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New concrete vaulted floor suggests path to cutting carbon emissions

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The multidisciplinary team has completed a full-scale demo of the floor, built inside a Cambridge University Civil Engineering Department facility, and hopes the innovation will be adopted by the construction industry to reduce its carbon emissions. Flooring innovation makes use of concrete's strengths.

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Six material innovations aimed at slashing concrete's outsized carbon footprint

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But as the world – and the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) – race to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 to avoid the worst effects of climate change , a growing number of material innovations are emerging to tackle concrete's carbon footprint. Seratech by Sam Draper and Barney Shanks. Find out more about Carbicrete ›.

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