Low Carbon Concrete (LCC)

Tarmac ready mixed concrete - concrete being poured for a scrap yard floor

Tarmac has a range of low carbon concretes suitable for oversites, footings, kerb backing and mass fill, with a range of options based on locally available materials in your area.

This type of concrete will enable developers to design with energy efficiency in mind, both in terms of running costs over the building's lifetime but also in terms of embodied energy in the materials used.

The Code for Sustainable Homes was published in December 2006 by the Department for Communities and Local Government. This further reinforces the government's intention to encourage the building sector to adopt more environmentally friendly techniques and materials. Using Tarmac LCC is a step in the right direction to reaching this goal.

LCC aims to achieve a 50% carbon reduction*

If you buy Tarmac low carbon concrete you will be buying a material which aims to achieve 50% of the carbon footprint* of the same material manufactured using ordinary Portland cement.

We are committed to providing you with the products you need to undertake your projects in an environmentally sustainable way. We are therefore investing in technologies which will allow us to reduce the carbon footprint of all our products.
* when compared to GEN1 conventional concrete containing 100% CEM1.

Tarmac low carbon concrete applications

Foundations for precast concrete paving slabs
House floors not designed as suspended and not reinforced
Garage floors not designed as suspended and not reinforced
Blinding concrete