Low carbon concrete for National Rehabilitation Centre in Loughborough

Construction of a new National Rehabilitation Centre in located between Nottingham and Loughborough, required a large volume of concrete for the foundations, floor slabs and supporting columns. The building had been designed to achieve net-zero carbon over its life cycle, so minimising embodied carbon emissions during construction was a key priority for the main contractor. The Midlands Readymix Team at Tarmac were asked to recommend materials that would combine a low carbon footprint with the required structural performance.

The proposed mixes would deliver a 40% reduction in cement content compared to standard mixes using Ordinary Portland Cement. For the columns and upper floors this would reduce the carbon per cubic metre from 283.18 to 184.19 kg CO2e/m3, a saving of 98.99 per cubic metre. This would deliver a total reduction for this element of the project of 396 tonnes of CO2e for the 4000m3 required or 35%. 

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