A new study shows how digital building models can be used to pinpoint where carbon emissions occur across a building's entire life cycle, offering ...

Researchers around the world are working to find ways to make concrete greener, including at the University of Pennsylvania.

Rammed earth is often celebrated as a low-carbon method of constructing buildings, but some experts are beginning to cast doubt on its sustainability credentials. Amy Peacock reports. "People are ...

Cement is a cornerstone of the built environment. It is the ‘glue’ in concrete, the most widely used building material in the world, but it’s production is carbon intensive. Marian Garfield, ...

Concrete is the most widely used man-made material in existence. It is second only to water as the most-consumed resource on the planet. But, while cement - the key ingredient in concrete - has shaped ...