The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) andWorld Economic Forum have today launched ‘Concrete Action for Climate’ (CAC), a collaborative platform that will help drive the industry’s journey to carbon neutral concrete by 2050 as part of the Mission Possible Partnership.
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Heidelberg Cement Signs Business Ambition for 1.5°C
HeidelbergCement has signed the Business Ambition for 1.5°C Commitment, a global initiative led by the SBTi in partnership with the UN Global Compact and the “We Mean Business” coalition, aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5°C and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest. With this signature, HeidelbergCement joins the global Race To Zero campaign, which aims to build positive momentum for the transition to a decarbonised economy ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties in November 2021.
Continue readingGerman Innovation Award Goes To First 3D-Printed House
The first residential house in Germany to be built with a 3D concrete printer has won the German Innovation Award from the German Design Council. The two-storey single-family home in Beckum, North Rhine-Westphalia, with around 160 m2 of living space consists of multi-layered walls filled with insulating material or ready-mixed concrete.
Continue readingGreen Premium for Cement
Bill Gates recently published his “green manifesto” in his latest book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. He introduced the concept of “green premiums” or the differences in cost between a fossil-fuel-based way of doing something and the clean, non-emitting way of doing the same thing. According to Gates, the green premiums should be lowered.
Continue readingConcrete Is Not Just Concrete
Imagine an entire twenty-story concrete building that can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, such a vision could someday be a reality. Researchers from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering recently published an article outlining a new concept for rechargeable batteries — made of cement.
Continue readingNEPSI – The European Network on Silica
The European Network for Silica (NEPSI) is formed by the Employee and Employer European sectoral associations which signed the Social Dialogue “Agreement on Workers’ Health Protection Through the Good Handling and Use of Crystalline Silica and Products Containing it” on 25 April 2006. These associations represent 15 industry sectors i.e. more than 2 million employees and a business exceeding € 250 billion.
Continue readingNew Environmental Friendly and Durable Concrete: EnDurCrete
EnDurCrete project is a research project supported by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme for Research and Innovation which started in January 2018 with a duration of 42 months. The project consortium is led by HeidelbergCement and it consists of sixteen partners from twelve European countries.
Continue readingCarbon Capture Technologies
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has a great potential to lead climate change mitigation solutions by removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from cement manufacturing plants and store it undeground or utilize it in other industries such as food, energy or chemistry.
Continue readingLeading The Way to Carbon Neutrality
Sustainability is an integral part of HeidelbergCement and will be at the center of our strategy going forward. Our focus is on climate protection: as an energy-intensive company, we are committed to fulfilling our share of the global responsibility to keep the rise in worldwide temperature well below 2 degrees Celsius, as set out in the Paris Agreement.
Continue reading1915 Canakkale Bridge
The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge across the Dardanelles in Turkey carries a new highway connecting Europe and Asia. The bridge is located at the Northeastern end of the strait where it connects the Gelibolu province to the Northwest with the Lapseki province to the Southeast as illustrated below.
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