Specifying Sustainable Concrete: Key considerations for specifying lower carbon concrete

Published:2025
Publisher:MPA The Concrete Centre
Price:Free

Concrete is a unique material in that the designer and specifier have the ability to directly influence its embodied carbon. This document aims to provide a summary of key issues for consideration in the specification of lower carbon concrete.

This guide is intended to be read in conjunction with other documents in the Specifying Sustainable Concrete series. More titles in the series.

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