Fabemi, a player committed to industrial ecology and territories

The approach consists of combining the manufacture of low-carbon concrete blocks, the circular economy and the Group's industrial know-how. Fabtherm® insulating concrete blocks are the very example of the company's commitment to industrial ecology Made in France, and the development of customer-oriented product innovations, capable of responding to today's challenges and above all. of tomorrow.

From manufacture to recycling at the end of their life, Fabemi concrete blocks have a very low carbon footprint thanks to a local production-distribution policy, strong choices of supplies as close as possible to factories and a no-baking manufacturing process with a natural drying.

The transport of Fabemi products over an average area of ​​200 km around production sites helps to control the Group's environmental impact. At the national level, Fabemi's strategic locations make it possible to reduce or even eliminate deliveries / storage / re-deliveries and to optimize product transport as much as possible, mainly by road.

A very low carbon impact by nature

The Fabemi Group, a family business created in 1961 in Donzère (Drôme), offers a global range of prefabricated concrete products for the following areas: Structural Work, Roads & Networks, Terrace & Garden. With 60 years of experience, Fabemi has been able to adapt to offer high-performance prefabricated products that always comply with the latest regulations. Fabtherm® insulating blocks, for example, help reduce the carbon footprint of buildings by around 4 to 8% compared to other benchmark construction solutions on the market, thus allowing the construction of works that comply with criterion C of RE2020 and its future thresholds of 2025 and 2028.

In addition, the geometries of Fabemi concrete blocks are optimized to facilitate their installation, while reducing the use of raw materials (alternating partition / hollow). The insulating capacities can be enhanced by an insulating mineral foam core. This is the case with Fabtherm® Air Fabemi insulating blocks, equipped with 100% mineral foam which gives them exceptional thermal resistance (two to eight times more insulating than traditional blocks). This natural solution makes it possible to build while insulating, without impacting the carbon weight of the facade, which saves time on the site and brings a gain in living space.

Fabemi concrete blocks have Environmental and Health Declarations Sheets (FDES). Data verified and available on INIES which makes it possible to calculate the contribution of the products, developed and manufactured by the Fabemi Group, to the environmental impact of the structure to be built.

Entirely recyclable, Fabemi concrete blocks do not need to be sorted after deconstruction, as rubble waste does not require any special handling. After the buildings are demolished, they become infinitely recyclable and reusable in new products, replacing part of the aggregates.

Recycling and upgrading of concrete

Beyond short-circuit production and construction, favored because of the impact of transport costs, the recycling of concrete and building-related waste has become a major issue for manufacturers. Fabemi's manufacturing waste, even in small proportions, represents a potential source of recycled aggregates that the company plans to reuse by reintegrating them directly into the manufacture of its products. The Group also encourages the upgrading of concrete resulting from deconstruction.

Thus, Fabemi is getting organized, with the support of the Federation of the Concrete Industry (FIB), in order to meet its obligations related to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR).

The EPR system implies that economic players (manufacturers, distributors, importers) are responsible for the entire life cycle of the products they place on the market, from their eco-design to their end of life.

The REP channels make it possible to organize the prevention and management of waste for certain types of products. The objective is not only to treat the waste produced, but also to prevent it by acting on the entire life cycle of the products.