Conveyor belt measuring systems delivered to notable iron-ore project

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The Aluminum Association releases green building guidelines

luminum in Green Buildings-Guide to Environmental Declarations” is intended to a s s i s t a n d s u p p o r t

aluminum end-users. The Aluminum Association, Arlington, Virginia, has released“ Aluminum in Green Buildings. A Guide to Environmental Declarations” as part of its series of guidelines for the building and construction market sector.

The green building guide is intended to assist and support aluminum stakeholders. aluminum producers, end-users, architects, designers , engineers and others in understanding how to appropriately conduct environmental assessments for aluminum building products and make environmental dec l a r a t i ons , s ays The A luminum

A s s o c i a t i o n . The group adds tha t environmental product declaration (EPD) is becoming a significant component of the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC’s) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) V4 green building certification program, and is replacing the traditional recycled content method for material credit in the previous versions of LEED.

“Our industry is dedicated to advancing sustainability efforts in building and construction through the use of lightweight, recyclable aluminum,” says Heidi Brock, president and CEO of The Aluminum Association. “This new guide will help building and construction end-users and other stakeholders make educated assessments when developing environmental declarations.”

Due to the highly technical nature of EPD, The Aluminum Association says it is devoted to guiding aluminum users in the characteristics of the metal, reasonable environmental assessment methods, and appropriate sources of data and information on aluminum product EPDs.

The association launched Aluminum in Green Buildings. A Guide to Environmental Declarations at Greenbuild 2016, Oct. 5-7 in Los Angeles. Greenbuild is the world's largest conference and expo dedicated to green building.

At Greenbuild in 2016, which also was hosted in Washington, the association released the first of the guideline series titled “Aluminum That edition was focused on guiding stakeholders to better use the unique mater ia l proper t ies and l i fe cyc le characteristics of aluminum to maximize green building credits.

The Aluminum Association says it represents U.S. and fore ign-based companies and their suppliers throughout the value chain, from primary production to value added products to recycling. The association is one of the industry’s leading voices, providing global standards, business intelligence, sustainability research and industry expertise to member companies, policymakers and the general public. The aluminum industry helps manufacturers produce sustainable and innovative products, including more fuel efficient vehicles, recyclable packaging, greener buildings and modern electronics.

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aser measurement technology Lsupplier LASE has delivered 15 Lase BVC laser-based measuring

systems for bulk volume transported on conveyor belts to an iron-ore mining project at the S11D Eliezer Batista complex owned by Brazilian mining major Vale. The iron-ore mining project, in North Brazil, is the biggest iron-ore mining project in Vale’s

history. At 90-million tonnes a year, Vale posits that it is the largest iron-ore mining project in the world.

The operation site at the S11D complex, in the Brazilian municipality of Canaã dos Carajas, in the state of Para, hosts a “huge” plant, to which material is transported on conveyors. The material volume needs to be determined by specific measurement

applications from LASE.Commercial operation of the complex

started in January, whereafter LASE began rolling out the LaseBVC systems, with the systems commissioned together with its long-standing Brazilian partner company, C+ Tecnologia.

“This prestigious project sets a new standard in the mining industry where a d v a n c e d t e c h n o l o g y m e e t s h i g h productivity,” LASE said in a March press statement. To measure the height of iron-ore as well as the volume being transported on conveyors, one laser scanner is mounted