The team at Leeds Readymix plant has recently delivered its first order Vertua® low carbon Concrete for a new office development in the Climate Innovation District in Leeds.
The Vertua Classic Concrete, which offers a 30 – 50 per cent CO2 reduction versus a standard mix, has been used for the foundations of the three-storey building, which will be known as ‘The Place’ and houses sustainable property developer Citu’s UK Head Office plus a new 15,000 square foot office rental opportunity.
This building forms an important part of the latest construction phase at the District, which is located at the heart of Leeds’ South Bank Regeneration scheme. This innovative project will accelerate the transition for Leeds to become a zero-carbon city and act as a transformative driver for sustainable development in the Yorkshire region.
The Climate Innovation District been designed around recognised key principles for creating truly sustainable places to live, focusing on promoting positive behaviours linked to transport, energy, housing and ecosystems.
CEMEX provided over 70m3 of Vertua Classic Concrete from its Leeds Readymix plant, the first time this site has provided this product since its launch. Vertua Classic is easy to use and place, perfect for a range of applications such as structural elements, foundations including piling, light to heavy industry floors and suspended slabs. Vertua is part of CEMEX’s ambition to deliver net-zero CO2 Concrete globally to all of our customers by 2050.
Tracey Carden, Readymix Technical Manager at CEMEX UK, commented: “We are very proud to have supplied our Vertua Classic Concrete to the latest phase of work at Citu’s Climate Innovation District in Leeds, particularly as this will be their Head Office. This is a development that priorities sustainable construction, making our low carbon Concrete the obvious choice for the office building foundations.”
Jonathan Wilson, Development Director at Citu, added: “The Place is holistically designed to create a zero-carbon workplace, as one part of a wider sustainable district. To achieve this, we’ve worked to reduce embodied carbon emissions at every stage – from building using structural timber to using Vertua Classic low carbon Concrete. The low carbon Concrete mix allows us to achieve a large reduction in CO2 emissions from one of the materials that previously has been among the most difficult to decarbonise.”
For more information about this project you can watch the video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c72icow6-Ls