🗨 “The standards that we’ve created…help [the value chain] support the creation of new products that are environmentally and socially responsible.” At #ClimateWeekNYC David Briefel, Director at Gensler’s New York office, told us about the product standards his company created and how they are helping partners take a closer look at the whole life impact of their products. 🔗 At Holcim, we also believe that the entire value chain has an active role to play in accelerating sustainable construction: https://lnkd.in/eNDV-3ii #BuildingProgress #SustainableConstruction #Nature #ClimateWeekNYC
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🌉 The 130-year-old Wipkinger Viaduct is an iconic structure in Zurich, Switzerland, that the city wants to preserve for decades to come. ✅ To make this happen, it is being renovated using Holcim’s Ductal Ultra-High Performance Concrete, which was was chosen for its durability, strength, aesthetics, and ductility. 🤝 The project shows how strong partnerships and modern technologies are vital to building and renovating sustainably – thank you for the great cooperation, DSE systems and Marti AG, Bauunternehmung! 🔗 Explore how Ductal helps customers build better with less: https://lnkd.in/eyyGX_hF #BuildingProgress #SustainableConstruction #Renovation
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🤝 Holcim and Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund are investing together in the innovative startups 14Trees and Paebbl, to advance sustainable building. 🏢 The funding into 14Trees by Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, alongside a follow-on investment by Holcim into its 3D printing joint venture with British International Investment (BII), will accelerate the startup’s construction of large-scale buildings, including low-carbon data centers. 🏛️ The investment into Paebbl as part of a broader investment round will scale up the startup’s advanced mineralization technology, designed to permanently store CO₂ in concrete as a carbon sink. Nollaig Forrest, Chief Sustainability Officer, Holcim: “By investing with Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund into 14Trees and Paebbl, we can scale up these pioneering technologies to push the boundaries of sustainable building, from 3D printing to making concrete a carbon sink.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eS4gQS9x #BuildingProgress #BuildingValue #SustainableConstruction
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🌟 From partnering with startups and unleashing a regenerative revolution, to launching the Holcim Sustainable Construction Academy and collaborating for decarbonization, this year’s #ClimateWeekNYC was jam-packed with events and discussions. 📽️ Here are the highlights for Nollaig Forrest, Holcim’s CSO. 🔗 Find out more about how Holcim spent this year’s Climate Week NYC: https://lnkd.in/ebXYaTud #BuildingProgress #SustainableConstruction #ClimateAction #HolcimAcademy
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🗨 “We have the opportunity in the building industry to really reframe and change our world in every way. So why wouldn’t we take that opportunity?” At #ClimateWeekNYC, Lindsay Baker, CEO of Living Future, told us that when we build in a regenerative way, we show the world what it feels like to live in a better future. 🔗 Read more on how we’re calling for a “regenerative revolution” in the built environment: https://lnkd.in/eGEZP7wM #BuildingProgress #SustainableConstruction #Nature #ClimateWeekNYC
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🤝 Holcim has signed an agreement to acquire Ox Engineered Products, a leading U.S. provider of advanced insulation systems for residential and commercial applications, with 2024E net sales of USD 136 million. 🏭 With its proprietary technologies and trusted brands, as well as manufacturing facilities in the Midwest and Southeast of the U.S., the company is a preferred provider of high-quality solutions for the nation’s largest homebuilders. 🏘️ With OX’s complementary technologies, Holcim will offer an extended range of building envelope solutions for residential and commercial applications to meet its North American customers’ needs. The acquisition is highly synergistic and EPS-accretive from year one. Miljan Gutovic, CEO Holcim: “OX Engineered Products is the ideal addition to Holcim’s business in North America, with its complementary range of proprietary technologies and trusted brands. Its premium solutions enable us to offer the full suite of building envelope systems to our North America customers, from residential to commercial applications. I warmly welcome all 210 employees of OX Engineered Products to the Holcim family and look forward to unleashing our next chapter of growth together.” 🔗 Learn more about this acquisition here: https://lnkd.in/eAuX5TT7 #BuildingProgress #BuildingValue #SustainableConstruction
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🌍 Today is #WorldArchitectureDay (WAD), which coincides with #WorldHabitatDay, aligning the architectural community's efforts with global urban development goals. 🌟 On this day, we’re thrilled to learn that our Essential Homes Research Project was shortlisted for the Dezeen Awards 2024. 🏡 The Essential Homes project was designed together with the Norman Foster Foundation to provide safety, comfort and wellbeing for low-income or displaced communities. 🔗 Find out more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/e37x9C49 #BuildingProgress #SustainableConstruction #Architecture
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🌎 #WorldHabitatDay is a time to reflect on the need to provide everyone with their basic right to adequate shelter in towns and cities across the world. 🏡 From improving access to fresh water in Bangladesh to disaster relief in Mexico, Holcim teams worldwide are helping achieve sustainable urban development and ensuring that everyone has access to adequate, resilient housing. 🔗 Discover their work here: https://lnkd.in/exXVwtEh #BuildingProgress #SustainableConstruction
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🚀 We’re scaling up calcined clay with a new dedicated production line at our plant in Cížkovice in the Czech Republic! The new operation will enable low-carbon cement with up to 50% less CO₂. Slated for completion in 2026, this project builds on the success of our Saint-Pierre-la-Cour calcined clay operation, the first of its kind in Europe. As a cutting-edge project to drive decarbonization, construction of the Cížkovice production line will receive financial support from the Czech Ministry of the Environment. 🔗 Curious how calcined clay can reduce cement’s carbon footprint? Find out here: https://lnkd.in/eS4uiAA4 #BuildingProgress #Decarbonization #Innovation
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🏅 Holcim Foundation Awards 2025: Apply now for the world's most significant competition for sustainable design! 💡 Do you know of a sustainable design project that can change the way the world builds? A project that can help create uplifting places, a healthy planet, thriving communities, and viable economics? 🏆 Over the past 20 years, more than 250 projects have been recognized through the Holcim Foundation Awards across five regions. Three winning project authors have become Pritzker Architecture Prize laureates. The Awards offer a global prize pool of USD 1,000,000, split between 20 winning entries. 🇮🇹 The Awards Ceremony will occur at the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction’s marquee Venice Forum event on November 20, 2025, which will bookend the Italian city’s famous Biennale of Architecture. 📜 The competition is open for entries until February 11, 2025. Apply now at: https://lnkd.in/exeqDrgK #BuildingProgress #SustainableConstruction #Innovation #HFAwards2025