Environmental & Sustainability Blog

These days, there’s a lot of forward movement and thinking when it comes to creating more environmentally friendly and sustainable products. The construction materials industries are no exception. Something that’s been gaining ground, and is becoming more and more popular is green materials. They’re often derived from organic components, or even waste by-products, and are on the forefront of sustainable construction materials.

One HUGE factor constantly cited in the concrete vs. asphalt debate is the cost of petroleum-based asphalt cement. Given the worldwide oil picture, its hard to imagine the price of asphalt coming down in the future. Current and future costs are a big factor in the life cycle analysis process of determining whether roads and parking lots should be concrete or asphalt, so anything that influences the price of petroleum should be of interest to all concrete and asphalt producers.