The Dutch building and engineering office in Hakkers used Carbon Storing cement in a project in the port of Rotterdam.
According to Paebbl, its material offers permanent CO₂ storage with capacity to permanently sequestry up to 300 kg of CO₂ for each 1,000 kg produced. Image: Hakkers
Hakker has put together with Paebbl, which creates the cement of the carbon storage, at the port of Rotterdam, where 15% of the conventional cement was replaced by the material of the carbon storage.
According to a press release, this will catch about 110 kg of CO₂ that would otherwise have been entered in the atmosphere.
“We are always looking for innovative options to minimize our CO2 footprint on an industrial scale. Traditional anchoring systems rely on cement, which creates considerable CO₂ emissions,” said Jeroen Kuup, trading manager at Hakkers Foundations.
Paebbl's material offers permanent CO₂ storage with the ability to permanently sequestry up to 300 kg CO₂ for all produced 1,000 kg. It can also lead to a significant reduction in the embodied carbon, whereby its materials as partly cement replacement go beyond its storage capabilities and reduce embodied carbon in construction by up to 30%.
By accelerating the natural mineralization processes by one million factor, Poebbl -Locs is into a stable mineral form instead of emitting them. This approach enables construction projects to embed carbon in building materials and to transform the built environment from a large emitter into a potential carbon sink.
“Solutions for Carbon -Sink Building can be scaled on industrial applications, and we are pleased that our product is being used on site. Cooperation with leading engineering companies such as Hakkers and the Bauhafen from Rotterdam's critical infrastructure shows that Carbon -Sink Building solutions can be scaled up to industrial applications,” says Ana Luisa VAZ, VP products Paebbl.
According to industry research, cement accounts for 8% of global carbon emissions.