TECNALIA is the first privately funded applied research centre in Spain and one of the leading such centres in Europe. Our mission is the development of cost competitive technologies that contribute to making a more sustainable use of natural resources, enhancing the competitivity of European industry. Furthermore, we believe that research, development and innovation play a key role in job creation and the development of society as a whole.

The team involved in the LTC-Green Concrete is composed by researchers from the group of “Ecoeficiency of Construction Products” with over 20 years of experience on the development of advanced nano-enabled materials and processes for the construction industry. It is a truly multidisciplinary team composed by chemist, physicists, engineers, and so on, highly specialized on the development of cement-based materials with improved properties, new functionalities, and optimised production processes.

Our main key technologies include the following:

  • Computational simulation and digitisation tools for studying hydration and transport processes that affect the structure and end properties of the material.
  • Synthesis of cement additions and nano-enabled materials (inorganic nanoparticles, nanostructured materials)
  • Multi-functional cement-based materials
  • Technologies for the synthesis of eco-cements with a lower production of CO2 and their reuse.
  • Digitisation technologies for separating and reusing cement-based waste.
  • Additive manufacturing for developing cement-based products with savings on material and a unique design.

Our experience and know-how allow us to tackle most of the problems that affect the sectors of the construction value chain: cement plants, prefabrication companies, concrete manufacturers and the chemical industry, among others.

Our experience and know-how allow us to tackle most of the problems that affect the sectors of the construction value chain: cement plants, prefabrication companies, concrete manufacturers and the chemical industry, among others.