Sustainable Concrete

This article talks about the, surprise, sustainability of concrete. It concerns itself with the fact that concrete can make a big contribution to long term sustainability of the built environment.( Please note this is a British based Journal, and views may differ compared to Australian opinions) . This journal argues that it is a myth that to produce a tone of concrete will produce a tone of CO² (carbon dioxide). they state that it will produce, depending on the particular mix of concrete used, 47- 67 Kg of CO² per tone of concrete, which is substantially different., but isn't the operational emissions of CO² that make concrete unsustainable?.


This is an extract from "Concrete for the Construction Industry, Vol 41, Num 11,December 2007/January 2008" page 42-43