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Building materials could store more than 16 billion tonnes of CO 2 annually
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Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions likely entails not only lowering emissions but also deploying carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) removal technologies. We explored the annual potential to store CO 2 in building materials. We found that fully replacing conventional building materials with CO 2 -storing alternatives in new infrastructure could store as much as 16.6 ± 2.8 billion tonnes of CO 2 each year—roughly 50% of anthropogenic CO 2 emissions in 2021. The total storage potential is far more sensitive to the scale of materials used than the quantity of carbon stored per unit mass of materials. Moreover, the carbon storage reservoir of building materials will grow in proportion to demand for such materials, which could reduce demand for more costly or environmentally risky geological, terrestrial, or ocean storage.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Van Roijen, E., Miller, S. A., & Davis, S. J.
- Affiliations
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- Volume
- 387
- Issue
- 6730
- Pages
- 176-182
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W4406201546
- Cited by
- 112
- References
- 79
- Citations by year
- 2026: 65 · 2025: 47
- FWCI
- 30.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2025-02-20)
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (2143981)
- Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET-2143981)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Filtration and Separation › Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Concrete and Cement Materials Research
- Keywords
- CO2 sequestration, building materials, carbon capture and storage, carbon sequestration, net-zero emissions, carbon dioxide removal, carbon storage potential, infrastructure requirements, geological storage
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