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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.
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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.
•
To increase share in a highly competitive marketplace, through a
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
•
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.
•
•
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.
•
Using this methodology, every time a Confidex
Sustain® building envelope is constructed, the carbon footprint of the development is calculated.
•
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.
•
To increase share in a highly competitive marketplace, through a