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EPA Honors Winners of 2013 Campus RainWorks Challenge

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the four winners of its second annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a design challenge created to engage college and university students in reinventing our water infrastructure and developing innovative green infrastructure systems to reduce stormwater pollution and build resilience to climate change. More

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Basalite Brings Green Concrete Masonry to the Emerald City

Basalite announced expansion of its green concrete masonry offerings by installing CarbonCure’s technology in its Dupont, Washington plant. More

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Concrete Sustainability Conference

NRMCA's Concrete Sustainability Conference and MIT Sustainability Hub Showcase will take place in Boston, May 12-15. You can learn what this industry is doing to contribute to sustainable design and construction around the world. More

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BIA Opens Entries for 25th Annual Brick in Architecture Awards

Entries open on February 10 for the Brick Industry Association's   (BIA) Brick in Architecture Awards.   Celebrating its 25th year, BIA's annual honors spotlight outstanding,   innovative and sustainable architecture that incorporates clay brick products   as the predominant exterior building or paving material. Entries are   conducted entirely online, and are due by April 30, 2014. More

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Speakers Selected for 2014 International Concrete Sustainability Conference

Speakers have been selected for the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s 9th annual International Concrete Sustainability Conference to be held May 12-14 just outside Boston in Cambridge, MA. More

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Q + A with Nora Goldstein

Senior Editor Michael Fielding met up with Nora Goldstein, executive editor of... More

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2013 Influencer: Central Concrete Supply Co.

The San Jose, Calif., producer leads the nation in developing Environmental... More

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Big Changes Ahead in LEED v4 Material Credits

With the new version of LEED, former metrics play a lesser role. New measures such as environmental product declarations (EPDs) and life cycle assessment (LCA) emerge as more important factors. More

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One World Trade Center Rises with High-Strength Concrete

Eastern Concrete Materials supplied 150,000 cubic yards of ready-mix for One World... More

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Earth Day celebrates U.S. Water Prize winners

In an Earth Day ceremony at National Geographic Headquarters, in Washington D.C.,... More

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