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9 Future R&D priorities and projects In order to further develop low emissions cement and concrete, the entire infrastructure and construction value chain from clinker, cement and concrete to the construction site, the structure itself, the re-use of components and the recovery of construction waste have to be considered. Not all of the technologies required have yet been developed to
such an extent that immediate application is possible. Therefore, ten areas of innovation were identified with regard to national and international sources of information and interviews with experts. These areas define future R&D priorities and projects – see Table 4.
Table 4: Innovation areas along the value chain Pathway
Description of the contribution
Clinker
Alternative fuels with biomass
< 2025 Cement companies, CSIRO, universities and related research organisations – both domestic and international, federal and state targeted programs.
Carbon capture
Calix, CO2CRC, HILTCRC, ECRA, CarbonNet and other providers.
<2025
Green hydrogen as a fuel and for CO2 utilisation
Future Fuels CRC, H2TCA, H2council, ECRA and inter-governmental and research partnerships.
< 2025
Energy efficiency
Cement companies, HILT CRC, Race for 2030 CRC, CESMII and its partners.
< 2025
Beneficiation of fly ash to be used as SCM
SmartCrete CRC, Federal and State research organisations, governments and related bodies.
< 2025
Database on low carbon cement and concrete
SmartCrete CRC, Race for 2030 CRC, L3C, universities and related research and government organisations – both domestic and international.
< 2025
Specification of concrete durability by performance
SmartCrete CRC, fib*, RILEM*, universities and related government and research organisations – both domestic and international.
< 2025
Potentials of additive manufacturing and digitalisation
SmartCrete CRC, ETH Zurich, CSIRO, RILEM*, universities and related government and research organisations – both domestic and international.
> 2025
Cement, Concrete
Cement, Concrete, Construction
Construction
TRL
Recarbonation – potentials regards SmartCrete CRC, fib*, RILEM*, universities and natural CO2 uptake in Australia and fur- related government and research organisather active CO2 treatment technologies tions – both domestic and international.
<2025
Resource-efficient design principles
> 2025
SmartCrete CRC, Race for 2030 CRC, fib*, University of Stuttgart – formerly Werner Sobek, universities and related government and research organisations – both domestic and international.
* fib and RILEM are research and pre-normative networks themselves through which multiple research contacts can be generated ** The list of potential partners is not exhaustive. There are other research networks and/or universities which can provide input to the respective innovation area.
Details of each innovation area are provided on the following pages in the form of a brief profile describing the starting point, the aim and the main item and work packages respectively.
