Pozzotive is a ground glass pozzolan and industrial filler made from recycled post-consumer glass. It is a safer, sustainable and higher-performing material
that dramatically reduces embodied CO2 emissions in concrete.
This innovative use of recycled glass instead of Portland cement not only saved over 5,000 tons of embodied carbon and diverted more than 29 million glass bottles from landfills, it also enhanced the strength of the concrete – a double win for the project (JP Morgan Chase Global Headquarters). This is the wave of the future, and it has been incorporated in our company specifications.
The Pozzotive® product was consistently available when needed, delivered reliable quality, and was supported by excellent communication. Every concrete mix incorporating Pozzotive® exceeded our performance expectations.
Pozzotive® was the centerpiece of a much larger strategy to deliver the greenest skyscraper in America, if not the world. To go from small, pilot tests to a 2.2M sf pour is a testament the commitment of JPMorganChase, the design team, and AECOM Tishman to push beyond what has been done before and really model what leadership looks like in sustainability.
In this project we used almost 2,000 yards of concrete, reusing and recycling almost 2 million glass bottles from right here in Westchester County and reducing carbon emissions throughout the project.
