Carbon pricing poses significant challenges for Energy Intensive Trade Exposed sectors like cement, especially given our significant exports to US markets that don’t face similar costs. We are committed to low-carbon leadership and are making progress with low carbon fuels and significant investments in other made-in-Canada innovations. Minister McKenna and her team have worked very…
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Cement Association of Canada Letter to BBC News Re: Climate change: The massive CO2 emitter you may not know about
The cement industry welcomes the BBC’s recent article discussing the importance of concrete as the most used, most versatile and most durable construction material on the planet. Virtually all the infrastructure that defines the modern world simply could not exist without it. Contrary to the headline’s implication, however, it’s no secret that concrete, like all…
Lafarge hosts major lower carbon fuels research project with academic and NGO partners
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Largest Gathering of Canada’s Cement and Concrete Industry Heads to Parliament Hill to Deliver One Message: “Build it Once. Build it Right. Build it to Last.”
Ottawa, October 17, 2017 – The Canadian cement and concrete industry is converging on Parliament Hill over the next two days, meeting with Ministers, Members of Parliament, Senators and senior civil servants to convey the importance of its contribution to the economic prosperity of communities across the country and to helping Canadians face the twin…
RDH Senior Building Science Specialist John Straube on the thermal performance of buildings
In a series of 3 short videos, RDH Principal and Senior Building Science Specialist John Straube, Ph.D., P.Eng., talks about the key early design decisions that drive energy performance, the paths to code compliance, and the impact of thermal bridging on modern buildings. Below is what he has to say about the paths to code…
Cement Industry Commends Federal Government's Fall Economic Statement for its Tangible Commitment to Investments in Critical Infrastructure
The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) applauds Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s Fall Economic Statement for its tangible $81 billion commitment to infrastructure spending. “With billions of additional dollars in infrastructure spending now firmly on the table, the Fall …