Vicat's DECA low-carbon range has been enriched by the addition of the first carbon-negative binder that can be used to produce very-low-carbon concrete. This innovation highlights the Group's commitment to achieving carbon neutrality on its full value chain by 2050.
image
copyright
Vicat
To meet the demands of France's RE2020 environmental regulations for new construction, Vicat has developed a binder that matches all the inherent properties and applications of a conventional cement yet has a negative carbon footprint, i.e. a net emissions level of less than 0 kg eq CO2/t.
This 'carbon-sink' binder made from a bio-based material is fully in line with the Group's strategy for meeting the carbon-footprint reductions that regulations require for construction.
The new binder, whose environmental information modules have been verified, achieves the following net CO2 emission levels:
-15 kg eq CO2/t for binder 0133H, whose performance is close to that of a 42.5R cement;
-310 kg eq CO2/t for binder 2402H, whose performance is close to that of a 32.5R cement.
Several demonstrators will be presented in the spring of 2022, when the product is released.
The first projects using the binder will be able to start in 2022, once the ATEx experimental technique assessment has been issued.
Marie-Eve Brouet
Vicat confirme sa volonté d'être un acteur engagé en innovant pour la construction du monde d'aujourd'hui et de demain. Le développement de ce liant est une réponse aux besoins de la RE2020 et accompagne les filières du secteur vers la neutralité carbone.
Guy Sidos, Président-directeur général du groupe Vicat
Download the press release (French)
Communiqué de presse : liant zéro carbone
Download the file (1.7Mo)
Attachments
Original Link
Original Document
Permalink
Disclaimer
Vicat SA published this content on 12 January 2022 and is solely responsible for the information contained therein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 12 January 2022 17:25:01 UTC.
Vicat specializes in the production and marketing of cement, ready-to-use concrete granulates. Net sales by family of product break down as follows:
- cement (54.7%): 28.8 Mt sold in 2023;
- ready-to-use concrete and aggregates (37.3%): 10 million m3 of ready-to-use concrete and 24.3 Mt of aggregates sold.
The remaining net sales (8%) are from transporting materials and merchandise to large work sites, prefabricated concrete products, and fabrication of building products (glues, coatings, etc.) and paper.
At the end of 2023, the group owns 273 concrete plants, 71 granulate quarries, 16 cement plants, and 5 crushing centers worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (30.8%), Europe (10.3%), Americas (24.9%), Asia (12.5%), Mediterranean (11.8%) and Africa (9.7%).
VICAT 
