Source: U.S. Green Building Council, Washington, D.C.; CP staff The U.S. Green Building Council has joined Building Research Establishment (BRE), London, and Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), Sydney, in an industry-first alliance advancing the sustainable finance required for the built environment to play its role in meeting global climate goals. The three organizations aim to ensure investors, property owners,…
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Executives draw decarbonization, sustainability expertise link
A survey of 100 executives representing North American manufacturers or producers with annual revenues exceeding $250 million reveals major challenges for the construction materials sector to align (GHG Protocol-defined) Scope 1, 2, 3 emissions reduction strategies and widely subscribed decarbonization targets. Dallas-based environmental services provider Trinity Consultants retained Verdantix, an independent research firm with New York and London offices, to…
Read MoreCTS Cement helps EPA-backed Hydrova prove aluminum recycling
The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced a $400,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Phase II grant enabling Santa Ana, Calif.-based Hydrova Inc. to advance work on black dross—a material frequently landfilled after primary aluminum recycling—for applications including cement clinker raw feed. Themed “Complete Resource Recovery and Hydrogen Production from Secondary Aluminum Processing Waste,” the grant extends a $100,000 Phase…
Read MoreEnergy storage colossus
Grid-scale solutions developer Energy Vault Holdings Inc. is nearing completion of an inordinate lattice- and cage-like structure destined to rank among top long duration energy storage systems deployed to date. Rising on a site adjacent to a wind farm in Rudong, China, the reinforced concrete behemoth bears the world’s first EVx Gravity Energy Storage System. The structure and its hoisting…
Read MoreCemex global mixer fleet sustains CO2 emissions descent
Sources: Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico; CP staff The parent company of Cemex USA reports enterprise-wide deployment of 1,000-plus concrete mixer trucks running on lower carbon alternatives to conventional diesel fuel, including petro-free renewable diesel, compressed natural gas and battery electric power. Heavy-duty truck investments over the last two years have resulted in a carbon dioxide emissions reduction of…
Read MoreAdvanced Tech Crete seeks patent for Binder Reducing Formula
Sources: Advanced Tech Crete LLC, Houston; CP staff Advanced Tech Crete has completed United States Patent Office filings for Binder Reducing Formula (BRF), a liquid agent whose dispersing qualities and nano-particles have the potential to reduce portland cement volumes in concrete mix designs, while streamlining admixture and binder requirements. Dubbed “The New Science of Concrete,” BRF is added to a…
Read MoreCemex CEO González stresses regulator outreach for GCCA leadership term
Sources: Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico; CP staff Cemex Chief Executive Officer Fernando González has been elected to a two-year term as president of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), London. “It is a great honor,” he notes, “particularly as we enter this ‘decade to deliver,’ a period during which we must accelerate our decarbonization efforts. My number…
Read MoreDOE confirms cement industry’s near-term CO2 emissions reduction
U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary David Turk led off a Climate Week New York City session last month noting how proven processing approaches will enable cement producers to book a 30 percent greenhouse gas emissions reduction by the early 2030s and perhaps an additional 10 percent cut by 2050. The metrics set an upbeat tone for the Portland Cement…
Read MoreInsulation Manufacturers’ recycled material volume reaches 3.4 billion lbs.
Sources: North American Insulation Manufacturers Association, Alexandria, Va.; CP staff North American Insulation Manufacturers Association members in the U.S. and Canada logged 2.66 billion pounds of recycled glass and nearly 700 million pounds of recycled slag in their 2022 output of fiber glass and rock or wool thermal and acoustical products for residential, commercial and industrial applications. Since the industry’s…
Read MoreSteel Climate Standard contours Cement, Concrete Net Zero Roadmap
Sources: Global Steel Climate Council, Washington, D.C.; Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CP staff A new Global Steel Climate Council standard offers a fair, effective, unbiased tool to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with long products used for concrete reinforcement or tensioning, plus structural steel members or shapes. Along with a protocol behind embodied carbon calculations, the 48-page Steel Climate…
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