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Manufacturing Improvements Solidify Cement
Industry Leadership
New Efficiencies Help Local Plant Use Less Energy, Reduce
Emissions
City, St. (DATE) — The cement industry has taken significant,
voluntary steps throughout the past decade to improve its manufacturing
process and minimize adverse effects on the global environment.
Manufacturing facilities have implemented new technologies and processes
that use energy more efficiently and minimize emissions and waste,
while continuing to produce a quality product.
Locally, [LOCAL COMPANY] has recently [SPECIFICS OF LOCAL PROCESSES/CHANGES].
“We all know the importance of recycling and keeping our electric
bills low in our homes. Those same tenets apply to the manufacture
of cement,” said [COMPANY SPOKESPERSON]. “We have made
successful improvements locally by changing the way we consume energy,
recycle industrial byproducts, and reduce our reliance on virgin
raw materials.”
Nearly three decades ago, the cement industry was one of the first
to tackle climate change by introducing new technology and equipment,
coupled with the increased use of alternative fuels and raw materials,
to reduced energy consumption. This industry-wide commitment has
reduced energy consumption for cement manufacturing by one-third
since 1975.
Today, cement manufacturing accounts for less than 1.5 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, well below other sources such as electric generation plants for heating and cooling (33 percent), transportation (27 percent), and industrial operations (19 percent).
In 2000, the cement industry introduced a process to measure and record carbon CO2 emission reduction. Now, it is setting the standard in construction materials by developing new policies and making manufacturing improvements. By 2020, the industry aims to voluntarily reduce the CO2 emissions from cement manufacturing by an additional 10 percent per ton of cement produced from a 1990 benchmark. The U.S. cement industry’s efforts have prompted similar efforts around the world, including the development of a global protocol for measuring cement industry greenhouse gas emissions.
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