From the course: Construction Management: Concrete Construction
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Sustainability
From the course: Construction Management: Concrete Construction
Sustainability
- In this course, we've covered concrete as a building material and we've covered some of the chemistry that goes into making concrete. We talked about some of the science behind using it to build but I do think that these days, anytime we talk about a building material or a technique, it's also important to discuss sustainability. Now when we use the term sustainability, we can attack this issue from a lot of different directions and I actually think that's the right approach. It's hard to make a bunch of big changes but lots of smaller or incremental changes can also really add up, so let's look at this from a few different angles. First, let's go back to where we started this course, and talk about the cement and cement production. Remember, cement's a manufactured product and it does take a tremendous amount of energy to heat those mined ingredients to 2000 degrees. This is something that the industry is really focused on in terms of improvement and becoming more sustainable, and…
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