The UK Construction Industry Council's Green Construction Board (GCB) and the Institution of Civil Engineers have jointly published the Low Carbon Concrete Routemap for consultation.
The routemap sets out recommendations and actions to drive out carbon from concrete. These include proposals across seven strands, with chapter eight being a summary that includes a timeline for improvements.
The consultation document outlines best practices and actions that the industry can adopt to reduce the amount of carbon in the production and use of concrete.
It proposes that the concrete industry coordinates modernisation to allow the standardisation of the carbon intensity of concrete production with support for new technologies. It adds that government support will accelerate this process.
In the area of concrete usage the document states that there be a coordinated approach between industry and government to optimise the use of concrete for carbon.
The work is produced by the GCB’s infrastructure working group under the auspices of the Low Carbon Concrete Group.
The consultation period ends on 7 January 2022. The Low Carbon Concrete Routemap consultation document can be downloadedhere.
