Environmental consultation

We can offer integrated consultation and support for all environmental aspects associated with the production and processing of cement, lime, concrete and other construction products. Our many years of expertise obtained from research and practical work enable us to provide you with an all-round comprehensive range of services, starting with selecting procedures, assessment and extending right through to the optimisation of your individual process steps and products. Alongside stringent compliance with all legal specifications, we focus our attention on the enhancement of environmental performance in every case. In doing so, our experienced interdisciplinary teams of experts concentrate in particular on the cost effectiveness and sustainability of the proposed measures.

Main focus of our service

Our central areas of expertise include the all-round optimisation of plants and process steps as well as the selection and assessment of input materials and products. In this context, our specialist experts can call on many years of practical experience and the latest findings from research and development. Focal points of our work are the selection and optimisation of exhaust gas reduction systems, primary abatement measures and the assessment of process steps and products. We can work out reliable practical solutions for you, encompassing all ecological, economic and social aspects. A few examples of the consultation services we offer:

Optimisation of many types of SNCR and SCR systems
Optimisation of SO₂ reduction employing hydrated lime injection
Reduction of Hg cycles and Hg emissions
Production of heavy metal balances
Reduction of organic emissions
Reduction of dust emissions (point sources and fugitive sources)
Life cycle assessment analyses (e.g. EPD)
Assessment of constituents and products

Our methods

Consultation provided by interdisciplinary teams of experts made up of experienced engineers, chemists, geologists and physicists
Use of the latest measuring equipment to assess process emissions and the reduction of these
Unique calculation models for the assessment of emissions (e.g. Hg cycling model)
Individual comparison with "State-of-the Art Technology" and VDZ benchmark values

Your benefits

Top quality at a dependable price
Rapid, expert consultation
Practical consultation and clarification of aims
Guaranteed best solution
Independent targeted consultation
Combination of many years of practical experience and the latest findings from research and development
All-round reliable and comprehensive consultation

Other services in which we operate

Environmental expert reports and licensing procedures

As independent and experienced specialist experts we can provide you with knowledgeable, reliable and comprehensive support throughout all the stages of environmental licensing procedures in the cement and lime industry. We can produce a wide range of environmental expert reports for you and provide assistance with even the most complex environmental compatibility investigations. Our specialists have many years of experience in the field of approval management and base their work on the latest findings from science, research and consultations.

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Environmental measurements

We conduct qualified and dependable environmental measurements. As an officially approved independent measuring department we are a notified body in accordance with §§ 29b of the BlmSchG (Federal Pollution Control Act), the 13th and 17th BlmSchV (Ordinances on the implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act) and the TA Luft (Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control). Our environmental measuring department is also accredited in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025. Our emission measurements cover the required scope of exhaust gas parameters to be measured in accordance with the 17th and 13th BImSchV (Ordinances on the implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act) and the TA Luft (Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control). In addition, our specialists are in a position to determine a broad range of special parameters. We provide you with comprehensive consultation and incorporate the officially required environmental measurements into a valid and efficient emission measurement programme.

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Environmental analysis

The manufacture and use of construction products should have as little impact as possible on the environment. The wide range of analytical services we offer can help to reliably ensure that this is the case: For example, we regularly perform emission measurements and have the samples taken examined with regard to all the relevant parameters at our high-performance accredited laboratories and associated laboratories. We can also offer you comprehensive consultation on full-scale operational trials for the purpose of optimising plants or emission reduction systems.

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Life cycle assessment and sustainability assessment

Certification systems such as DGNB, LEED or BREEAM are increasingly being used to assess the sustainability of new buildings. The sustainability concept commonly employed is based on a three-pillar model, made up of economy, ecology and social aspects. Life cycle assessment of building materials provides important input data for such sustainability assessments. We develop life cycle assessments for cement and cement-bound building materials as a basis for environmental product declarations (EPD).

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Process technology

Our broad range of services encompasses all types of testing in the field of thermal and mechanical process technology, as well as technical reviews and benchmarking, digital process support and comprehensive maintenance work. We optimise your processes, enhance the energy efficiency of your installations, perform maintenance work and offer support for your digitisation projects.

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Laboratory services

Our interdisciplinary team can provide answers to virtually all questions relating to cementitious building materials in line with the latest state-of-the-art. At the same time we can offer our customers a range of services encompassing all important testing activities and consultation work, right through to complex expert reports. Up-to-the-minute research and a professional attitude towards service combine to produce synergies which are reflected by the high quality and practical relevance of our work.

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Person to contact

Do you have questions regarding this service?

Dr Stefan Schäfer
Environment and Plant technology

+49-211-45 78-252
ubt@vdz-online.de