Minimising Cement in Construction (MICON)

如果水泥生产是一个国家，它将是世界第三大二氧化碳排放国。在短短两百年内，它已经成为地球上仅次于水的第二大消耗材料。水泥作为混凝土的一种成分至关重要，我们用它来建设支持经济发展的城市和基础设施。然而，我们现在也知道，我们设计的结构效率极低，使用的混凝土远远超过了满足我们的建筑设计规范所需的混凝土。这笔旅行赠款将解决减少需求的问题，作为减少混凝土对气候影响的一个关键组成部分。通过更好的设计实践、文化变革以及向在该领域工作的领先国际研究和行业合作伙伴学习，该赠款旨在建立一个全球资金建议网络，在这个网络中，我们可以共同解决我们使用较少具体材料的需求。

If cement production were a country, it would be the 3rd largest CO2 emitter in the world. In just two hundred years it has become the second most consumed material on the planet after water. Cement is vital as a component in concrete, with which we build the cities and infrastructure that support economic development. Yet we now also know that we design extremely inefficient structures, using much more concrete than is needed to satisfy our building design codes. This travel grant will address demand reduction, as a key component of reducing the climate impact of concrete. Through better design practice, cultural change, and learning from leading international research and industry partners working in this field, the grant aims to develop a global network of funding proposals wherein we can collectively tackle our need to use less concrete.