Kauai Hindu Temple Demos Sustainable Concrete - GreenBuilding News from PlanetShifter.com
Here’s a graphic illustration for how the quick is often the enemy of the sustainable. Kauai’s Hindu temple got a foundation built to last 1,000 years…it just took longer to dry (via Hinduism today).
Sure, builders love ‘modern’ reinforced concrete which reaches full strength in two days, whereas the ancient fly ash concrete takes three months. Yet, the quick-curing concrete only lasts for decades, while the other lasts for millennia.