Glenwood Mason Supply and Superior Block supplied 1.5 million blocks to the One World Trade Center.
n April of 2015, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in- troduced One New York: The Plan for a Strong and Just
City. The plan includes the ambitious goal of reducing carbon emissions in the Big Apple by 80 percent by 2050. Superior Block
Corporation,
New York City’s only manu- facturer of concrete block, is helping the city get closer to achieving its carbon reduc- tion goal.
Superior Block, a member of the Glenwood family of com- panies,
is headquartered in
Brooklyn’s Old Dutch Brewery Building.
As of November Superior Block embraces sustainable manufacturing processes.
2015, Superior Block’s con- crete masonry units (CMUs) have been available with CarbonCure, a leader in green concrete technology. The Car- bonCure process introduces carbon dioxide gas that has been captured from the smoke- stacks of New York’s industrial emitters into concrete prod- ucts. The gas is chemically converted into a mineral and
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