| "Fly ash use creates significant benefits for our | | | | result is stronger. It also is resistant to chemical |
| environment. [Its] use conserves natural | | | | decay making the concrete last longer. Today it is |
| resources and avoids landfill disposal of ash | | | | derived as a bi-product from coal-fired electrical |
| products. By making concrete more durable, life | | | | facilities and, until it found its new use in concrete |
| cycle costs of roads and structures are reduced. | | | | products, was shipped to landfills as a waste |
| Furthermore, fly ash use partially displaces | | | | product. |
| production of other concrete ingredients, resulting | | | | CertainTeed saw the benefits of fly ash, and now |
| in significant energy savings and reductions in | | | | produces a full range of products using it. Because |
| greenhouse gas emissions." | | | | a majority of their products have a profile like |
| Originally, the Romans used a similar product | | | | wood, another one of its advantages is that you |
| which we know as the dust from a volcano. It | | | | can produce much better detail and make the |
| got its name, Pozzolan, from the city where it | | | | product look more real. When comparing |
| was first found and was put into use in Pozzuoli, | | | | CertainTeed to other composite concrete |
| Italy. It is considered the birthplace of modern ash | | | | products, how "real" CertainTeed looks becomes |
| concrete technology. Famed Roman structures | | | | very obvious. |
| such as the Pantheon and Coliseum, as well as | | | | Fly Ash Facts: |
| many roads and aqueducts, are still standing over | | | | Just one ton of fly ash use equals: |
| 2,000 years after their construction - in part | | | | - Conserved Landfill Space enough for 455 days |
| because of the durability of their ash-based | | | | of solid waste produced by an average |
| concrete. | | | | American.· |
| Today, as then, this product is used to fill the | | | | - Reduced CO2 Emissions equal to two months of |
| gaps that form in concrete making it less | | | | emissions from an automobile. |
| permeable so that it requires less water, and as a | | | | |