Building standards treat all concrete the same, hindering the use of greener concrete, but climate conditions play a much bigger role in determining a structure’s durability

Building standards treat all concrete the same, hindering the use of greener concrete, but climate conditions play a much bigger role in determining a structure’s durability

The paper is here

  • lntl@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 days ago

    That points to a fix that’s more about policy than materials science: building standards that account for local climate, rather than applying identical rules everywhere.

    They’re claiming that corrosion reactions react at different rates depending on the local climate, so local building code should reflect that. Sounds like basic chemistry.

    There is already precedent in many regional building codes for things like seismic activity, flooding, and tornadoes. Lfg