|
View previous topic :: View next topic
|
| Author |
Message |
Kevin Matthews
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
Posts: 489
Location: Eugene, Oregon
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
lekizz
millennium club
Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 1021
Location: UK
|
 Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:29 pm Post subject: |
    |
|
Excellent article! I was aware that cement production was damaging, not to mention the big holes in the ground left by its extraction.
I recntly came across a project built using 'lime crete', which I assume uses lime rather than cement as the binding ingredient. An old tradition. My own house was built in 1884 and, judging by the almost white mortar joints, has a high lime content in the mortar. It is as hard as granite too!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
TLWalkerAIA
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
Posts: 129
Location: Seattle Washington, USA
|
| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
This is a great article.
Thanks.
_________________
Terry L. Walker, AIA
Terry L. Walker, Architects
terry.walker20@verizon.net |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
csintexas
millennium club
Joined: 06 Feb 2006
Posts: 1716
Location: USA
|
| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:10 am Post subject: |
|
|
That is a good article. We had just seen in another thread where the embodied energy of concrete is relatively low as it is but we use so much of it that overall it has a large impact on our environment.
Porous concrete is also still being experimented with for parking lots to help with rain water absorption
_________________
Chris Stewart
Modern Texas Home Project |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
blogger
del.icio.us
digg
slashdot
