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CONCRETE SEPTEMBER - cement.org
SPONSORED BYSEPTEMBER 2008A Special Section CONCRETE THE CHOICE FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGNTMA LOOK INSIDE CONCRETE : energy and the Environment .. s2 Growing Benefi ts .. s4 Earning Points .. s8 Recycled Resources .. s12 Pervious Solution .. s14 Cover Photo: E2 City Homes uses ICFs, photo by Dana Wheelock, courtesy of LHB. ON energy EFFICIENCYIt might be materials that build the world, but today the design and construction industry is turning its gaze upon energy efficiency, the measure by which all new structures are now appraised as part of the evolving sustainabil-ity movement. If the greenest materials around don t result in a low- energy structure, why build with them? That s where CONCRETE comes in: There is no other more energy - efficient building material known to man, explains Brian McCarthy, presi-dent of the Portland Cement Association (PCA).
other more energy-efficient building material ... dent of the Portland Cement Association (PCA). As a baseline, “Buildings with concrete external walls use up to 40 percent less energy than wood frame buildings,” he says. According to market research recently con- ... to build energy-efficient homes will have a major impact: “If these ...
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