www.bluescopesteel.com
above the is link to the article published by the company,
click Steel for Life, its a Pdf file.
The reason i choose the article is because the fact that the company tries to promote steel to become a more sustainable material by combating the current challenges we are facing these days such as green house gas emissions, climate change, air pollution and drought.
Steel is notoriously famous for its high Embodied Energy and manufacturing process.
Blue Scope steel as Australian major steel company addresses these issues and comes up with these solutions below:
• The traditional steel making technologies requires a lot of water. In many areas in which the company operates, water shortages and water quality have become significant issues for the community.
To solve this issue, the company’s manufacturing operations have extensive water reduction and recycling program. As a result, this will lowered the embodied energy of the material and helps the community conserving the water in the area.
• Coal (Carbon) is an essential ingredient in the chemistry of blast furnace iron making. No other commercially viable method for producing raw steel exists.
Blue Scope Steel is participating with others big steel manufacturers around the world to develop new technology to reduce the amount of carbon required in producing the steel, hence reducing the Greenhouse gas emissions.
Steel is probably one of the most widely used material in modern building these days. I think, It will be great if these companies could make steel becomes more sustainable material to use. This will help the building industry become less notorious for damaging the planet.
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