According to OECD, an innovation is the implementation of a new or significantly improved product (good or service), or process, a new marketing method, or a new organisational method in business practices, workplace organisation or external relations.
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2050 Carbon Neutrality Roadmap
CEMBUREAU’s Carbon Neutrality Roadmap sets out the cement industry’s ambition to reach net zero emissions along the cement and concrete value chain by 2050.
The Roadmap looks at how CO2 emissions can be reduced by acting at each stage of the value chain – clinker, cement, concrete, construction and (re)carbonation – to achieve zero net emissions by 2050. It quantifies the role of each technology in providing CO2 emissions savings, making concrete political and technical recommendations to support this objective.
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World’s First Zero-Emission Cement Plant
HeidelbergCement og Norcem are involved in the capturing part at our Brevik cement plant. Norcem could have the world’s first CO2-capture facility at a cement factory. HeidelbergCement Group is one of the world’s largest manufacturer of building materials and has around 60,000 employees in more than 60 countries. Norcem and Heidelberg has a vision of zero emissions from concrete, seen in a life cycle perspective, by 2030.
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Carbon Neutral Concrete Products
Carbon neutrality means having a balance between emitting carbon and absorbing carbon from the atmosphere in carbon sinks. Removing carbon oxide from the atmosphere and then storing it is known as carbon sequestration. In order to achieve net zero emissions, all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions will have to be counterbalanced by carbon sequestration.
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Concrete Sustainability Council
The Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC) has introduced a global certification system which is designed to provide companies in the fields of concrete, cement and aggregates with information about the extent to which they can operate in an environmentally, socially and economically responsible way.
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Top 10 Countries for LEED Outside U.S.
LEED is a recognized symbol of excellence around the world and continues to raise the bar in terms of sustainability for buildings, cities and communities. Recently, USGBC introduced LEED v4.1, the latest update to the rating system, and released beta versions for existing buildings (LEED v4.1 O+M), new construction (LEED v4.1 BD+C) and interiors (LEED v4.1 ID+C).
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