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Sustainable Concrete |
Ready mix concrete makes significant contributions to sustainable development. |
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Sustainable Education |
Concrete and its use is becoming a bigger part of the green strategies taught at universities. |
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Recyclability |
The environment benefits from the use of recycled concrete and from the use of recycled products in the manufacturing of concrete. |
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Insulating Concrete Forms |
Using insulating concrete forms with ready mixed concrete achieves significant sustainable advantages. |
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Rating Systems |
Rating systems urge green construction and concrete’s sustainable qualities offer the potential for many points. |
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Stormwater Management |
Pervious concrete, in conjunction with a storage layer below, forms a system that can reduce the need for large retention ponds because the pavement acts as a retention area. Besides retention, the system has many more sustainable benefits. |
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Reflectivity & Heat Island Effect |
Concrete is reflective, absorbs less energy and is cooler. |
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Organizational Efforts |
Learn who is involved in the sustainable concrete movement and where to find information. |