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EPD: Ready-mix concrete, 20 MPa, ViroDecs™ Special NE202E159 / NZ202E159 (Holcim, New South Wales)

The Holcim ViroDecsTM Special provides project-specific, on-demand Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) to Holcim’s customers. This capability represents a significant step in Holcim’s sustability journey and embodies our multi-disciplry approach to embedding sustability into our organisation and operations. With the introduction of our ViroDecsTM Special, third-party verified data will underpin our capability to work with our customers from tender through to design and construction to optimise ready-mix concrete mix designs and report on sustability performance. The publication of the origl ViroDecsTM EPD in 2019 introduced quality, third-party verified embodied life cycle impact data for ready-mix concrete into the Australian market for the first time. Holcim has been pleased by the positive response from the industry. The message was loud and clear: we want transparency and we want a evidence-based approach to specification, procurement and reporting . With the introduction of our ViroDecsTM Special, Holcim’s customers can specify concrete sustability performance in terms of CO2-e, with the confidence that our claims are backed by our third-party verified EPD Process Certification. Holcim ViroDecsTM Special is backed by an EPD Process Certification. It’s not only a first for concrete but a first for any product in Australia. Our EPD Process Certification is a stamp of approval to produce compliant EPDs in-house, opening up significant capability and flexibility in producing and using life cycle impact data to inform our operations and our customers. To gain our EPD Process Certification, Holcim invested in embedding Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) into our systems and processes. We have satisfied a rigorous, third-party evaluation in accordance with the relevant ISO standards and guidelines of the International EPD Programme and EPD Australasia. This EPD has been developed using our EPD Process Certification for the project ECOPact Range in Far South Coast NSW with production occurring at Holcim Bateman’s Bay and Holcim Ulladulla.

Manufacturer legal entity:
Holcim, New South Wales
Manufacturer:
Country of manufacturer:
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Product name:
Ready-mix concrete
Commercial names:
ViroDecs™ Special NE202E159 / NZ202E159
Material type:
Ready-mix concrete
Material subtype:
Ready-mix concrete for foundations and internal walls

Environmental & technical characteristics

Global warming potential (A1-A3):
202 kg CO2e/m3
Technical specification:
20 MPa
Available units for calculation:
m3, kg, ton, m2
Unique identifier (OCLID):
65360bd2381aa450ae24be0d

Sustainability data background information

EPD number:
S-P-03714
EPD program:
Australasian EPD System
Publication year:
2021
Product category rules (PCR):
PCR 2012:01 Construction Products and Construction Services, Version 2.3, 2018-11-15
Environmental standard:
EN15804+A1
Verification status:
Third-party verified (as per ISO 14025)
Upstream database:
ecoinvent