The consortium of Cairn, UCD, Kilsaran, and Ecocem has secured €50,000 in funding from Construct Innovate, Ireland’s national Construction Technology Centre, to validate an innovative low-carbon cement capable of significantly cutting Ireland’s CO2 emissions from the construction sector.
Ecocem welcomed the EU Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth – Wopke Hoekstra to its flagship production facility in Dunkirk, France.
Following ASTM C1157 certification, screening life cycle assessment validates Ecocem’s pathway to delivering high-performance, low-carbon cement at scale in the U.S. market.
The centre represents a significant investment in innovation and will play a key role in Ecocem’s strategy to deliver decarbonisation solutions to the cement and concrete industries.
Performance-based certification confirms Ecocem meets US standards and marks global expansion.
In her latest blog, Ecocem’s Research and Innovation Director, Roberta Alfani, discusses what sparked her passion for science and how science and innovation are ultimately about curiosity, perseverance, and the belief that even small breakthroughs can drive significant change.
Ecocem has obtained a Technical Evaluation of Products and Materials (Evaluation Technique de Produits et Matériaux, or ETPM) in the French market for ACT1 – the first version of our groundbreaking scalable cement technology.
Ecocem executive John Reddy becomes the first Irish President of the Institute of Concrete Technology (ICT) which has a term of two years, and follows his term of Vice President of the organisation since 2023.
