Tag: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Roadbuilding

MIT research finds road maintenance can lower CO2 emissions

If Congress and drivers need another reason to invest money in road maintenance, reducing greenhouse gas emissions may be it. According to a report from MIT News, a paper published in the Journal of Cleaner Production by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub) researchers—Arghavan Louhghalam and Mehdi Akbarian, plus CSHub faculty director Professor Franz-Josef Ulm—offers […]

September 9, 2016

Roadbuilding

Stiffer pavements can save $15 billion per year in fuel costs

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have found that a pavement property called “deflection” could save more that $15 billion in annual fuel costs, according to information provided by the Portland Cement Association (PCA). Pavement deflection is when your car makes a slight indentation in the road from which you are constantly driving out of […]

February 21, 2013

Equipment

Hamlin Jennings will lead new Concrete Sustainability Hub at MIT

Hamlin Jennings, who is known among academic and industry researchers for his influential work on the fundamental chemistry of cement, will be the inaugural executive director of the Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSH), a research center established last fall at MIT in collaboration with the Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) Research & […]

May 6, 2010