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Climate is changing and it is essential that our homes, schools and other vital infrastructure are resilient enough to cope. At the same time, bringing nature into cities helps ensure biodiversity and improve wellbeing, as it helps keep our cities cooler during heat waves, and serves as a natural storm water management system during periods of heavy rainfall.
Holcim - leading company in sustainable building solutions - provides solutions that help cities become more sustainable and resilient.
- Building water-wise cities
Holcim offers a wide range of innovative solutions to avoid flooding and improve cities’ water management capabilities:
Hydromedia permeable concrete rapidly absorbs rainwater off streets, parking surfaces, driveways and walkways – reducing flooding risk. It enables ultra-rapid evacuation of water directly into the soil, producing a natural aquifer recharge or allowing the water to be recycled.
Holcim’s precast stormwater management solutions include drainage, detention, treatment, harvesting and reuse systems, such as Humes’ HumeFilter Universal Pollutant Trap (UPT).
Elevate’s EPDM lining solutions, such as GeoSmart and PondEasy, are designed for water storage and usage.
- Create cool, green cities
Holcim’s range of innovative solutions are helping cities create green spaces to make them more liveable.
Green roofs help control temperatures and combat the urban heat island effect.
Hydromedia permeable concrete helps bring greenery into urban areas. With its permeable properties, it allows direct rainwater infiltration over urban surfaces, allowing us to create urban forests without irrigation.
Artevia® decorative concrete has a highly reflective coloring, to increase the albedo quality of the surface and reduce the heat island effect.
- Restoring marine ecosystems
Holcim offers resilient solutions for the coastal engineering, river protection and infrastructure construction segments.
Application in Jurong Lake, Singapore
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| Location | Singapore |
| Type of Building | Infrastructure |
| Application | Jurong Lake Gardens is one of Singapore's newest national gardens, a 90-hectare urban oasis for the community. Elevate’s PondGard EPDM membrane was used to waterproof the pond. |
Application in Urban Forest, Paris
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| Location | Paris, France |
| Type of Building | Infrastructure |
| Application | This urban forest - formerly a parking lot - was built with Hydromedia permeable concrete, and can lower temperatures by up to 6°C during the summer months. |
