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Topics: Carbon offset, Greenhouse gas, Construction Pages: 2 (667 words) Published: October 8, 2014
Case study
Sector: Construction
Country: International

Tata Steel is one of the world’s largest steel producers. The company provides pre-finished steel building envelopes to the construction industry for use in a wide range of commercial, education, residential and industrial buildings. In April 2007 Tata Steel launched the world’s first cradle-to-cradle CarbonNeutral® building envelope, called Confidex Sustain®.

Objectives

Programme developed

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To improve awareness of how steel can provide
a sustainable solution during the construction,
operational use and end-of-life, re-use and
recycling phases of a building.

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To combine Tata Steel’s reputation for innovation

Tata Steel partnered with The CarbonNeutral
Company and Ecometrica to accurately calculate
the greenhouse gas emissions produced over the
life-cycle of the product – including manufacture,
installation, use, re-use and end-of-life phases.

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Using this methodology, every time a Confidex
Sustain® building envelope is constructed, the
carbon footprint of the development is calculated.

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The footprint is then reduced to net zero through the
purchase of carbon offsets from The CarbonNeutral
Company, which meet global carbon offset
standards. The offset programme is backed by a
robust and fully audited process underpinned by
The CarbonNeutral Protocol.

•

Tata Steel has worked with key customers to
continuously look at future sustainable product
developments in terms of the Colorcoat® products;
the systems they form part of; the processes which
enable their delivery to market and ultimately, how
they perform on the buildings themselves.

with the growing demand
construction materials.

for

sustainable

•

To create the most sustainable building envelope
on the market, by reducing the emissions related
to its Confidex Sustain® product to net zero.

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To increase share in a highly competitive
marketplace, through a...
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