With pressure on the construction industry to decarbonize, researchers around the world are looking for ways to make concrete greener. CarbonCure injects captured CO2 into concrete as it’s mixed, where it reacts with cement to increase the strength of the concrete. As well as sequestering CO2, the company says this extra strength means the concrete can be made with less cement. From salt water to cementIn the United Arab Emirates (UAE), researchers are working on a process to cut concrete’s carbon footprint while tackling another environmental problem. “The construction industry is one of the oldest industries and we might have some resistance to change the material that (it is) currently using.

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Persons: ”, Sam Draper, ” Draper, Barney Shanks, Draper, Shanks, Helene Sandberg “, Seratech’s, we’ve, Carbicrete, Kemal Celik, Kemal, CNN Celik, Celik, ” Adrian Lydon Organizations: CNN, Imperial College London, Imperial College, United Arab Emirates, Civil, Urban Engineering, NYU Abu, Celik Locations: Portland, UAE, NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi