"Green Mix" Foamed Asphalt
“Green Mix” foamed asphalt is environmentally friendly and is designated a “green product” by BuildingGreen.com Asphalt parking lots have never exactly been considered “green”, but Chamberlain Contractors is changing that situation by offering “Green Mix” foamed asphalt.
A procedure proven around the world.
Widely used throughout Europe, Africa and Asia, foamed asphalt is used as a base course in the rehabilitation of existing pavements and the construction of new asphalt lots.
Eligible for points for LEED approval.
From a sustainable design perspective, foamed asphalt has been designated a “green product” suitable for inclusion in a project’s LEED certification application in the areas of Construction Waste Management, Resource Reuse, Recycled Content, Regional Materials and Innovation in Design.
A “green” production process.
Conventional hot mix asphalt requires virgin aggregates to be super-heated to 325 °F before being coated with a hot asphalt cement. It is a very energy-intensive process with significant greenhouse emissions.
Foamed asphalt “Green Mix” is produced with 100% recycled aggregates, and involves a cold mixing process—you can hold it in your hand as soon as it comes out of the mill. Energy use is a small fraction of the hot mix process and there are no greenhouse emissions.
Foamed Asphalt?
The term foamed asphalt comes from the fact that during the blending process, a small amount of water is blended with hot asphalt cement causing it to foam not unlike a freshly poured soda…and making it well-suited for mixing with the unheated aggregates.
Environmental benefits and cost savings.
Chamberlain is proud to announce the first urban plant producing foamed asphalt “Green Mix” in the USA and to be able to offer our customers cost savings and the environmental benefits associated with this exciting product.
For more information on foamed asphalt from the people who manufacture the mixing plant, please click on this link http://www.wirtgenamerica.com/fa/coast.html
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