Concrete, steel and glass are associated with modernity and progress, despite the fact that these materials “only give the illusion of durability”.
in mid-rise buildings, where it can replace or supplement steel or concrete, leading to lower embodied emissions. Engineered bamboo, too, has shown promise for use as a structural material, and waste biomass can be used to make reconstituted wood products. Overall consumption of processed wood products is predicted to“…could lead to compounded emission savings in the sector of up to 40 per cent by 2050 in many regions, even when compared to savings from low-carbon concrete and steel.
As much as 25 per cent of emissions from cement and concrete can be readily saved by adapting building codes [to incentivize the use of lower-carbon forms] and by educating architects, engineers and builders to use the best available technologies.”“producing steel from scrap saves around 60-80 per cent energy.”“could reduce the COSimilarly, for aluminum, there’s a huge benefit to producing from scrap, rather than mining from ore.
“Rapid decarbonisation of building materials will not be possible without simultaneously supporting material producers and users such as manufacturers, architects, developers, communities and building occupants, to make the decision to decarbonise.”
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