Jons receives first Irish CO2 Performance Ladder certification
As the CO2 Performance Ladder is becoming more international, so is our client base. Earlier this year, Jons Civil Engineering became the first Irish company with a CO2 Performance Ladder certificated project. We are proud to have supported this project!
CO2 project plan
When Jons received the tender from Transport Infrastructure Ireland for a highway repavement, they saw the potential to make this project as sustainable as possible. This was made possible by the requirements to have a structured CO2 project plan in place in accordance with the CO2 Performance Ladder.
When asked about their reasoning behind choosing SmartTrackers, Naomi Cahoon (IT & Analytics Manager Jons) states the completeness of the system: you have one system for the whole cycle of information gathering, reporting and steering on targets by calculating the effects of your CO2-reducing measures. Jons sees that more bigger tenders are asking for organisation-wide CO2-reduction systems.
CO2 Performance Ladder
When it comes to the CO2 Performance Ladder, Barry Mathers (Contracts director Jons) describes SmartTrackers solution as the following: “The picture was already there, we just needed to colour it in.”
They saw great importance in helping their clients to jump the hurdle of first data gathering as quickly as possible, so they can focus on the more important task of reducing their CO2-impact. As most companies, Jons had a little delay in this process because of the involvement of subcontractors. After jumping this hurdle, visualisation of their impact went smoothly and they could focus on their CO2-reducing measures. This proved to be an interesting process: by quantifying measures, you can laser in on the biggest savings. Sometimes the least visual measures (such as reducing usage) are the most effective ones.
Effective measures
Jons’ most effective measures ended up being their reuse of waste planings (the top of the highway pavement) and the usage of HVO100 for their plants and diesel vehicles. The total project was realised with 300 tonnes of CO2 avoided compared to conventional repavement projects. This made it possible for the audit to run smoothly.