{"id":2832,"date":"2023-04-28T04:19:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T04:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.archidust.com\/blog\/?p=2832"},"modified":"2023-04-28T04:19:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T04:19:56","slug":"pioneering-researchers-and-leading-cement-companies-meet-in-india-to-focus-on-vital-goal-of-net-zero-concrete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archidust.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/28\/pioneering-researchers-and-leading-cement-companies-meet-in-india-to-focus-on-vital-goal-of-net-zero-concrete\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneering researchers and leading cement companies meet in India to focus on vital goal of net zero concrete"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"archi-2511104495\" class=\"archi-before-content-horizontal-2 archi-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Horizontal responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1313562808736279\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4811561488\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><div id=\"archi-2413913224\" class=\"archi-before-content-horizontal archi-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Horizontal responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1313562808736279\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4811561488\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Pioneering researchers and leading cement companies meet in India to focus on vital goal of net zero concrete.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representatives of more than 75 renowned academic institutions and businesses from across the world have gathered in New Delhi, India, to take part in the Innovandi Global Cement and Concrete Research Network (GCCRN) Spring Week. They are meeting to help drive critical research and innovation towards decarbonisation of the world\u2019s most used man-made material, concrete.&nbsp;<\/p><div id=\"archi-1525775447\" class=\"archi-in-content-square archi-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Square responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1313562808736279\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2313495938\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><div id=\"archi-1460739778\" class=\"archi-in-content-square-2 archi-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Square responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1313562808736279\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2313495938\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The GCCRN brings together more than 450 researchers and scientists from more than 40 leading universities and institutions, including EPFL (Lausanne), South East University (China), University of Toronto, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, University of Cape Town, Imperial College London, as well as 35 cement and concrete manufacturers and their suppliers. They all work together on initiatives focused on achieving net zero concrete, including sourcing and improving alternatives to clinker, the carbon intensive element of cement, work on calcined clays, concrete recycling, its carbonation and durability, as well as kiln electrification and carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Claude Lor\u00e9a is Innovation and ESG Director at the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA). She said:<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"archi-2882562664\" class=\"archi-horizontal-in-content archi-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Horizontal responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1313562808736279\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4811561488\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGlobal Innovation collaboration and research will help unlock our industry\u2019s decarbonisation mission.&nbsp;&nbsp;Spring Week is the key date in the GCCA\u2019s Innovandi calendar. It provides an opportunity for our partners to meet face-to-face, exchange ideas, run workshops,&nbsp;and measure progress on key research projects in line with our industry\u2019s 2050 Net Zero Roadmap. Our industry and our key partners are stepping up to the challenge and its fantastic to see the progress on some of the 75 PhD candidates supported by the GCCRN.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, those attending the Spring Week will also get an opportunity to hear about progress being made by projects involved with the Innovandi Open Challenge. The global initiative matches start-ups with GCCA member companies from around the world, to help scale up research and technical innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Claude Lor\u00e9a&nbsp;added:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone\u2019s really excited to hear about the remarkable progress made by start-ups involved in the Innovandi Open Challenge. A key priority of our 2023 Open programme is sourcing start-ups in Asia. 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