A whole-life CO_2 argument for concrete blocks

摘要

With the environmental performance of construction materials becoming an increasingly significant design consideration, the use of concrete in buildings can lead to questions regarding embodied CO_2. Concrete is often incorrectly perceived as having much higher embodied carbon than many alternative construction materials. In the case of timber-frame housing, the difference compared with masonry construction is actually quite small, standing at around 4-6 per cent for the average house.