Neoloy ® Tough-Cells are revolutionizing sustainable road construction
Do MORE with LESS – Neoloy Tough-Cells are an ideal sustainable road construction technique, offering high engineering value at low environmental and economic costs.
Sustainable Road Construction
Sustainable road construction is a practice that prioritizes minimizing the environmental impact of road infrastructure while ensuring its durability and functionality. It involves using environmentally friendly materials, reducing energy consumption, and preserving natural resources. Neoloy Tough-Cell geocells are a sustainable solution.
Neoloy® Tough-Cell Sustainable Solution
Neoloy is an innovative sustainable pavement solution for durable road infrastructure that minimizes environmental impacts, recycles materials and takes total lifetime costs into account:
- Sustainable Roads – Neoloy is an ideal sustainable road construction technique, offering high engineering value at low environmental and economic costs.
- Recycled Materials – Neoloy confinement improves the performance of RAP and other recycled materials, while utilizing less bitumen and less aggregate.
- Sustainable Infrastructure – In landscape architecture, transportation & civil engineering Neoloy Tough-Cells achieve environmental objectives at a lower cost.
Neoloy Tough-Cells reduce the amount of aggregate in road construction by improving the stiffness and strength of local but marginal soils and recycled materials. This lowers environmental impacts and the carbon footprint significantly. The results are greener construction, with very long-term durability (and reduced maintenance) for any road, rail or port infrastructure project. At the same time, Neoloy also improves pavement performance, lifespan and cost-effectiveness all at the same time
Why The Neoloy® Tough-Cell for Sustainable Road Construction
Neoloy Tough-Cells 3D mechanical confinement system improves the modulus of marginal infill materials Locally available, but poorly graded or partially cohesive marginal soils (e.g., sand) can be used for structural and support layers, as can recycled materials, such as RAP (reclaimed asphalt pavement) and RCA (recycled concrete aggregate). The validated Neoloy reinforcement factor (2.5-5x) also reduces pavement thickness up to 70%, thereby reducing the total amount of infill materials required. These two factors reduce quarrying, hauling, earthworks and soil replacement significantly to create sustainable infrastructure.
Proven Sustainable Solution
Neoloy Tough-Cell sustainability is substantiated in several published studies, which use quantifiable sustainability indicators to compare Neoloy with conventional road construction methods for access road projects. The Neoloy reinforced roads demonstrated:
- 30-60% less aggregate material
- 28-42% less total hauling
- 25-58% less CO2 emissions
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG)
Learn which UNSDGs can be achieved by PRS Neoloy Tough-Cells sustainable road construction solutions:
Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being: Sustainable road construction methods can help reduce air pollution, which is a major contributor to respiratory diseases |
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure: Sustainable road construction methods can help create sustainable infrastructure that is resilient, reliable, and sustainable |
Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities: Sustainable road construction methods can help create sustainable cities and communities by reducing traffic congestion, improving public transportation, and promoting active transportation |
Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production: Sustainable road construction methods can help reduce waste and promote the use of recycled materials. |
Goal 13: Climate Action: Sustainable road construction methods can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change |