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Getting the numbers right: a database of energy performance and carbon dioxide emissions for the cement industry

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Cement Sustainability Initiative's (CSI) global cement database, ‘Getting The Numbers Right’ (GNR), is a voluntary, independently managed carbon dioxide (CO2) and energy performance system that provides annual data on the cement industry. It uses a common protocol for measuring, reporting and analysing data, allowing the industry and policy-makers to assess the influence of kiln technologies, fuel selection, plant location and other variables on emissions management. This article introduces the GNR system and describes how it has been implemented. It outlines some of the trends in CO2 emissions and energy use from the global cement industry that are revealed by the GNR data. Finally, GNR is compared with other global reporting schemes, and some of its impacts on cement companies and the wider industry are considered, notably in the context of sector-specific greenhouse gas mitigation activities.

Source: Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Management

DOI: 10.1080/20430779.2011.579357

Authors: Howard Klee, Roland Hunziker, Rob van der Meer, Richard Westaway

Institution: World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Language: English

Topic: Concrete and Cement Materials Research

Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Responsible consumption and production, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency