| For years, Mother Earth has been greatly inflicted | | | | such as ash, which is ordinarily considered a waste or |
| with many damages and severe degradation brought | | | | by-product. Concrete production using ash and other |
| about by man's daily and unceasing activities. For | | | | by-products lessen waste accumulation, putting these |
| years, environmentalists warn of global warming, | | | | waste materials to good use in building construction, |
| species extinction, sea-level increase, air quality | | | | instead of merely filling up a landfill. |
| degradation, pollution, resource depletion and the | | | | 3. Concrete can be recycled |
| release of caustic toxins and harmful wastes to the | | | | Concrete finish contractors know that concrete can |
| environment. | | | | be reused. Once concrete slabs are no longer in use, |
| With the planet besieged, humanity finally became | | | | either due to damages or an end to their useful life, |
| conscious of its plight and has been taking steps to | | | | they are crushed into small aggregates. Crushing |
| rectify the problem. Today, almost every aspect of | | | | concrete into pieces is an easy process, and applying |
| human life is permeated with a deeper regard for | | | | these crushed concrete materials into new |
| environmental welfare, with issues such as energy | | | | applications such as roads, curbs, or side walks, |
| and resource conservation, proper waste disposal, | | | | makes concrete a very recyclable building material. |
| recycling and reuse, and many other | | | | 4. Concrete absorbs heat and reflects light |
| ecologically-friendly activities at the forefront of the | | | | Concrete finish contractors find concrete useful for |
| fight against environmental deterioration. | | | | energy conservation. It is capable of absorbing heat |
| The green consciousness is also evident in the building | | | | in the daytime, and retains this heat to ward of the |
| industry, where the green building movement is fully | | | | chill of the night or winter, thereby lessening heating |
| underway as building experts implement | | | | costs within the facility. This same heat absorption |
| ecologically-sound methods, practices and materials in | | | | ability makes the interior places cooler in the daytime |
| construction activities. | | | | or at the summer months, resulting to lesser air |
| One of the building materials that come into focus | | | | conditioning costs. On top of these, concrete finishes |
| when thinking green is concrete. Builders are taking a | | | | bounce back or reflect light away from the surface, |
| second look at concrete because of the unique | | | | further keeping the facility in comfortable |
| properties it possesses, and how remarkably suitable | | | | temperatures. |
| concrete is in supporting environmentally-friendly | | | | 5. Concrete is enduring |
| constructions. | | | | Concrete finish contractors work with a material that |
| Here are some of the reasons why concrete finish | | | | is known for its longevity and imperviousness against |
| contractors are seeing green possibilities in ordinarily | | | | many types of damages. Concrete structures last for |
| gray concrete: | | | | decades, with concrete surfaces requiring little |
| 1. The materials used to make concrete are abundant | | | | repairs, maintenance or even replacement all |
| Concrete is a product of limestone, which is one of | | | | throughout their life cycle. This makes concrete an |
| the most abundant materials in the Earth's surface. | | | | excellent material for sustainable building construction. |
| Concrete finish contractors use concrete that can be | | | | With the environment continually exposed to |
| sourced locally, thereby eliminating transportation and | | | | degradations of all kinds, concrete is one of the best |
| freight costs. | | | | building materials that contribute less to this |
| 2. Concrete can be made from alternative materials | | | | degradation. Its unique properties make concrete one |
| Developments in research have made it possible for | | | | of the most ecologically-friendly or "green" materials |
| concrete to be produced from alternative materials | | | | in the planet today. |