9 tips to get started with low-carbon concrete | Construction Dive

The material is growing in popularity, but many contractors haven’t used it yet. Experts at Greenbuild offered some practical advice on how to get started.

Contractors have likely heard of low-carbon concrete, used in megaprojects like Amazon’s second headquarters in Arlington, Virgina, and Microsoft’s Quincy, Washington, data center. While it is not yet the norm on jobsites, the use of greener cement mixes is growing rapidly. Part of this growth has been spurred by the federal government, which is developing global warming potential requirements for concrete as part of its Buy Clean initiative to be used to award funding for its projects. The federal government is creating these requirements to enable comparisons of the environmental impacts…

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