Sources: Holcim US, Chicago; CP staff An ECOPact concrete mix specification for the recently topped out Populus hotel in Denver nets a 764-ton reduction in carbon dioxide emissions when measured against CO2 metrics attending conventional ready mixed concrete. Denver producer Holcim US designs ECOPact concretes with supplementary binding agents to offset Read more…
Sources: Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas Architectural, engineering and environmental services giant WSP will serve as owner’s engineers for a 1 million metric ton/year carbon dioxide emissions capture and storage facility at Heidelberg Materials’ Edmonton, Alberta cement plant—the first full-scale deployment of its kind among North American cement producers. Read more…
Sources: Progressive Planet, Kamloops, British Columbia; CMCM staff Under a new purchase agreement, Lafarge Canada Inc. will assume the entire run of PozGlass 100G ground glass pozzolan—upward of 3,500 metric tons—from a pilot Progressive Planet facility in British Columbia, scheduled for 2024 start up. PozGlass 100G technology centers on a Read more…
Sources: Global Cement and Concrete Association, London; CMCM staff The Global Cement and Concrete Association has shortlisted nine North American startups for the 2023 Innovandi Open Challenge, soliciting technologies that lower the carbon factor in finished concrete: • Arrakis Materials, Woburn, Mass.; carbon-negative materials for concrete mixes • Chement, Chicago; electrochemical process Read more…
Source: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CMCM staff National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Senior Director, Building Innovations Donn Thompson, AIA, LEED-AP-BD+C will lead “Top 10 Ways to Reduce Concrete’s Carbon Footprint,” a July 18 American Concrete Institute webinar to help design and construction professionals understand the basics of embodied Read more…
Sources: U.S. Department of Energy; CMCM staff The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has committed just under $32 million to 10 projects supporting decarbonization of ore- or scrap-based iron and steelmaking operations and converting other existing ancillary and thermal processes to use clean fuels or electricity. The projects, along with Read more…
Sources: Holcim US, Chicago; CMCM North America’s top portland cement producer is dedicating 100 acres of its Alpena, Mich. site to a solar farm built in partnership with Jackson, Mich.-based NorthStar Clean Energy. Holcim US management anticipates that a 25 MW solar array scheduled for Q4 2024 operation will net Read more…
Sources: U.S. Department of Energy; CMCM staff Five new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-backed projects focus on next-generation cement formulations and process routes, plus carbon dioxide capture and utilization technologies to address cement plant emissions. The projects and their public or private administrators are: • Accelerated Decarbonization of Cement via Read more…
Sources: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CP staff A recently penned memorandum of understanding raises prospects for co-locating NuScale Power Corp. VOYGR small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) power plants to serve Nucor Corp. Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steel mills. The companies will evaluate site suitability, transmission interconnection capabilities and capital costs Read more…
Sources: United Nations, Geneva; CMCM staff United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres opened the Global Cement and Concrete Association Annual Conference by video message, assuring attendees “You are fundamental to building a better world [and] were one of the first global industries to set a pathway to net zero by 2050,” Read more…