Specialised Concrete for Urban Heat Island (UHI) Mitigation
A breakthrough in low-carbon concrete that delivers the performance of standard conventional concrete while offering high reflectivity to reflect heat away and provides a lower ambient temperature up to 1.5°C.
Common road pavements built with asphalt traps heat and contribute to urban warming. PanU Hi-Albedo is a special concrete solution that helps conventional road pavements stay cooler and combat the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect.
Advantages
Testbed trials in Singapore show PanU Hi-Albedo concrete stays more than 15°C cooler than black surfaces such as asphalt under sunlight
Pan-U Hi-Albedo has solar reflectance of up to 40%. In comparison, a black surface such as asphalt has reflectance of not more than 10%
The higher the solar reflectance, the higher the material ability to reflect the heat away and prevent heat from being trapped in the city environment
Its embodied carbon footprint is lower by more than 65% compared with conventional concrete
PanU Hi-Albdeo achieves a Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) above 50 (ASTM E1980-11)
It provides excellent surface grip with skid resistance above 55 (ASTM E303-93)
PanU Hi-Albedo supports a wide range of concrete grades (G30, G40, G50, etc.)
Applications include
- Road pavements
- Highways & expressways
- Terminals
- Bridge roadways
- Cycling paths
- Footpaths
- Outdoor carparks
- And many more…
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