GreenEconomy.MediaSouth Africa's green economy intelligence hub
AnalysisIntelligenceBuilding

VIDEO | A concrete idea to reduce carbon emissions

Karen Scrivener | TED Countdown Concrete is the second most-used substance on Earth (behind water), and it’s responsible for eight percent of the world’s carbon footprint. Cement researcher Karen Scrivener shares the research behind a pioneering new kind of cement known as LC3, which could slash carbon emissions from this crucial building material by 40

By Alexis Knipe · 28 January 2021 · 1 min read · 0 views

VIDEO | A concrete idea to reduce carbon emissions

Karen Scrivener | TED Countdown

Open the embedded content

Concrete is the second most-used substance on Earth (behind water), and it’s responsible for eight percent of the world’s carbon footprint. Cement researcher Karen Scrivener shares the research behind a pioneering new kind of cement known as LC3, which could slash carbon emissions from this crucial building material by 40 percent, if adopted at scale.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Karen Scrivener · Cement researcher

Karen Scrivener researches how to make cement and concrete more sustainable.

Share

Alexis Knipe

Writing for GreenEconomy.Media

URL preservedThis post keeps its original address /video-a-concrete-idea-to-reduce-carbon-emissions/, nothing is re-slugged, so no search ranking is lost in the migration.

Show SEO & AI-citation metadata for this article

DemoEvery article carries this structured metadata so it surfaces in search and can be cited by AI answer engines. In the back end, a person posting fills these in, or the AI layer drafts them.

Meta titleVIDEO | A concrete idea to reduce carbon emissions | GreenEconomy.Media
Meta descriptionKaren Scrivener | TED Countdown Concrete is the second most-used substance on Earth (behind water), and it’s responsible for eight percent of the world’s c
Meta keywordsNot set
URL slug/article/video-a-concrete-idea-to-reduce-carbon-emissions
Schema.org typeNewsArticle (JSON-LD embedded)

More from Building

AnalysisBuilding

VIDEO | How we could make carbon-negative concrete

Tom Schuler | TED Countdown Concrete is all around us: we use it to build our roads, buildings, bridges and much more. Yet over the last 2,000 years, the art of mixing cement and using it to bind concrete hasn’t changed very much — and it remains one of the world’s biggest emitters of carbon.

28 Jan 2021 · Alexis Knipe · 1 min read