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Lafarge

The Green Campus: Lafarge Canada creates a hub of sustainable innovation

For over 60 years, Lafarge has supplied cement, concrete, aggregate, asphalt and paving, and concrete materials across Canada. As part of LafargeHolcim, the world’s largest suppliers of sustainable building materials, Lafarge Canada knows that the key to success is to ensure continuous improvement and evolution with a focus on its social responsibility and license to operate. Jonathan Moser, Head, Environment and Public Affairs, Lafarge Canada, will show how Richmond Cement Plant, located near Vancouver, BC on Canada’s west coast, has become a hotspot of innovation. From energy efficiency studies, to emissions capture strategies, to alternative fuel systems and low carbon products, Lafarge Canada is making fundamental changes to how it manufactures cement.

Jonathan will discuss the unique equipment upgrades at the site consider a circular economy - how best to capture existing alternative fuel sources to relieve pressure on local landfills and waste disposal sites, how to co-process them as efficiently as possible, and how to capture greenhouse gas emissions from the entire process before they can enter the atmosphere. He will also explain how the team’s driven and ambitious experts dig into unique sources of energy, from biosolids to construction waste.

The co-processing equipment has been outfitted with a unique pilot project that aims to capture the flue gas and create a CO2 stream. Once captured, this gas can be reutilised in a variety of channels from concrete to plant operations. Part of the project will include working with innovators to test new CO2 technologies.

This presentation walks viewers through the paradigm shift within the organization that has led to continuous investment in groundbreaking projects, contributing to the development of a green campus. The Richmond Cement Plant is recognised as the forefront of innovation in and execution of pilot projects to be replicated globally as the industry continues its shift towards more sustainable manufacturing and healthier communities.

Jonathan Moser

Jonathan Moser

Head, Environment & Public Affairs, Lafarge Canada



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