novacem cement Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:50:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Cement Production Technology Absorbs Carbon Dioxide, Receives Award https://www.greenoptimistic.com/novacem-cement-20110218/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/novacem-cement-20110218/#respond Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:50:28 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=17199 Cement is one of the most important CO2 emitters, accounting for 5% of the world's total emissions. Producing 1 ton of Portland cement, for example, outputs 800 kilograms of carbon dioxide, and that is because of the material used in the fabrication process: calcium carbonate.

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