Making Construction Products With Fossil Fuels Is Not Sustainable!
All you need to do is look around you … our planet is in a terrible spot. Maybe you have heard how damaging the production of cement is to our planet. Just making the concrete used in the world for one year causes 4 billion tonnes of emissions, consumes 11 billion tonnes of sand and 1.5 billion tonnes of clean water.
Construction causes 40% of the world's climate pollution and creates 2 billion tonnes of waste annually. And, despite using vast amounts of non-renewable resources, construction as we know it, is an ongoing process of repair and costly replacement.
Did you know:
Every year 20 billion square feet (2 billion square meters) of asphalt roof shingles are used in the US and Canada. Producing these shingles consumes 7 million tonnes of fossil fuels and creates 2 million tonnes of emissions. After a disappointing lifespan of 15 years or less, these roof shingles are discarded causing 20 million tonnes of waste and costing $3 billion in disposal fees,
Every year over 300 million tons of GHG emissions are produced in making Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC). 75% of this toxic material goes into building and construction,
Exasperating these big problems is; by 2030, 3 billion more people will need housing. This equates to building of 96,000 new housing units every day for the next 8 years.
Our solution is uniquely formulated to be kind to the planet.
Unlike the status quo of meeting construction needs by digging from the ground and processing with fossil fuels, the new, light-weight, cementitious composite we call ELCEMITE, is made with over 60% upcycled waste, reduces emissions by as much as 83% with new design options, conserves valuable resources like clean water while creating new possibilities with insulation and carbonation.
This is a game-changer in the trillion dollar a year construction materials market in dire need of green alternatives.