Green Options » ACSA http://greenoptions.com/tag/acsa Posts tagged 'ACSA' Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:33:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Design Competition for Greener Concrete http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/12/29/design-competition-for-greener-concrete/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/12/29/design-competition-for-greener-concrete/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:33:18 +0000 Philip Proefrock http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/12/29/design-competition-for-greener-concrete/ PCAbricksThe Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the Portland Cement Association (PCA) have announced their “Concrete Thinking for a Sustainable World” student design competition.

This is the third year for the competition. The concrete industry is looking for opportunities to boost the perception of concrete as a green material, since the mining, processing and transportation of concrete is responsible for 8% of all carbon dioxide produced by human activity.

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