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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is the environmental agency for the State of Texas. According to the TCEQ, cement kilns produce 43% of all point source* air pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth non-attainment zone.

Good news for North Texans! 

 Recent advances in two areas can significantly reduce emissions:

 1. Combustion refinements now allow cement kilns to produce cement through a process that burns half as much fuel and emits half the amount of carbon dioxide.

 2. Advances in filtering technology allows kilns to retrofit equipment to continue their current production process while reducing emissions.

 In March, 2009, new regulations by the TCEQ will require cement kilns in Texas to meet new emission standards. "Dry process" kilns are required to meet the standard of 1.7 pounds of NOx per ton or less. "Wet process" kilns are required to meet the standard of 3.4 pounds of NOx per ton or less. 

 The dry process kilns produce the product that has been dubbed "green cement."

 *Point sources are large, stationary sources of air pollution, such as factories, power plants, cement kilns, etc. The United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) defines point sources as major stationary facilities that emit or have the potential to emit 10 tons of any one toxic air pollutant or 25 tons of more than one toxic air pollutant per year. Unfortunately, NATA does not provide a breakout of more detailed point source categories or include information on diesel emissions from point sources.

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The U.S. Department of Energy chose AndersonSargent as the
 National 2006 Builder of the Year
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The National Association of Home Builders chose AndersonSargent as the builder of the
"Best Green Concept Home in America."
Jim Sargent was the first designee of the The Energy and Environmental Building Association (EEBA) as
"Master Builder"

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