Profound Environmental Advantages
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) defines green sustainable construction materials as those materials composed of renewable, recyclable or reusable resources that can be used indefinitely without negatively impacting the environment.
CERATECH utilizes fly ash, a post industrial waste stream to produce the only high performance structural cement in the world that’s comprised of more than 90% recycled waste materials! CERATECH’s cement clearly meets the definition for a sustainable construction material.
Additionally, recycling fly ash to produce our cement reduces demand on landfills – 60% of all ash ( roughly 42 million tons ) produced annually is land filled. CERATECHs cement technology also preserves virgin materials by eliminating the mining of raw materials needed to produce Portland cement.Management and containment of coal ash adds complexity and costs to the energy process. CERATECHs cement technology will divert substantial quantities of ash from being landfilled for use in major construction projects around the country.
Worldwide, the production of Portland cement contributes 6% to 10% of all human generated CO2 gases released annually. One ton of CO2 is produced for every ton of Portland cement manufactured. CERATECH’s cement is produced via low energy powder blending processes versus the extreme high temperature, high energy Portland cement manufacturing process.
Widespread adoption of CERATECHs cement technology for new construction projects, precast product manufacturing and infrastructure repair would make an immediate as well as long term positive impact on the worlds environment and climate change issues.
