Irish Innovation
Ireland can claim many "firsts" to it’s credit, among them the coining of the word boycott, the world’s first submarine, and the original smart bomb the guided missile, all three of which will be with us for a long time.
One particular long lasting and durable product necessary to Ireland is cement. Now, although the credit for inventing cement may lay elsewhere, an Irishman, by the name of Donal O’Riain and founder of Ecocem, has come up with an environmentally green cement.
The manufacturing process in cement production generates huge quantities of CO2, which Ireland creates far too much of to meet, or even get close to meeting, our Kyoto and EU obligations. And, seeing as cement is the world’s premier building material and reducing carbon emissions a priority, it looks as if Mr. O’Riain is on to a winner with his carbon neutral cement. Ecocem should be spelled €cocem by this pioneer and his company!
Boyne Bridge built with green cement.
- Environment, Culture, Caoimhin | Time: 12:33 am (UTC+8)
