Dow announced their collaboration with Circusil LLC to establish their first commercial-scale silicone recycling plant in North America, set to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2024.
The Biden-Harris Administration released Decarbonizing the U.S. Economy by 2050: A National Blueprint for the Buildings Sector, a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from buildings by 65% by 2035 and 90% by 2050.
NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete—with a mission to drive education, awareness, and adoption of carbon-neutral concrete materials and technologies—announced the detailed plans for $6B of investments in the U.S. industrial sector by the U.S. Department of Energy.
ClarkDietrich is introducing a new line of low embodied carbon steel framing products, giving architects and engineers greater freedom in designing sustainable buildings.
The U.S. General Services Administration recently awarded over $10 million to select windows made of low embodied carbon glass to be featured in an existing renovation project at the Lewis F. Powell Jr. U.S. Courthouse and Annex buildings in Richmond, Virginia.
Participants at the 2024 Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance Annual Conference were given the opportunity to take part in an interactive session entitled, "The EC3 Tool for Glazing and Fenestration Products | Facilitating Improvements in the EPD System."
Lafarge Canada shifts production to OneCem cement at its St-Constant Plant, reducing CO2 emissions by 60,000 tons in 2024, advancing sustainability goals.
BASF and Carlisle Construction Materials have announced a collaboration using Lupranate® ZERO, the world’s first isocyanate with a zero carbon footprint.