What is Green Concrete? It's Material and Application

Green cement is known as sustainable construction material as it leaves noticeably less carbon foot prints than conventional cement when it comes to its manufacturing and usage. The composition of green cement consist of 95% recycled fly ash and 5% renewable liquid additives. The functional properties of green cement is almost similar to the conventional cement. Additionally, cement uses 20% less water compared to conventional cement. The market of green cement and concrete is at it nascent stage but it expected to witness steady growth in the forthcoming future.

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The market for green cement and concrete is expected to escalate due to owing to increase in uptake of alternative fuels sourced from renewable materials and waste namely used oils, foundry sand, filter cakes, solid recovered fuels, animal meals, sewage sludge, and fly ashes. Additionally, emerging need and increasing efforts regarding reduction of carbon footprints is also fueling the market. However, strength of green cement is a subject of concern which is hampering the market growth. With the increase resistance to environmental forces imparted by green and need to create a sustainable society is expected to fuel the demand for green cement and concrete in forthcoming future.

List of Top Companies

Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited,Calera Corporation,CeraTech,China National Building Material Company Limited (CNBM),HeidelbergCement AG,Italcementi S.P.A,LafargeHolcim Ltd.,Siam Cement Public Company (SCG),Taiwan Cement Corporation,Votorantim cimentos S.A.

The global green cement and concrete market is segmented on the basis of product type and application. Based on product type, the market is segmented as fly ash based, geopolymer, slag based and others. Similarly, based on application, the market is segmented into commercial, industrial, infrastructure, residential and others.