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Decarbonisation of construction

Step-by-step departure from fossil fuels as the path to the goal
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The immense global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are causing progressive global warming and the associated climate change. The reason for this is a widespread global economy and way of life that is still largely based on the use of fossil fuels. As an energy-intensive industry, the construction sector has a significant share in global CO2 emissions.

This means that, our industry has a key role to play in the necessary decarbonisation to fight climate change. As a leading construction company, STRABAG is addressing this challenge by actively taking responsibility for the CO2 emissions within our control. In addition, we are working alongside our partners and clients to further decarbonise our value chain. 

Here is what we are doing to decarbonise

STRABAG wants to systematically reduce its CO2 emissions: here are four examples of projects and topics that we are working on

Photo of the Eigenrieden quarry

Climate-friendly quarry

Goodbye, diesel: with PV, electric drives and HVO, we want to make the extraction of raw materials in Eigenrieden climate-friendly.
More about the climate-friendly quarry
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Bird's eye view of the installation of CO2-reduced concrete at the Alb100 construction project

CO2-reduced concrete

Less is more: STRABAG's TPA competence center is researching alternatives to the CO2-intensive concrete binder cement.
More about CO2-reduced concrete
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Photo of the new ZÜBLIN Group building: Alb10

Innovation Center

Focus on sustainability: For example, we only used CO2-reduced concrete for all in-situ concrete parts of our new Group building.
More about the Innovation Center in Stuttgart
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Photo of the Diabaswerk Saalfelden plant site, Austria

Green energy from stones

Innovation meets sustainability: In the Saalfelden quarry, STRABAG uses the heavy weight of the stones to generate renewable energy.
More about green energy from stones

What does decarbonisation mean?

With our sustainability strategy adopted in 2021, we have set ourselves the ambitious goal of achieving climate neutrality in our own operations by 2040. In addition, we are constantly working with our partners to reduce further greenhouse gas emissions throughout our value chain. Decarbonisation is - simply explained - the route to the goal. This means systematically substituting and reducing fossil fuels by low-emission, ideally CO2 -neutral alternatives - in short, saying goodbye to oil, coal and natural gas as energy sources. This is a huge challenge that we can only master together: in cooperation with our clients and partner companies in the supply chain, legislators and authorities.

Minimizing CO2 emission at all levels

Decarbonszation is a high strategic priority for STRABAG. We are implementing targeted inititives across the entire Group to minimise out all the stops across the Group to minimise CO2 emissions, or at best to avoid them altogether. Our decarbonisation measures are diverse: For example, we are systematically focusing on the use of renewable energies (photovoltaics, wind power, etc.). Together with partners, we are driving forward the testing of innovative and sustainable drive concepts and fuels (e.g. green hydrogen, electric, HVO diesel) for construction machinery. We are gradually electrifying our vehicle fleet and pursuing high decarbonisation targets in the planning and construction of new Group buildings, for example by optimizing energy requirements and consumption. And together with our clients, we carry out construction projects specificallyusing climate-friendly building materials (e.g. wood, CO2 -reduced concrete and steel).