TotalEnergies has committed to reducing its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by over
40 %
TotalEnergies is reducing the carbon intensity of petroleum products sold by more than
30 %
Around
80 %
of greenhouse gas emissions come from energy production and consumption is to get the product to a workable state . Our low temperature ECO2 bitumen , for example , allows the same workability at 140 ° C - or 40 ° C cooler .”
Ashton says that this will support road workers , too . “ It ' s a safer environment for them because they ' re not walking or driving through steam when there ' s live traffic going past just on the other side of the traffic cones .”
The TotalEnergies team conducted trials to measure the typical cooling times of asphalt . For a traditional hot mixture , a layer can typically be 100mm thick and it will take two hours in normal ambient temperatures before traffic can run on the asphalt . Lowering the temperature by 40 ° C can halve this cooling time .
“ Our customers may only have a five-hour slot where they can get in there and actually do the roadworks on a local urban road ,” explains Ashton . “ If they can add an hour ' s surfacing into that slot or get the road open an hour quicker , it ' s a 20 % efficiency benefit .”
38 April 2023