$80 Million to Fund Carbon-Neutral Concrete: 'White Carbon'

The CP Concrete Consortium has received funding to further develop 'Carbon Pool Concrete,' designed to reduce CO2 emissions, maximize CO2 absorption during the production cycle - aims to redefine concrete as a carbon-neutral material.

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The CP Concrete Consortium have been granted funding of $80 million USD by the Green Innovation Funding Program of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). The project is expected to run for ten years, with a total expense of $90 million USD. This project is ran by a consortium of 15 members of the Ready-mixed and Returned Concrete Solution Association (RRCS), led by Hazama Ando Corporation. Hazama Ando Corporation is one of the largest construction companies in Japan, with the 15 other members being construction companies. 

The purpose of this consortium is to drive the development of ‘Carbon Pool Concrete’ technology - a new concrete production method that reduces CO2 generated in cement production by reducing carbon emission during production and maximizing carbon sequestration post-production. This novel concrete production technology is to be used in constructing pavements, buildings, and other civil engineering structures. 

Integration of ‛Carbon Pool Concrete’ technology with the ‛LCCO2/LCA/LCC’ carbon-life-cycle evaluation frameworkThe CP Concrete Consortium

Overview / Purpose:
1. Development of ‘Carbon Pool Concrete’ (CP Concrete) technology which reduces carbon emissions by reducing CO2 emission and maximizing CO2 absorption during concrete production. The CP Concrete is usable in various use cases – from construction of pavements, to buildings and civil engineering structures.
2. Development of an integrated and comprehensive carbon-life-cycle framework (LCCO2/LCA/LCCD) which integrates carbon efficiency measurements with other metrics - particularly financials. This is aimed to support evaluation of carbon instruments (i.e., carbon credits) and ESG related finance (i.e., green bonds).To aid the evaluation of carbon efficiency of this technology, comprehensive carbon life cycle evaluation methods (LOCO2, LCA, and LCC systems) have been further developed by a team of leading academias. This evaluation method attempts to robustly link concrete carbon life-cycle evaluation with carbon market instruments (i.e., carbon credits) and ESG infrastructure funding (i.e., green bonds). This team is led by Dr Takafumi Noguchi, a tenured professor at University of Tokyo and chief director of RRCS.  

Combining the use of both this new concrete production technology and novel comprehensive carbon life cycle evaluation methods, this project aims to redefine concrete as a carbon-neutral material, codenamed ‘White Carbon’. 


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