Eco Material’s Sustainable Green Cement Is Transforming Construction
Picture the Pantheon in Rome. Considering that it was built in CE 128, it has held together remarkably well under the footsteps of hundreds of millions of visitors over the centuries. If the ancient Romans could build something so long-lasting, why on earth do our modern roads have so many potholes?
The answer lies in the Romans’ ingenious, self-healing concrete—the science of which was recently revealed by researchers at MIT.
Now, a team out of Texas and Utah, Eco Material Technologies, is building on ancient Rome’s know-how with advances in modern material science to create a strong, erosion-resistant, and quick-setting concrete that practically eliminates carbon emissions associated with what has always been known as a “hard-to-abate” industry.