so some contractors are exploring different methods to offer more options. Staining or painting concrete during preparation can achieve a ...

Philadelphia Polished Concrete, Inc. (PPC) was founded in order to provide the concrete market with sustainable polished concrete. PPC is one of few companies that polishes and pours concrete ...

Concrete is an important material for developing nations, but it has downsides, including using clean water as one of its three ingredients. “Climate change isn’t just a scientific problem, it’s a ...

Sustainable products at World of Concrete are ‘what customers want’ Eco Material Technologies representatives talk to conventioneers on Day 1 of World of Concrete at the Las Vegas Convention ...

And no matter the geography, concrete is indispensable for building safe, durable and resilient structures that can withstand extreme weather and safeguard lives and property in a turbulent climate.

The Comment article about how to make construction more sustainable outlines various ways to reduce concrete-related carbon emissions (J. Xiao et al. Nature 638, 888–890; 2025). However, a key ...

Brooks says that beyond being sustainable, this method would benefit concrete and cement producers who relied on the waste from older blast furnaces. Cocoon says their system fixes a break in the ...

One sq m of a concrete slab 100mm thick requires around 180MJ energy and releases 27kg of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Concrete is made from three main ingredients: water, aggregate and cement.