The Construction Sector’s Path to Net Zero
Following The Green Alliance’s new report which airs concerns about the construction industry’s path to Net Zero, our Chief Commercial Officer Lee Knott shares his thoughts on the sector’s challenges, especially regarding green cement.
Lee Knott, Chief Commercial Officer of Advetec said:
“Cement is the biggest consumable for the global construction industry and the process required to create it is also one of the most carbon intensive in the world. Until more work is done to speed up the move to green cement, the construction industry’s path to net zero looks set to falter.
“Mixed Residual Waste is the UK’s forgotten waste stream and has been under-realised as a commodity for years, instead being sent to landfill and incineration with little further thought. Yet, this waste has tremendous value to the construction industry when it’s turned into SRF.
“Residual waste-derived SRF presents a higher value coal replacement product for heavy industry – especially green cement production, as it contains a biogenic carbon fraction. One tonne of SRF can replace 0.5 tonnes of coal in a cement kiln so it’s easy to see that, delivered at scale, residual waste-derived SRF could help to rapidly decarbonise cement production, and therefore construction.
“What we need now is a greater appetite for and adoption of the technologies and processes that make this possible. Biotechnology solutions like ours are ready to help green the construction industry and move it towards a lower carbon future.”
Find out more about how the cement industry can reduce GHG emissions.