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Tweets are coming here for the next few minutes as part of the @UniOulu #SustMat Twitter conference – thanks for inviting me in! I’m very honoured to join this event, to talk about sustainable cements and the great collaboration between @msesheffield and @UniOulu on cements [1/n]
We need to reduce the #CO2 footprint of the construction industry – which is currently huge. #Cement alone is around 8% of all global CO2 emissions! Fortunately there are things we can do to improve this. See https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0093-3 for details... [2/n]
We’re working between @MSESheffield, @CBESheffield and @UniOulu to convert industrial wastes into innovative cements – using mineral wools to make #geopolymer cements ( @YliniemiJuho and @BrantWalkley, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0958946519313150 and https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10973-020-09651-6) [3/n]
![We’re working between @MSESheffield, @CBESheffield and @UniOulu to convert industrial wastes into innovative cements – using mineral wools to make #geopolymer cements ( @YliniemiJuho and @BrantWalkley, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0958946519313150 and https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10973-020-09651-6) [3/n]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Elfn3nuXIAAWVlO.jpg "We’re working between @MSESheffield, @CBESheffield and @UniOulu to convert industrial wastes into innovative cements – using mineral wools to make #geopolymer cements ( @YliniemiJuho and @BrantWalkley, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0958946519313150 and https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10973-020-09651-6) [3/n]")
Using metallurgical industry wastes to make innovative calcium sulfoaluminate cements ( https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719362047 - work from @LordOfClinker and @MirjaIllikainen) [4/n]
And untangling the role of sodium and magnesium in waste-derived glasses that we want to use as precursors for #lowCO2 cements, e.g. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2020.00267/full, and ongoing work in the #I4Future network which I’m very pleased to collaborate in! [5/n]
What we’re working towards is a toolkit of innovative, #lowCO2 #cements that can be used as local, fit-for-purpose solutions in sustainable construction – see e.g. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0008884619301838 for more context and examples. [6/n]
There’s no one-size-fits-all solution in sustainable construction; every situation has its unique needs and opportunities. So, we need to understand how to connect these in the most #sustainable ways, to make the best of what we have, and build greener and better! [7/7; so n=7]
