Concrete is a highly valued building product and, as the most used material on the planet, it also contributes a significant amount of CO2 to the atmosphere, with most of its carbon emissions resulting from one of its main components, cement.<\/p>\n
As a major supplier of ready-mix concrete products in South Wales, we \u00a0have addressed this issue by using Greenbloc technology, which reduces the percentage of Portland cement clinker in our ready-mix concretes and uses ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS), which has a significant effect on lowering the embodied carbon.<\/p>\n
Greenbloc has been developed by companies within SigmaRoc, with a focus on finding alternatives to Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) to reduce the carbon footprint of cement. The group provides low and ultra-low carbon concrete solutions across a range of precast and ready-mix concrete businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Concrete is a highly valued building product and, as the most used material on the planet, it also contributes a significant amount of CO2 to the atmosphere, with most of its carbon emissions resulting from one of its main components, cement. As a major supplier of ready-mix concrete products in South Wales, we \u00a0have addressed […]<\/p>\n