Cement Energy Environment

8 By Engineer Amr A Nader CEO, A 3 & Co, Sharjah Media City, UAE Introduction Concrete is the most widely used man-made material in existence, it is second only to water as the most-consumed resource on the planet. Hence, cement - the key ingredient in concrete - has shaped much of our built environment, it also has a massive carbon footprint. Cement is the source of about 8% of the world’s carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, according to think tank Chatham House. The Paris Agreement is a landmark international accord that was adopted by nearly every nation in 2015 to address climate change and its negative impacts. The agreement aims to substantially reduce global greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to limit the global temperature increase in this century to 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, while pursuing the means to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees. The agreement includes commitments from all major emitting countries to cut their climate pollution and to strengthen those commitments over time. The pact provides a pathway for developed nations to assist developing nations in their climate mitigation and adaptation efforts, and it creates a framework for the transparent monitoring, reporting, and ratcheting up of countries’ individual and collective climate goals. The main source of CO 2 in cement industry is the clinkerization reaction; yet our 8% contribution is mainly coming from our value chain rather than our process as seen in the chart on the right! Thus, our responsibility extends beyond our process optimization and further into the full value chain of our product . DIGITAL MATURITY EMPOWERS CEMENT INDUSTRY TO MEET CO 2 COMMITMENTS