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Para la FIHP es de la mayor importancia cumplir las disposiciones legales que prohíben las prácticas restrictivas de la competencia.

Quienes participan en las reuniones y eventos de la FIHP deben conocer las regulaciones en cada uno de sus países y están obligados a cumplirlas. En consecuencia, deben abstenerse de

propiciar discusiones que puedan llevar a la infracción de dichas regulaciones.

Específicamente, en las reuniones de la FIHP está prohibido discutir acuerdos de precios o de producción e intercambiar información comercial para restringir la competencia.

Toda persona que participe en una reunión de la FIHP está obligada a cumplir las disposiciones legales sobre esta materia, evitando que las discusiones deriven hacia temas que la ley prohíbe. La persona que advierta un posible incumplimiento de la legislación que

rige la materia, debe ponerlo en conocimiento inmediato de los demás asistentes. En caso de existir duda al respecto, la discusión será suspendida y solo se reanudará cuando se tenga

certeza sobre su legalidad.

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• Cashion East

• PRé North America

• USA

Life Cycle Assessment Applied to Argos Cement and Concrete

• Daniel Duque

• Argos

• Colombia

Sustainable construction

Environmental Efficient use of resources: water, energy, land, materials Reduce, reuse and recycle

Social Health and comfort Durable and resilience infrastructure

Economical Higher market value Lower operating costs Slower depreciation

USA: sustainable construction market growth: 8X

Sustainable construction

USA LEED projects: 47.869 Certified: 5.236 Silver: 8.729 Gold: 8.048 Platinum: 2.747 Source: USGBC

Dormitorios Ciudad del Saber, LEED Platinum

Colombia LEED projects: 116 Certified: 7 Silver: 13 Gold: 11 Source: USGBC

Incolmotos headquarters in certification process

Sustainable construction

Panama LEED projects: 49 Certified: 5 Gold: 5 Platinum: 1 Source: USGBC

Sustainable construction

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Green labels

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Life Cycle Assessment

Global warming Energy use

Ozone depletion Smog

Acidification potential Eutrophication potential

Water use

Sustainable construction & Life Cycle Assessment

To improve the environmental performance of our products.

To create value for our customers by providing quality information that allows them to improve and demonstrate the environmental performance of their projects.

To incorporate the LCA method in our planning and decision-making processes for the development of products and processes.

To what end?

Analyzed products

Cements Concretes

Colombia, Panama, USA

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Cradle to grave

Cradle to gate

Cradle to cradle

cradle

gates

grave

What is Life Cycle Assessment?

What it measures?

Global Warming (CO2 eq)

Energy Demand (MJ)

Ozone Depletion (CFC-11 eq)

Smog (O3 eq)

Acidification (H+ eq)

Eutrophication (N eq)

Water Depletion (m3)

Waste Creation Waste Use (as input) (kg)

Energy Water Transportation Other raw materials

Quarry Clinker

Boundaries, processes and inventory analysis- Cement

Cement

To concrete plant and other distribution channels

Raw Mix

Impacts assessment

• About 85% of the impacts came from calcination and kiln operation (coal and gas) • Importance of the development of blended cements and increased thermal efficiency

Cement

Transportation

Auxiliary Inputs

Water

Aggregates

Admixtures

Concrete

From cement plant

Boundaries, processes and inventory

analysis- Concrete

SCM

To customers

Impacts assessment

• More than 90% of the impacts came from the cement • Importance of use of Supplementary Cementitious Material • Very good efficiency in the production of high strength concrete, Global Warming do not

increase in the same proportion

• Data availability – Water

– Auxiliary Materials- admixtures, aggregates, etc

– Proxy and Background Data

• Primary vs Secondary

• Regionality

• Subdivision of energy use

• Raw material production vs purchasing

Challenges with Data Collection

• Product Category Rule (PCR)- standardized methodology for conducting LCA on a specific product category

• Process managed, verified by Program Operator (NRMCA)

• Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)- Result is used to compare across products

• LEED v4 points

Peer Reviewed LCA

Draft EPD

Verification & Approval

Finalized EPD

Product Category Rules and

Environmental Product Declarations

• A scientific method to measure the environmental performance of our products and identify levers for improvement.

• LCA: a tool to growth Argos market share in sustainable construction.

• Launching "industrialization“ phase, analysis of new products and plants according to the market needs: some U.S. customers already requesting this type of information for LEED projects.

Achievements and expectations