Did you know that about 5%-10% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions are related to the manufacturing and transporting of concrete? In fact, about 20 billion tons of concrete are produced every year, and that certainly has an effect on your carbon footprint.

To reduce the global impact of concrete Engineers at MIT have created a more durable, eco friendly concrete that can last up to 16,000 years. This means less manufacturing of concrete, fewer CO2 emissions and less overall pollution.

Franz-Joseph Ulm, one of the inventors of the eco friendly concrete, says, “More durable concrete means that less building material and less frequent renovations will be required.” So through nanoengineering the engineers created a green concrete that was much stronger and more durable than regular concrete.

You can read all about the MIT study here.

This seems like a great idea if it truly is eco friendly concrete. With less CO2 emissions from the manufacturing of concrete, we could definitely focus on greener building objectives for the future.

Source: Inhabitat