Engineering News-Record

Rouzbeh Savary: The Chemistry Is Just Right for A Mineral Substitute for Portland Cement that Can Save One Ton of CO₂ Emissions for Each Ton of Cement It Replaces

“The portland cement we are reinventing is low-cost, ubiquitous and has been around for almost 200 years,” he says. “I’m fighting the wrong perception in the construction industry that portland cement ...
KOIN 6

How Portland is fighting climate change by tackling concrete

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — With concrete used throughout the city of Portland, city staff and leaders are re-thinking how concrete usage impacts the city’s carbon footprint. According to an announcement ...
Fast Company

Cement is responsible for 8% of global emissions—but it doesn’t have to be

The 30 billion tons of concrete that the world makes each year have a massive carbon footprint. Cement, the main ingredient, is responsible for around 8% of global emissions—meaning that if it were a ...
Business Wire

Climate Breakthrough: Brimstone’s Decarbonized Portland Cement First to Meet Essential Building Industry Standard, Unlocking the Potential of Net-Zero Construction

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brimstone, a leader in industrial decarbonization, has received third-party certification that its cement meets or exceeds ASTM C150 standards for ordinary portland ...
Oregonian

Green Concrete in Portland

Transit agencies such as TriMet often cite reduced carbon pollution as an important benefit to the public. But to take environmental stewardship to the next level, we should look past tailpipes and ...