New lower carbon adhesives for façade systems

Alsecco has introduced a low-carbon basecoat for its external wall insulation to support sustainable building design. By switching to specially optimised cement that uses 30% less carbon in the production process, Alsecco has reduced the embodied CO2 in its adhesive and reinforcing compounds.  

The highest levels of carbon within Alsecco adhesives and compounds comes from the cement elements used in the dry mortar. While the firing process for cement can be carbon intensive, it is the reduction of the raw materials to formulate the cement that generates further emissions. By using lower clinker content, created with the raw materials, the optimised cement produced uses less carbon. This allows Alsecco to produce lower -arbon adhesives.  

Alsecco is in the process of converting all of its Armatop adhesives, as well as its laying mortar, and ceramic and glass adhesive products. 

The new low-carbon adhesives will come with green labelling to highlight the reduced carbon content, supported by data sheets featuring the latest technical information. 

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