"Cement" is a powder for mixing with water or a solution to make it harden when making concrete, mortar and the like, and its production amount is 4.1 million tons worldwide. When making cement and ...

When he was a Ph.D. student in the University of Arizona Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, David Stone won a student innovation competition with the invention of an eco-friendly ...

You may be aware of your car's carbon footprint, but what about the emissions related to the concrete structures it drives over? The Portland cement that acts as the glue in concrete is actually a ...

According to the U.N. Environmental Program, the construction industry is not making enough efforts to achieve net-zero emissions. While all sectors are making efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, ...

Cement built the modern world, but it also quietly helped heat the planet. As researchers race to cut emissions from construction, a new generation of materials is emerging that does more than reduce ...

When environmental chemist David Stone decided to build a "green" greenhouse for his wife, he chose a material he'd invented, an environmentally friendly substitute for cement he calls Ferrock. For a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That's because Ferrock has proved to be a tougher and more planet-friendly material than concrete. It's a story that started more ...

Sustainability. A word that, for many of us, has been driven into our minds from the very start of our careers as architects. We have a responsibility to the planet and future generations to design ...