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Article: Netherlands: New carbon calculator from BAM demonstrates how to cut site emissions.
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- June 25, 2009
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Byline: Mamta03
BAM Group has developed a project carbon calculator as a practical tool to determine the possibilities for CO2 reduction in the procurement and construction phases of a construction project.
When used on 28 projects, the project carbon calculator (PCC) showed that an average CO2 reduction of approximately 8.1% is possible.
BAM said it hopes to make the tool available to other players in the sector and to other interested parties. In this way, BAM hopes to contribute to reducing CO2 emissions.
During a symposium in Wassenaar this afternoon, NJ de Vries, vice-chairman of the Executive Board of BAM, symbolically handed over ...