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Taking care of the environment

Concrete is by nature recyclable and low energy consuming. And prefabrication helps to reduce energy and raw material consumption during construction. Consolis is showing the way by developing new ideas for sustainability over the entire life cycle of products. Key focus areas include better use of materials, production systems with reduced environmental burden, design for re-use, design for dismantling and recycling rather than demolition.

Environmentally friendly production

Precast structures are economic and efficient, so they lead to savings of natural resources. At the same time, production of precast concrete takes place under controlled climatic conditions in enclosed factories, facilitating the control of waste, emissions and noise levels.

Consolis solutions for buildings furthermore integrate adaptability to permit full reconfiguration of spaces. This prolongs the economic use of the building, making renovation a real option instead of demolition. In fact, different elements are designed for different renovation/replacement periods.

Re-use and recycling

A maximum proportion of waste is recovered and re-used in Consolis' production processes. This applies to fresh concrete residue as well as hardened concrete. Consolis already has several years' experience in closed production systems in which all waste material is processed and re-used. This process will be generalized to all of Consolis plants in the coming years.

At Consolis, we take our environmental responsibility seriously - through the whole life cycle of the product.


Case Study

Consolis has invested considerable effort to find ways of using a building's thermal mass to reduce energy consumption. Strängbetong in Sweden has many years' experience with its Termo Deck system, and Parma in Finland is developing its Terma system.