The Construction Climate Challenge

23 November 2018

Volvo and Skanska report dramatic savings at electric-powered quarry

The Electric Site project led byVolvo CE and its customer Skanska aims to electrify each transport stage in a quarry – from excavation to primary crushing, and transport to secondary crushing. After 10 weeks of testing results show that their Electric Site research project has achieved results including a 98% reduction in carbon emissions, a […]
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11 October 2018

Sweden aims to be climate neutral by 2045

Through roadmaps from different business sectors, including the cement & concrete and construction industries, Sweden aims to be climate neutral by 2045. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is no longer considered a burden and is now a natural step towards strengthening competitiveness. Read the full roadmap here.  Ahead of the COP 21 climate change conference in […]
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18 October 2018

Behavioral change is key to carbon management in construction

The Carbon Infrastructure Transformation Tool (CITT) project seeks to develop an open access software tool for calculating and managing embodied carbon emissions for infrastructure construction projects. To deliver maximum value, the project also investigates the potential barriers and solutions to the adoption of carbon management within the infrastructure sector. This stage of the project is […]
4 February 2019

NCC SVP busts myth: Emission reduction does not have to be expensive

“We really need to do our homework here,” says Christina Lindbäck, SVP Corporate Sustainability at construction company NCC. “Within NCC the strategic work with sustainability is high on the agenda and we see that is our way forward.” In her role as SVP Corporate Sustainability at NCC, Lindbäck has a unique perspective on the whole […]
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15 February 2019

New low-carbon ‘concrete’ made from desert sand

A new construction material which is as strong as concrete but has half the carbon footprint has been developed by scientists at Imperial College London. Called Finite, the material is a biodegradable product made from desert sand – a resource that has until now been useless for construction. The breakthrough comes amid increasing concern about the world’s […]
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18 October 2018

Behavioral change is key to carbon management in construction

The Carbon Infrastructure Transformation Tool (CITT) project seeks to develop an open access software tool for calculating and managing embodied carbon emissions for infrastructure construction projects. To deliver maximum value, the project also investigates the potential barriers and solutions to the adoption of carbon management within the infrastructure sector. This stage of the project is […]
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