Magazines
August 2024
This month’s cover feature covers a breakthrough project that has the potential to help the construction industry take huge strides towards net zero ambitions. Researchers at Cambridge University in England have been working on more-sustainable ways to produce cement, and have revealed a world-first process, dubbed ‘electric cement’. Global annual production of cement stands is around 4.1 billion tonnes, and accounts for around 8% of total global CO2 emissions So if cement globally could be made in a more sustainable way, then the construction industry would be far better placed to meet its various commitments to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. “I am super excited about this cement sustainability breakthrough,” says Google EMEA Sustainability Lead Adam Elman. He’s not the only one. This, and many other insights from leading construction industry executives, can be found across this issue.
August 2024
This month’s cover feature covers a breakthrough project that has the potential to help the construction industry take huge strides towards net zero ambitions. Researchers at Cambridge University in England have been working on more-sustainable ways to produce cement, and have revealed a world-first process, dubbed ‘electric cement’. Global annual production of cement stands is around 4.1 billion tonnes, and accounts for around 8% of total global CO2 emissions So if cement globally could be made in a more sustainable way, then the construction industry would be far better placed to meet its various commitments to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. “I am super excited about this cement sustainability breakthrough,” says Google EMEA Sustainability Lead Adam Elman. He’s not the only one. This, and many other insights from leading construction industry executives, can be found across this issue.