Download or read book The Sustainable Use of Concrete written by Koji Sakai and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cement-based concrete has excellent properties as a construction material, and the raw materials of cement rocks, and limestone and clay are bountiful. Yet its production generates high quantities of CO2, making it a potentially unsustainable material. However, there are no alternatives to concrete and steel as basic methods for development of soci