The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $135 million for 40 projects that will reduce carbon pollution from the industrial sector and move the nation toward a net-zero emissions economy by 2050 by advancing key transformational and innovative technologies.
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Greeshma Gadikota, associate professor of engineering, has gathered a team to help capture carbon dioxide in the concrete-making process as they aim to create low-carbon construction materials from it.
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Concrete is useful for making resilient floors, highway bridges, and city sidewalks, but it comes at a cost: Concrete production accounts for more than 8% of carbon emissions, about four times that of the aviation industry.