Publication: N.Y. Times

UCLA Expert: Gaurav Sant: Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering; Director, Institute for Carbon Management at UCLA; Pritzker Professor of Sustainability and Henry Samueli Fellow, UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Synopsis: For more than 150 years, cement, steel and concrete have been the primary materials used for construction, and in a world without climate change that wouldn’t be a problem, said Sant in the article.

UCLA News: “There is an urgent need at the moment to reduce emissions, so we either need to produce these construction materials differently or replace them with materials that have a lower carbon footprint,” added Sant.

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