Environmental Technology Prize for Celitement®
The Special Environmental Technology Prize of the Federal German State of Baden-Württemberg has been awarded to the Celitement® environmentally compatible cement developed at Germany‘s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The new cement promises enormous energy savings and a probable halving of CO2 emissions, compared to conventional cement production technologies. In addition, Celitement® conserves resources, since only a third of the limestone needed for production of conventional Portland cement is necessary, and the gypsum additive can be omitted completely. The KIT scientists firstly...
The Special Environmental Technology Prize of the Federal German State of Baden-Württemberg has been awarded to the Celitement® environmentally compatible cement developed at Germany‘s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The new cement promises enormous energy savings and a probable halving of CO2 emissions, compared to conventional cement production technologies. In addition, Celitement® conserves resources, since only a third of the limestone needed for production of conventional Portland cement is necessary, and the gypsum additive can be omitted completely. The KIT scientists firstly produced Celitement® on a laboratory scale. After more than a year of intensive testing, Celitement GmbH in 2010 constructed a pilot plant, for an investment volume of five million €, on the KIT north campus. From the autumn of 2011, this plant will supply 100 kilograms of Celitement® daily. www.kit.edu
