About this episode

The episode discusses how the construction sector can address embodied carbon through sustainable materials and manufacturing systems.

This episode tackles one of construction’s biggest questions: If the built environment needs to rapidly cut embodied carbon, what materials and manufacturing systems can realistically scale. The construction sector sits at the centre of the climate challenge. Cement and concrete underpin modern infrastructure but remain among the world’s most carbon-intensive materials. At the same time, a new generation of circular manufacturers is turning waste streams into building products designed to rep...

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Guests: Zoe Schmidt, Paul Charteris

Topics covered

• low-carbon construction
• embodied carbon
• sustainable materials
• circular manufacturing
• climate challenge

Keywords

• low-carbon
• construction
• embodied carbon
• sustainable materials
• circular economy
• climate change
• infrastructure

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Organizations: Architecture & Design, cement, concrete

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