Sustainable Development

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SUSTAINABILITY
Lehigh Northwest Cement Limited Delta, British
Columbia, CANADA
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Welcome to Lehigh Cement, Delta
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Todays Visit

• Introductions
• Video (A New Stone Age The Making of Portland
  Cement PCA)
• Presentation
• Sustainability and Lehigh
• Environmental Management in Cement Manufacturing
• Sustainable Product Marketing
• Plant Tour

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SUSTAINABILITY

• Lehigh Sustainability
• Environmental Management in Cement Manufacturing
• Sustainable Product Marketing

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Sustainable Development

• Sustainable Development is
• development that meets the needs of the
  present without compromising the ability of
  future generations to meet their own needs.
• Source Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem
  Bruntland 1987 UN World Commission on
  Environment and Development
• To achieve sustainability, it means that
  corporate decisions should consider the impact on
  the triple-bottom-line
• The triple-bottom-line asks
• What is the Social, Economic and Environmental
  impact of the decision?

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A Sustainable Leader

• Our story
• Have a sustainability vision and philosophy
• Industry corporate
• Environmental Management Systems
• Company stewardship actions
• Take a leadership role in industry innovation,
  committee work, progressive projects
• Awards - environmental or other
• Participate on industry and community committees
• Industry has taken progressive action
• Membership in associations ( USGBC / CaGBC)
• Product is sustainable solution in building
  design

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Corporate Sustainability Drivers

• SOCIAL
• Employee Well Being
• Quality of Life
• Business Ethics

• ENVIRONMENTAL
• Environmental impact minimization
• Natural resource protection

• ECONOMIC
• Shareholder value creation
• Economic Development

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Lehigh Sustainability Process

• SD programs are needed when
• Need to show responsibility to stakeholders
• Societal issues, environmental impacts,
  transparency, commitment
• Our Work
• Serves the design building community
• Global trends create both business opportunities
  and constraints
• Understand Our Sustainability Story
• Acknowledge our major corporate actions and those
  of our industry
• Acknowledge the features benefits of concrete
  in sustainable design
• Steps in the Alignment Process

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Trends that Affect Us

• Global Trends
• Climate change and global warming
• More environmental activists
• Growth in international trade
• Raw material depletion

• Local Issues
• Not in my backyard
• Local impacts from dust, noise
• traffic
• Community concerns about
• Investment, jobs, quarry restoration
• Transportation impacts

Others?

• Business Trends
• Interest in green buildings
• Fuel costs
• Legislation / Regulations
• Waste

Strategy
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SD Performance Indicators

• Organizational effectiveness
• Products services
• Energy consumption
• Material consumption
• Impacts on water
• Atmospheric impacts
• Waste generation

• Land use/biodiversity
• Suppliers transportation
• Workforce
• Community development
• Workplace conditions
• Human rights

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Kyoto

• Kyoto Protocol
• An International agreement to address
  climate change, made under the United Nations
  Framework Convention on Climate Change.
• Countries that ratify this protocol commit
  to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2)
  and five other greenhouse gases, or engage in
  emissions trading if they maintain or increase
  emissions of these gases.

The Kyoto Protocol now covers more than 160
countries globally and over 55 of global
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Corporate Commitment
HeidelbergCement

• Sustainable value creation our commitment
• Environmental protection has a tradition within
  HeidelbergCement
• Member World Business Council
• GROUP Sustainability Report 2004/2005

It is our objective to be sustainable to reach
balance between economy, ecology and social
responsibility.
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Industry Sustainability Initiatives

• WBCSD Cement Sustainability Initiative
• Climate protection CO2 management
• Responsible use of fuels and materials
• Employee health safety
• Emissions monitoring and reporting
• Local impacts and communities and
• Reporting and communications
• Canadian Cement Companies - Four step plan
• Improving energy efficiency
• Increasing alternative fuels
• Cement product innovations that lower emissions
  through use of SCMs
• Marketing concrete solution that contribute to
  reduction of emissions

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Participate in Industry Leadership

• WBCSD
  Cement Sustainability Initiative
• Member US Green Building Council
• Member Canadian Green Building
  Council
• Portland Cement Association SD Committee
• Cement Association of Canada SD Committee

CaGBC growth 10 per month currently 1100
member organizations BC 28 AB 13
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SUSTAINABILITY

• Lehigh Sustainability
• Environmental Management in Cement Manufacturing
• Sustainable Product Marketing

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Environmental Management in Cement Manufacturing
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Raw Materials
ANYOX
British Columbia
COAL - Quinsam
MONTEITH BAY
FRASER RIVER
LIMESTONE - Texada
SUMASBLEND - Sumas Mountain
QUINSAM
TEXADA
SUMAS MT.
SILICA - Monteith Bay
TRAIL
VANCOUVER
SAND - Fraser River
IRON Anyox, Trail
GYPSUM - Baja, Mexico
SEATTLE
Washington
BAJA
Pacific Ocean
MEXICO
PORTLAND
MEXICO CITY
Oregon
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Raw Material Barges Unloaded Alongside Tidal Marsh
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Raw Material Storage and Grinding

• Inside storage to control dust if needed.
• Kiln exhaust gases used in grinding raw materials
• Sulphur and mercury captured from gases by
  grinding mill

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Kiln Exhaust Gases

• Heat transfer preheats feed to kiln.
• Gases then used in raw grinding.
• Exhaust gases then cleaned in precipitator before
  being emitted.

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Continuous Emission Monitoring

• Continuous monitoring of all major emissions.
• Process controls optimized to maintain emission
  standards.

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Environmental Management System

• The Environmental Management System (EMS) is a
  system to formalize how we approach environmental
  issues at the plant.
• Created in 2003 as a complete policy, procedure,
  and training manual for Delta Plant employees.
• The EMS is a living document that expands and
  change with time.
• A voluntary initiative

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Environmental Aspects

• All physical and operational aspects of the
  operation that could affect the environment have
  been identified and controlled
• Dust emissions
• 60 dust collectors 2 electrostatic
  precipitators
• Wash truck for dust suppression
• Covered storage
• Main stack emissions
• Continuous emissions monitoring
• Training and good operating practices
• Evaluation procedure for waste-based materials
• Spills / Stormwater management
• Single discharge for all stormwater
• pH / TSS treatment
• Training and emergency preparedness

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Management Reviews

• Reviewed annually and whenever there is an
  environmental event.

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Community Connections
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Concrete Company Story

• Environmental Stewardship Programs
• All aspect of your operations trucks, plants,
  personnel. 
• Enviroguard System on all trucks
• Environmental spill kits on mixers
• Reclaimers at our plants
• Water Recycling self containment of yards
• Effluent Treatment
• Recycling waste concrete via Octa-Blocks
• Ongoing research development
• Recipient of Awards
• Projects Training
• LEED Sustainability Training Education

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Bio-Diesel in Transportation
Rempel Bros. Concrete British Columbia, Canada

• Potential
• Save Fuel Costs
• Save Maintenance
• Reduce CO, CO2 Diesel Particulate

Test pilot measuring fuel efficiency and
observing starting, idling, engine noise, exhaust
and power.
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Recycling Story

• Victoria Materials Division

VMD recycles concrete and asphalt in to roadbase.
Nearly 100 market.
VMD recycles all water used to control dust and
wash equipment. As a result no storm water
discharged off site and limited use of city
water.
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Reclamation Leadership Story
CAL Sechelt, BC Mine Reclamation

• Reclamation innovation research
• Community involvement education
• Acknowledgements

2000 Citation Award - Technical Research
Committee on Reclamation BC Ministry of Energy
Mines
2005 Dr. Edward M. Watkin Award Canadian Land
Reclamation Association.
1998 Ministers Envrionmental Award BC Ministry of
Environment Lands
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Another Reclamation Story

• Mine Reclamation
• Producers Mine

Royal Bay Completed community of about 2,800
homes, three schools, more than 100 acres of
parkland, greenways, community amenities and a
waterfront village center with 1.5 kilometers of
beach.
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SUSTAINABILITY

• Sustainability Lehigh
• Environmental Management in Cement Manufacturing
• Sustainable Product Marketing

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Triple Bottom Line Broad Appeal
SOCIAL INCREASED QUALITY OF LIFE Healthy places
to live work Pedestrian transit
friendly Conducive to human interaction Reinforce
peoples connection to natural built
environments
ENVIRONMENTAL SAVING THE EARTH Potential to
gather own water energy Solar orientation
downsize HVAC Treat storm wastewater Use
smaller footprint, minimize habitat
disruption Emphasize non-toxic, regional,
sustainably harvested materials High levels fresh
air, advanced thermal comfort
ECONOMIC GOOD INVESTMENT Slightly higher
initial cost advantages offset quickly Increase
in value more than conventional buildings Cost
less to operate maintain Increase worker
productivity Attract retain tenants Hold value
for longer periods
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Whats a Green Building

• Semiahmoo Library and RCMP Facility
• British Columbia, Canada
• LEED Silver
• Uses concrete
• Structural design
• Interior design
• Exterior design

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Whats a Sustainable Community?
Rather than being a fixed thing, a sustainable
community is continually adjusting to meet the
social economic needs of its residents while
preserving the environments ability to support
it. (Bridger Luloff, 2001)
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Tell the Product Story

• Bring forward examples for promotion
• Pervious, thermal mass, high volume flyash, etc.
• Demonstrations of sustainable uses

• Talk it up
• Look for promotion
• opportunities

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Customer Decision Making

• Rating Systems
• Rating Systems are being used as a means of
  differentiation and demonstration of commitment
  to social conscience.
• Communication
• Marketing - we need to communicate how concrete
  can address the needs of these audiences.
• Pick up is coming from engineering
  architectural communities.
• Education
• Post secondary institutions are responding to
  market needs. New programs and curriculum
  continues to develop spanning many disciplines.

LEED Canada
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Rating Systems
Industry Lobby Efforts are important needed

• LEED
• Leadership in Energy Environmental Design
• New commercial construction and major renovation
  projects (LEED-NC)
• Existing building operations (LEED-EB)
• Commercial interiors projects (LEED-CI)
• Core and shell projects (LEED-CS)
• Homes (LEED-H)
• Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND)
• Green Globes
• Local Government Legislation
• Guides Resources

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Positioning of LEED in the Market
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Leverage PCA Industry Campaign

• Nationwide effort to educate the public about the
  smart construction choice of concrete
• Materials like literature and presentations to
  help you talk to in the community about concrete
• Detailed information on the reputation ,
  sustainability, application, and manufacture of
  cement concrete to help you communicate and
  educate a variety of audiences.

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Leverage Industry Programs - CAC
Offer your customers a level of quality, comfort
and value that other homebuilders simply cant
match. Heres how
A building solution packaged with technical and
marketing support designed to help you become a
builder with a difference.
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Educate Designers
The Beginning new booth brochures
Atlanta, Georgia
Gary Milla Sharon Daly - CAC
Larry Rowland Linda McKinley
The End
Derek Brown Larry Rowland in action! Architects
learn the sustainable benefits of
pervious concrete!
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The RIGHT Numbers

• Canada contributes 2 of the worlds GHG
  emissions
• Canadian cement industry contributed 1.486
  (2003) of Canadas total GHG emissions down
  from 1.54 in 1990. Actual CO2 numbers are
  slightly higher - is a part of total GHG
• 60 of CO2 comes from process - calcination of
  limestone. 40 from energy use - fossil fuels
• Canada 0.91 t of CO2/t of cement
• Canada approx. 0.75 of CO2/t of cementious
  product
• Buildings 31 of total Canadian secondary
  energy use
• Buildings 15 of total Canadian GHG emissions
• Buildings (3 billion tons annually) of raw
  materials use globally

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concretethinker.org
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Concrete City
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Concrete the sustainable medium of tomorrow's
environment
10 ways concrete can be used in sustainable
design.
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lehighcement.com
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Talk to Decision Makers
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Build Alliances

• Support architects / designers
• Support sustainable design
• resource conservation
• Minimum 50 reduction in fossil fuels used to
  construct operate buildings by 2010
• Support rating systems
• Design construction of communities buildings
• Sustainability in architecture curriculum
• Core principle becomes a guiding mindset
• Change the plants future by altering their
  actions, encouraging clients entire design
  construction industry.

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Our Return on Investment

• ROI - internal
• Increased morale, pride motivation
• Expands knowledge leading to increased sales
  customer satisfaction
• Leads to market diversification
• Maintains market share in changing conditions
• ROI external
• Enhanced image
• Seen as proactive
• Providing solutions value to customers
• Progressive have our finger on the pulse of SD

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Working in partnership to provide concrete
solutions
Working in partnership to provide concrete
solutions
Thank you
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Lehigh NW Cement LimitedDelta, British Columbia