In 2018 the Swiss-based Solar Impulse Foundation began its challenge to select 1,000 solutions that can protect the environment, with the aim of presenting them to decision-makers to fast-track their implementation.
Selected solutions receive a label from the Solar Impulse Foundation as proof of their positive environmental and economic impact. Each awarded solution was assessed by a pool of independent experts.
Bertrand Piccard, initiator and chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation, commented: “I am excited about achieving our 1,000 clean solutions challenge, championing the most innovative technologies around the world that protect the environment in a profitable way.
"It’s great to see companies like LafargeHolcim committed to implement several of them that are positive for the planet. Given the company’s global reach and scale, it can make a real difference in tackling today’s climate crisis.”
The ten labelled LafargeHolcim solutions are: ECOPact green concrete, which enables carbon-neutral building; bio-active reef concrete that restores marine ecosystems; 3D printing technologies to accelerate affordable housing and infrastructure; recycled aggregates for circular construction: insulating foam for buildings' energy efficiency; earth-based low carbon solution for affordable housing; green cement for efficiently backfilling underground mines and tunnels; high quality water-repellent cement for water resilience; and the ORIS digital platform for sustainable road design.
LafargeHolcim CEO Jan Jenisch said: “With more than half our R&D efforts focused on sustainable building solutions, we are committed to enabling a net zero future that works for people and the planet. Today’s endorsement of our clean technologies is a great encouragement for our teams to keep on pushing the boundaries of innovation for sustainable building.”
