green concrete Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 18 May 2015 19:50:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Building Made of Bio-concrete Heals Its Own Cracks https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bio-concrete-heals-cracks/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bio-concrete-heals-cracks/#respond Mon, 18 May 2015 19:38:01 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54831 Self-healing cement, made entirely of bacteria, is now out of the lab and in the walls of the first building that can repair cracks on its own. It is a well known fact that the cement industry is one of the most polluting ones, right up there with coal burning power plants. This is why […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bio-concrete-heals-cracks/feed/ 0 54831 Self-Healing Concrete Could Save Money and be Safer https://www.greenoptimistic.com/self-healing-concrete-could-save-money-and-be-safer-20121121/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/self-healing-concrete-could-save-money-and-be-safer-20121121/#respond Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:05:35 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28582 The beauty of concrete as a construction material is its strength under compression, but over time, with exposure to sun and rain, traditional concrete begins to break down. While reinforcing fiberglass, steel rods, and other additives have helped to make concrete more resilient, even these tend to break down, or worse, crack. Repairs, unfortunately, are […]

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