Low-carbon concrete has the potential to meet global urban housing needs by 2050
Abstract
Abstract Meeting the growing demand for urban housing is a global sustainability challenge. Numerous studies have concluded that bio-based materials are lower carbon options compared to concrete while disregarding resource availability and harvesting emissions. This study evaluates low-carbon concrete in comparison to engineered bio-based materials and stabilized earth blocks for three issues: embodied carbon, material supply limitations and production scalability. Bio-based materials could only supply
Fields of Study & Subjects
Hygrothermal properties of building materials
Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
Microbial Applications in Construction Materials
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Communications Sustainability
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Publication date
- 2 February 2026
- Language
- EN