Comments on: Is Concrete a Green Building Product? http://www.greenstrides.com/2008/08/20/is-concrete-a-green-building-product/ going green one step at a time Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:49:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ben http://www.greenstrides.com/2008/08/20/is-concrete-a-green-building-product/comment-page-1/#comment-17501 Ben Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:31:53 +0000 http://www.greenstrides.com/2008/08/20/is-concrete-a-green-building-product/#comment-17501 Please tell me I did not just read an article that said, "according to wikipedia"! On another note, just because we use so much concrete and 'hope' it is green, does not automatically make it so. Green aspects does not make a green product. I was trying to find the green value of concrete and this article seems to reinforce my other findings that concrete is NOT the way to go. Please tell me I did not just read an article that said, “according to wikipedia”! On another note, just because we use so much concrete and ‘hope’ it is green, does not automatically make it so. Green aspects does not make a green product. I was trying to find the green value of concrete and this article seems to reinforce my other findings that concrete is NOT the way to go.

]]> By: greg http://www.greenstrides.com/2008/08/20/is-concrete-a-green-building-product/comment-page-1/#comment-2568 greg Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:10:42 +0000 http://www.greenstrides.com/2008/08/20/is-concrete-a-green-building-product/#comment-2568 We used 30% fly ash concrete for our foundation work of our home (see www.greenlabron.com). The concrete is as strong as 'regular' concrete, but is using more recycled, local material. Most fly ash is sent to landfills, so saving some of it to put in our home was valuable to us even though it cost about 10-15% more. We used 30% fly ash concrete for our foundation work of our home (see http://www.greenlabron.com). The concrete is as strong as ‘regular’ concrete, but is using more recycled, local material. Most fly ash is sent to landfills, so saving some of it to put in our home was valuable to us even though it cost about 10-15% more.

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