Concrete Industry

"Concrete Action Towards Net Zero" Episode 4 - Building the Transition: How Construction Leaders Choose Low-Carbon Materials

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When discussing sustainable construction, procurement often takes center stage. The focus is usually on selecting low-carbon materials, evaluating suppliers, and reducing emissions through purchasing decisions. But what if the biggest opportunity to reduce a building's climate impact comes long before procurement begins? In this episode of Concrete Action Towards Net Zero, Anders Enebjörk (profile link), […]

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From Clean Data to Business Value: Where Machine Learning Actually Delivers

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Now that the data is cleaned and ready, it is easy to assume that the hard part is done. The model will perform well, predictions will be accurate, and value will naturally follow. That assumption is where many projects fall short. You feed the data, train the model, and generate predictions, but a prediction on its own

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"Concrete Action Towards Net Zero" Episode 3 - From Pilot to Scale: How Swerock made green concrete standard

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Every cubic meter of concrete counts. At Swerock, part of the PEAB Group in Sweden, reducing CO₂ emissions is not a bold announcement, it is a series of small, deliberate steps. Staffan Carlström, Product Developer at Swerock, explains how testing, learning, and scaling eco-concrete has enabled measurable progress project by project and dataset by dataset.

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AI Will Not Automatically Make Concrete Sustainable

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AI Is Everywhere—Including Concrete AI adoption is spreading across traditionally conservative industries, and the concrete sector is no longer an exception. From mix design and performance prediction to cost and material optimization, AI-based tools are increasingly being part of everyday engineering workflows. At the same time, sustainability has become a defining challenge for the sector.

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How To Think About Embodied Carbon As A Real Estate Investor

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In real estate, sustainability efforts traditionally focus on operational energy because it impacts operating costs and potentially rent levels. Until recently, few expected embodied carbon, the emissions from construction, to enter the conversation. Yet early signals suggest that it may soon become an important factor. This trend has begun in markets such as the Nordics,

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"Concrete Action Towards Net Zero" Episode 2 - The Financial Case for Embodied Carbon

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Real estate investors are reframing embodied carbon as a financial variable. In Episode 2 of Concrete Action Towards Net Zero: The Industry Dialogue, Slättö's Head of ESG and Communications, Annachiara Torciano, explains why carbon data is so important and how investors see embodied carbon targets. Follow the Series This article is part of Concrete Action

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From Data to Decisions: How Small Steps Drive Real Change

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In sustainability, big goals make headlines – but real progress is made in the details. Every verified data point, design tweak, and local pilot has the power to move the construction industry towards a more sustainable future. At Ecometrix, we've seen this pattern repeatedly: True transformation doesn't start with grand declarations. It begins with data clarity,

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Concrete in Transition: Why Change Needs to Scale

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The material we can't live without, and definitely can't afford to ignore. Concrete is the backbone of modern life. It builds our homes, our cities, our roads, and our infrastructure. But sustainability is not just doing less harm, it's about maintaining and improving our standard of living while using fewer resources. And nowhere is that

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Beyond Buzzwords: Carbon Neutral, Net Zero, and Zero Emissions in Concrete and Construction Sectors

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Understanding What Really Drives the Transition Carbon Neutral. NetZero. Zero Emissions. Do you really know the difference, and why it matters for the construction and concrete sectors? The language of sustainability now defines strategy, compliance, and competitiveness. What once sounded aspirational has become a technical battlefield where definitions and data decide credibility. In our previous article,

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How AI Is Reshaping the Future of Concrete Sustainability

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“The AI ​​capabilities are doubling every six months.” That single line from our CEO at the India Sweden Innovation Day panel captured a truth that's transforming industries everywhere. If that growth continues, AI will be more than 15 times more capable in just two years. For a sector like cement, and by extension concrete, responsible for around

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