Sabbie Miller, Director of the UC Davis Materials Decarbonization and Sustainability Center, recently published an article in NAE Perspectives, exploring critical strategies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with concrete production. Concrete, a globally essential building material, is responsible for over 7% of anthropogenic CO₂ emissions, primarily due to the cement it

A recent study by the UC Davis Materials Decarbonization and Sustainability Center published in Nature Communications has revealed that the climate benefits of cement carbonation, a process where concrete absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, have been significantly overestimated. The research team of Sabbie Miller, Alissa Kendall, Elisabeth Van Roijen, and Kati Sethares asserts that

Sabbie Miller, faculty director at the UC Davis Materials Decarbonization and Sustainability Center, recently shared with the journal Nature an innovative method to recycle cement and steel together, significantly reducing the carbon emissions associated with these materials. The method involves substituting used cement for lime in the steel recycling process using electric-arc furnaces, which not