LafargeHolcim – parent company of Aggregate Industries – is one of the world's largest cement producers. If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third largest emitter of CO2 in the world.
Cement production uses huge amounts of heat and energy, is responsible for 7% of man-made CO₂ emissions.— Paul Dawson (@PaulEDawson) September 4, 2020
"The cement sector needs to dramatically reduce the contribution it makes to climate change. Delaying or avoiding this challenge is not an option,"https://t.co/2L7ZwQOlbX
According to Willmott Dixon, "around half of all non-renewable resources that mankind consumes are used in construction, making it one of the least sustainable industries in the world". If the construction industry is to move to greener practices, it must remove cement from the equation. This new £140m office development, to be built close to Farringdon station in London, will do just that:
Mace has been appointed by @helicalplc with their JV partners, Ashby Capital, as its construction partner to build 33 Charterhouse Street, one of Farringdon’s first smart buildings. Read more here: https://t.co/DjnJQog3G2 pic.twitter.com/waiTuVRVBu— Mace (@MaceGroup) September 3, 2020
According to The Construction Index:
We first posted about using fly ash as a cement substitute back in 2013.To boost green credentials, Mace has committed to using cement-free concrete, which uses ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) and fly ash instead of Portland cement. The material, called Earth Friendly Concrete and made by Australian materials firm Wagners, made its UK debut on Landsec’s Nova East development in London Victoria last year.
