Classification of Green Concrete for Sustainable Solutions

Sustainable development has a vital significance and importance to the performance of all our activities and the companies themselves. The construction industry addresses all stages of a structure or building, from the production, transportation and placement of materials to the design, construction, operation and demolition and recycling of them. In ready-mix concrete industry, one of the main concerns is to note that the product is sustainable and which product may be classified as green, which in turn constitutes a capital contribution to efforts to achieve a sustainable construction. Currently, there is no approved methodology or criteria for the classification of green products, however, the general characteristics are established they must have the goods to qualify as truly green and sustainable. This article proposes a methodology to classify sustainable concretes according to various factors and criteria that range from the exploitation of the material until its incorporation into the construction process.