Humes – Carbon Neutral Precast Concrete Products (Tamworth)
Details
- Product Type Concrete, Construction Services
- Regions Australia, Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Contact
- Paul Adams 429790481
- Website Visit
- Email evan.smith@holcim.com
ISupplier
- Company Name Holcim (Australia) Pty Ltd
- ISupplier Profile Visit
About
Humes Concrete Products (Humes) is a division of Holcim (Australia) Pty Ltd, a leading construction materials supplier with a focus on providing sustainable solutions to our customers. This means we take a holistic approach to sustainability, including reducing embodied carbon and water consumption alongside taking a proactive role in advancing the circular economy and supporting biodiversity.
Our carbon neutral precast concrete products, produced at our Tamworth facility, uses our rigorous EPD data to quantify GHG emissions, offering a transparent, ISO compliant and third party verified basis to our carbon neutral certification claim.
We can confidently offset the remaining GHG emissions produced by our precast concrete on an ‘opt-in’ basis in accordance with the Federal Government’s ‘Climate Active’ Carbon Neutral Standard for Products & Services. Humes is a certified to use the Australian government’s Climate Active trademark, confirming that our carbon neutral concrete is based on best practice, international standards and represents genuine carbon offsetting.
Sustainability Outcomes
Materials use credits
Our precast products can be supplied with up to 45% Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCM) content. For concrete-intensive projects, depending on the project’s base case proposal, our products may contribute to achieving up to Level 3 in Mat-1 (v1.2) and Rso-6 (v2.0). Humes’ Carbon neutral precast concrete products are covered by an ISO 14025 and EN 15804 compliant, product-specific EPD. The EPD is a Type III environmental label with a Sustainability Factor of 0.75 under the Mat-2 (v1.2) and Rso-7 (v2.0) credits, which may help our customers achieve Level 3 for these credits depending on the specifics of the project.
Achieve innovation credits
Our precast concrete products may contribute to the “innovative technology or process” innovation credit for being an Australian or World first by having an EPD for precast concrete. The Carbon Neutrality innovation challenge, IC-3 (v1.2) and IC-1 (v2.0), can count Hume’s precast concrete toward offsetting its residual carbon footprint. Our products may also assist in the targeting of IC-2 (v2.0) and IC-5 (v1.2) for High Clinker Substitution, such as supplementary cementitious materials (SCM). Lastly, improving on credit benchmarks for the resource use credits is another advantage that Humes Carbon neutral precast concrete may be able to assist with.
