Maximum CO₂ reduction thanks to innovative cast decking

For years, Ecocem has been a leader in the production of sustainable solutions in the concrete industry, producing CO₂-reduction and favorable EQI values are key. Eco2floor is the new innovative product recently launched on the market.  With eco2floor, based on the use of ground, granulated blast furnace slag, Ecocem combines the advantages of existing flooring technologies without the disadvantages and with an enormous CO₂-reduction compared to a traditional sand cement screed as a result. An interview with the face behind eco2floor: product manager Mirjam Rubingh.

Since Jan. 1 this year, Rubingh has been the point of contact for eco2floor. "We want to raise awareness of the innovative concept even more," she says. "The prescribing market, contractors, architectural firms, housing corporations and real estate investors are still too little aware of the unique advantages of eco2floor. In addition, from my position I will further intensify cooperation with our selected dealer network and approved flooring companies. We will also support and guide new dealers and flooring companies that will be incorporating our product."

Product manager Mirjam Rubingh, the face behind eco2floor.

Pure residual product

The main ingredient of eco2floor is ground granulated blast furnace slag, a pure residual product from the steel industry. Rubingh: "Because we hardly use any cement in the mixture, the CO₂emissions significantly lower than with a traditional sand-cement screed. It is rightfully a future-oriented poured screed, not least because the raw materials are available in unlimited quantities. The concept also fits in perfectly with the trend toward circular construction. At the end of its service life, a building can be demolished, with the eco2floor floor simply being recycled along with the concrete rubble."

Eco2floor is labor-friendly to process and virtually self-leveling, so it is easy to achieve a better flatness grade.

Weighted concept

According to Rubingh, eco2floor's recipe is the result of years of development and experimentation. "After all, a poured screed must meet several conditions, be shrink-proof and meet a certain compressive and flexural tensile strength. It is also nice if the mixture is easy to handle and transport. All these conditions are met by eco2floor. It is labor-friendly to process and virtually self-leveling, so it is easy to achieve a better flatness grade. Application requires minimal effort from the processor and technically the product is very high quality. After all, the certified mixture composition is a measured recipe that is computer-controlled. If a certain strength class is requested, it is also guaranteed to be achieved."

More and more contractors are seeing the benefits of Ecocem's sustainable poured screed. "Eco2floor causes much less inconvenience on construction, has low shrinkage, is walkable after 24 hours and loadable after just 72 hours," Rubingh says. "Flooring companies can process up to 1,000 m² (!) per day. Because of the short drying process, finishing can start much faster compared to an anhydrite floor, for example. Another big advantage lies in the use of eco2floor in so-called wet areas, such as toilet and bathroom. The entire surface can be poured easily and time-savingly with one product. Eco2floor, by the way, is far from being fully developed. In the background, we are working on recipes with even higher compressive and bending tensile strength."