Featured insights
Featured insights
| February 2, 2025
Clearing the Air on A4 Emissions: A Guide for Timber Construction
When assessing the carbon footprint of building projects, emissions from transporting materials from factories to construction sites are often overlooked as they are perceived to be relatively insignificant. Module A4 in a lifecycle assessment measures these shipping emissions and for materials with low production emissions, transport can represent a substantial share of upfront carbon — especially for cross-laminated timber (CLT) that often travels long distances
| January 5, 2025
Exploring hydrogen’s potential to decarbonise steel from blast furnaces
71% of steel is currently manufactured using blast furnaces. However, applying hydrogen injection in blast furnaces to decarbonise steel production has not been fully explored. New research looks into the feasibility of this approach to lowering steel emissions.
| December 18, 2024
Kickstarting Oslo’s regenerative journey
With many future focused and sustainability savvy clients in Norway, the time seemed right to unite and inspire collective action to secure a more regenerative future for Oslo.
| December 15, 2024
3 new insights on the future of steel certifications
New regulations mean that obtaining environmental product certifications for steel will be become more complex and require changes in production processes. Gain an understanding of the latest developments from three industry experts.
| December 11, 2024
Will lower-emission concrete be the standard within 5 years?
A recent survey explored the market demand and outlook for lower emission concrete and steel. With many respondents ready to buy lower-emission concrete now, we take a look at the key barriers to adopting lower emission concrete and the policies that could help accelerate production and demand.
| December 8, 2024
How to halve the carbon footprint of new builds
Concrete production is responsible for 7% of global emissions and is the most widely used construction material in the world. A new study by the Danish concrete association, Dansk Beton, has concluded that too much concrete is used in buildings and smarter design methods combined with lower emission types of concrete can almost halve a new building’s carbon footprint and significantly reduce material consumption.
| November 19, 2024
The eras of ESG
ESG has had a bumpy ride over the last decade, but are ESG regulations now both raising the floor and simultaneously lowering the ceiling on ESG performance and commitments? And what factors will keep the two apart in the years to come?
| November 17, 2024
Powering the steel transformation
This article outlines the practical actions that steel producers can take to decarbonise and reflects on the key findings of a new report on buyers’ willingness to pay for lower emission steel.
| October 28, 2024
Beyond emissions
Cement plays a vital role in global construction projects, but its production is energy intensive and leaves a significant environmental footprint. Christian Riber, Global Carbon Capture Innovation Lead at Ramboll, helps us understand the challenges and opportunities associated with a more sustainable cement industry.
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