According to 3ders, Renca, a startup enrolled in Dubai’s Future Accelerators program, has announced the creation of a “green” cement compound that is made from industrial waste and which only uses a fraction of the amount of energy needed to produce traditional Portland cement. Excitingly, the new material is primed for use in construction 3D printing.
Renca has been working in partnership with the Dubai Municipality to create 3D printable construction material that can be used to manufacture buildings in the Middle Eastern city. The ‘geopolymer cement’ is deemed to be 10 times more eco-friendly (in terms of energy consumption) than traditional cement. The green cement product market is expected to grow to about $38.1 billion globally by 2024, according to a report by Transparency Market Research.
It will be interesting to see how green concrete will come to replace traditional cement in the near future.
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