If we are really serious green on the construction of houses, so that perhaps we should also consider the carbon footprint of cement, it is true, the concrete under his feet, in your house, walkways around it and the pool deck as well ? What about the driveway and sidewalks in front of the house, yes, that is all too concrete. But you ask, I thought concrete was inert, as it may act repealing CO2?
Interesting you should ask how the construction industry was also shocked when they learned that 50-10% of all CO2 emissions come from the production of concrete, you know? I did not want that number and was blown when I read it in the Christian Science Monitor the other day. But if you think about it, it makes perfect sense. You see, the concrete made ??from limestone, sand and silt and chemicals there. This means that it is tractors, conveyors, crushers, concrete mixers, and some of the sand from the Middle East as well as on ships.
Think of all the concrete in our civilizations, we have roads, highways, parking lots, sidewalks, storm sewer pipes, dams, and also the sides of buildings “tilt-up” of concrete. Yes, just think all that concrete under our feet in and around your home. It has all of a carbon footprint.
Well, do not worry, because the construction industry looks to solve these problems and reduce the amount of cement used for foundations, and Europe is reported to be a lot of concrete using carbon diet. Maybe one day they can mix carbon nanotubes coatings on the strength of the concrete increase, reducing the amount used and make it much stronger in the process?