GHG Reduction

• Ways to Reduce Cement GHG at Cement Plants
  • Blending SCM at Cement Plants
  • Environmentally Friendly Fuel for Cement Kilns
  • Use of Interground Limestone
  • Production Efficiency Improvements
• Ways to Reduce Concrete GHG at Batch Plants
  • Blending SCM at Concrete Batch Plants
  • Optimize Cement Content
  • Reduce Concrete Waste
  • Universal GHG Emission Standards

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Use of environmentally friendly fuels would reduce GHG emission by using less carbon intense fuels. Although coal is one of the most efficient and cost effective fuels for heating a kiln, it is also one of the most intense in terms of the CO₂ emissions.  Therefore, it is important to use alternative fuels instead, such as recycled materials.

In 2005, fuel combustion from coal constituted about 73 percent of all emissions from fuel combustion by cement plants in California. This number has decreased since 1990 when coal was responsible for about 85 percent of all fuel combustion emissions.

 

 

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