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Greening Cement Production has a Big Role to Play in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions -UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - November 2010

dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.coverage.spatialGlobal
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T20:08:34Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T20:08:34Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/8832
dc.descriptionNext to water, concrete is the second-most consumed substance on earth
dc.descriptionon average, each person uses nearly three tonnes a year. Portland cement, the major component of concrete, is used to bind the materials that make up concrete. The concrete industry uses about 1.6 billion tonnes of portland cement and produces some 12 billion tonnes of concrete a year.The industry has a large ecological footprint: it uses significant amounts of natural resources such as limestone and sand, and depending on the variety and process, requires 60-130 kg of fuel oil and 110 kWh of electricity to produce each tonne of cement. In addition, the cement industry is second only to power generation in the production of CO2. Producing one tonne of portland cement releases roughly one tonne of CO2 to the atmosphere, and sometimes much more, and the cement industry accounts for 7-8 per cent of the planets human-produced CO2 emissions. Half of it comes from producing clinker (the incombustible remains of coal combustion), 40 per cent from burning fuel and 10 per cent from electricity use and transportation (Mahasenan and others 2003, WBCSD 2005).
dc.languageEnglish
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectcement
dc.subjectcement industry
dc.subjectcement manufacture
dc.subjectconcrete
dc.subjectconcrete products industry
dc.subjectbuilding materials industry
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectclimate change adaptation
dc.subjectclimate change mitigation
dc.subjectclimate protection
dc.subjectclimate resource
dc.subjectgreenhouse gas
dc.subjectgreenhouse effect
dc.subject.classificationResource Efficiency
dc.subject.classificationHarmful Substances
dc.subject.classificationClimate Change
dc.titleGreening Cement Production has a Big Role to Play in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions -UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - November 2010
dc.typeReports and Books
wd.identifier.old-id11041
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000041
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000046


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