How environmentally friendly is concrete? Less so than you might think. Reinforced concrete infrastructure accounts for almost 10 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions 카지노 게임 컬렉션� far ahead of the two per cent of carbon dioxide produced by the airline industry.

Working to change that are two Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s civil engineering experts Neil Hoult and Josh Woods, together with their academic collaborators at the 카지노게임사이트 of Toronto and the 카지노게임사이트 of Cambridge and a number of industry partners who are invested in making their technology and processes more sustainable.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�If we can reduce the carbon produced in concrete manufacturing by even a fraction, it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s going to have a significant positive benefit,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Neil Hoult, a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Increased urbanization means that the demand for concrete is going up. Our research aims to cut the carbon dioxide emissions generated by concrete production in half 카지노 게임 컬렉션� the equivalent of eliminating the airline industry, twice over.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The research program is supported by industry leaders like Arup, Aecon, KPMB Architects, and Lafarge, along with the City of Kingston and the Cement Association of Canada, with funding sources including Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Mitacs.

To achieve the goals set by Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s and its partners, several approaches will be explored to reduce carbon utilization. The first one is shape optimization, meaning studying how to better design structures to use less concrete 카지노 게임 컬렉션� which reduces both material consumption and structure weight.

The second is what카지노 게임 컬렉션�s known as functionally graded concrete.

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The bulk of the initial research and testing will be completed in the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s civil engineering labs. Moving from the lab to practical applications, however, will take the project into the real world in Kingston, with the support of city and industry partners. The project includes the design of a demonstration structure at the Kingston Fire and Rescue Training Centre.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�The structure will be actively used by Kingston카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Fire Services as a classroom and as a living lab so that Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s and St. Lawrence College students can come and learn about low-carbon buildings. We카지노 게임 컬렉션�re aiming for a net-zero building philosophy,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Dr. Hoult highlights.

Speros Kanellos, Director, Facilities Management, and Construction at the City of Kingston, says the city has been working with post-secondary educational partners on 카지노 게임 컬렉션�learning hubs카지노 게임 컬렉션� to investigate new approaches and technologies to aggressively decarbonize infrastructure.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We are working with the low-carbon concrete research team to develop a real-world application for demonstration purposes and ongoing research,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s really exciting to participate as a partner in the kind of initiative that embodies the City카지노 게임 컬렉션�s and university카지노 게임 컬렉션�s leadership on climate action.카지노 게임 컬렉션�