The Calgary International Airport (YYC) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada just received its first environmentally friendly concrete on the construction of a new deicing pad—the East Deicing Apron—made with CarbonCure Concrete, reducing 160 tons of carbon, equivalent to 209 acres of forest absorbing CO2 over the course of a year!
YYC paired up with Canadian Canadian cleantech company CarbonCure CarbonCure Technologies company to create a new deicing pad with concrete that has been injected with waste carbon dioxide (CO2) captured by industrial gas suppliers, which takes carbon out of the atmosphere and strengthens the product. The pad was built in August and September 2019 and was open to airline use in early January 2020!
“The deicing pad project marked the largest quantity
of CarbonCure product used at a Canadian airport,
& the second-largest pour in a single
[airport] project in the company’s history.”
“2019 was a record year for CarbonCure, as our producer partners’ total production volume and the associated carbon savings nearly doubled from that of 2018. We are proud that a project based in Canada was such a large contributor to these milestones. This is yet another instance of CarbonCure concrete easily meeting rigorous performance standards, including the top-tier design and engineering standards required for airport paving,” said Robert Niven, Founder and CEO-CarbonCure.
CarbonCure injects waste carbon dioxide (CO2) captured by industrial gas suppliers into concrete during mixing, enabling the production of stronger, more sustainable concrete. Every cubic metre of concrete made with this technology reduces an average of 16 kilograms of carbon emissions, meaning an average high-rise built with CarbonCure concrete would save approximately 120 tons of CO2 emissions.
The new deicing pad trapped an estimated 160 tons of carbon in over 25,000 cubic metres of concrete, which the release states is equivalent to the amount of carbon absorbed by a 209-acre forest over the course of a year. The company reduced over 55,000 tons of CO2 emissions in 2019 after pouring over 3.3 million cubic metres of concrete — which equates to taking 12,000 cars off the road for a year.
Carmelle Hunka, General Counsel, Vice-President, Risk and Compliance-Calgary Airport Authority said, “YYC Calgary International Airport is pleased to be a leader as the largest airport user to-date of CarbonCure in Canada. As YYC strives to be a leader in airport sustainability, we fully supported our airline partners in the decision to inject captured carbon into the new East Deicing Apron’s concrete pavement.”
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Home page photo: CarbonCure concrete poured at Calgary International Airport reducing 160 tonnes of carbon emissions. (CNW Group/CarbonCure Technologies)