Question 2: Can We Replace the Materials Most Frequently Used by Our Building Industry?
Some of the materials use are considered irreplaceable in terms of the building process. Concrete, iron, and aluminium are such cases, used over a long time because of the ease of their production and construction. However, lots of carbon is emitted in the mining and manufacture of raw materials to obtain these materials and to transport them to construction sites. According to data released in 2020 by Architecture 2030, a nonprofit architectural organisation established to cope with the climate crisis, the amount of carbon emitted by concrete, iron, and aluminium accounts for about 23% of the annual carbon emissions on earth. With a growing social consensus that this fact should be taken more seriously, the number of materials
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