Cities are increasingly using sustainable building solutions that deliver 100% performance with a lower carbon footprint, and that use fewer primary materials.
Holcim - offers ECOPact and ECOPlanet, the broadest ranges of low-carbon concrete and cement, reducing embodied carbon emissions by at least 30% compared to standard solutions, without offsets.
Solutions such as ECOPact are backed by Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), which independently verify claims from the construction phase to the use and end-of-life scenarios.
Application in Princess Elisabeth Island
| Location | North Sea, Belgium |
| Year | 2024 |
| Type of Building | Infrastructure - energy grid |
| Application | Built using 23 concrete caissons featuring Holcim’s ECOPlanet low-carbon cement, this first artificial energy island uses lower-carbon concrete formulations to reduce the environmental impact of its foundational structure. |
Application in The Ellinikon
| Location | Athens, Greece |
| Application | Urban regeneration project, including infrastructure and mixed use buildings
Application: A 6 million m2 regeneration project - the largest in Europe - The Ellinikon is being built with Holcim inside. With ECOPlanet low-carbon cement, ECOPact low-carbon concrete, and more, Holcim is currently providing materials and solutions for 90% of the project’s structures. |
*ECOPact, Holcim’s low-carbon concrete, achieves at least 30% lower GWP (kg CO2e/m3, A1-A3 scope) compared with the applicable Ordinary Portland Cement (CEM I/Type I) concrete reference. ]. ECOPlanet, Holcim’s low-carbon cement, achieves at least 30% lower GWP (kg CO2e/t, A1-A3 scope) compared with the applicable Ordinary Portland Cement (CEM I/Type I) reference.
