Green products and technologies create a buzz at concrete's big event.
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The DotGreen Community, Inc. announced a major event for the Internet, and for the green movement online!
New York block producer turns to recycled glass as cement replacement. Check out the web exclusive slideshow featuring more photos from the plant and of the Via Verde construction project in New York.
The concrete industry's online sustainability network takes root.
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Producers can raise concrete's green status with a few simple steps.
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A new building code seeks to standardize green construction practices.
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A key vote on the fly ash containment issue will take place in the U.S. House of Representatives in late October or early November, according to Kerri Leininger, senior vice president of government and political affairs for NRMCA.
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Landscape | Valparaiso, Ind.
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Industrial | Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Transportation | Indianapolis
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Commercial | Park City, Utah
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Municipal | Kissimmee, Fla.
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Institutional | San Diego
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Multifamily | Chicago
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Residential | Cambria, Calif.
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The winners of this year's GreenSite awards include a home with an innovative concrete tower that heats and cools the interior, tilt-up wall panels in a water authority's headquarters building, and a pervious concrete pilot street project. Check out these projects and all of the other winners...
Q: We operate in an area that does not have many LEED projects. However, we are now seeing more such projects under development, and specifications requiring LEED submittals are becoming more frequent. How can we manufacture concrete to meet these requirements, and how can we make our concrete more...
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I was touring a new commercial building a few months ago and was listening to the guide talk about the new features. She then described—or tried to describe—how the concrete contributed to the building's sustainability. The tour guide talked about how the concrete had a certain industrial waste...
A new program rewards environmentally responsible plants.
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The truck industry helps fleet managers prepare for the green road ahead.