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Neoloy® Tough-Cells: Sustainable solutions for green roads & shoulders

Rigid geocell reinforced turf systems for enhanced durability, environmental benefits, and reduced costs

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Neoloy Tough-Cells are innovative geocell solutions designed to create sustainable green roads, shoulders, parking lots, and Low Impact Development (LID) areas. Neoloy reinforced turf systems offer a durable and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional hard pavements, providing a variety of benefits for both infrastructure and the surrounding environment.

Engineered with Novel Polymeric Alloys (NPA), Neoloy Tough-Cells possess exceptional strength, durability, and flexibility for sustainable green infrastructure projects. The unique NPA-based properties ensure that Neoloy geocells can withstand heavy loads, repeated traffic, and harsh weather conditions:

  • High Dynamic Stiffness: Ensures excellent load-bearing capacity, making Neoloy Tough-Cells suitable for even the most heavily trafficked areas.
  • Tensile Strength: Provides exceptional resistance to tearing and stretching, ensuring the longevity and integrity of the reinforced turf surface.
  • Resistance to Deformation: Maintains structural integrity under repeated loads, preventing rutting and ensuring a smooth and even surface over time

Key Benefits of Neoloy Tough-Cells:

  • Enhanced Sustainability: Reduces heat absorption, increases energy efficiency, and provides a more natural and aesthetically pleasing environment.
  • Increased Durability: Reinforces heavily loaded and trafficked areas, extending the service life of green pavements and shoulders.
  • Improved Safety: Enhances safety and usability, especially for heavier truck traffic.
  • Reduced Costs: Lower operational and maintenance costs compared to traditional hard pavements.
  • Environmental Friendliness: Minimizes on-site disruption, reduces fuel use, and decreases pollution.

 

Typical permeable applications include residential areas, parking lots, maintenance and emergency access and road or runway shoulders with concrete pavers or turf surface cover

How Neoloy Greens Roads:

Neoloy geocells are installed beneath the turf layer, providing a three-dimensional reinforcement structure that improves soil stability and prevents erosion. Neoloy also help to distribute loads more evenly, reducing the risk of rutting and compaction. Choose Neoloy Tough-Cells for a greener, more sustainable, and durable solution for your outdoor infrastructure projects.

  • Reduced heat absorption: Helps to mitigate urban heat island effect and improve energy efficiency.
  • Increased biodiversity: Provides habitat for pollinators and other beneficial insects.
  • Improved air quality: Reduces air pollution by filtering particulate matter.
  • Enhanced water quality: Helps to prevent stormwater runoff and reduce erosion.
  • Improved aesthetics: Creates more visually appealing and inviting outdoor spaces.

Neoloy ® Tough-Cells are revolutionizing sustainable road construction

Do MORE with LESS – Neoloy Tough-Cells are an ideal sustainable road construction technique, offering high engineering value at low environmental and economic costs.

Sustainable Road Construction

Sustainable road construction is a practice that prioritizes minimizing the environmental impact of road infrastructure while ensuring its durability and functionality. It involves using environmentally friendly materials, reducing energy consumption, and preserving natural resources. Neoloy Tough-Cell geocells are a sustainable solution.

Neoloy® Tough-Cell Sustainable Solution

Neoloy is an innovative sustainable pavement solution for durable road infrastructure that minimizes environmental impacts, recycles materials and takes total lifetime costs into account:

  • Sustainable Roads – Neoloy is an ideal sustainable road construction technique, offering high engineering value at low environmental and economic costs.
  • Recycled Materials – Neoloy confinement improves the performance of RAP and other recycled materials, while utilizing less bitumen and less aggregate.
  • Sustainable Infrastructure – In landscape architecture, transportation & civil engineering Neoloy Tough-Cells achieve environmental objectives at a lower cost.

 

Neoloy Tough-Cells reduce the amount of aggregate in road construction by improving the stiffness and strength of local but marginal soils and recycled materials. This lowers environmental impacts and the carbon footprint significantly. The results are greener construction, with very long-term durability (and reduced maintenance) for any road, rail or port infrastructure project. At the same time, Neoloy also improves pavement performance, lifespan and cost-effectiveness all at the same time

Why The Neoloy® Tough-Cell for Sustainable Road Construction

Neoloy Tough-Cells 3D mechanical confinement system improves the modulus of marginal infill materials Locally available, but poorly graded or partially cohesive marginal soils (e.g., sand) can be used for structural and support layers, as can recycled materials, such as RAP (reclaimed asphalt pavement) and RCA (recycled concrete aggregate). The validated Neoloy reinforcement factor (2.5-5x) also reduces pavement thickness up to 70%, thereby reducing the total amount of infill materials required. These two factors reduce quarrying, hauling, earthworks and soil replacement significantly to create sustainable infrastructure.

Proven Sustainable Solution

Neoloy Tough-Cell sustainability is substantiated in several published studies, which use quantifiable sustainability indicators to compare Neoloy with conventional road construction methods for access road projects. The Neoloy reinforced roads demonstrated:

  • 30-60% less aggregate material
  • 28-42% less total hauling
  • 25-58% less CO2 emissions

Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being:

Sustainable road construction methods can help reduce air pollution, which is a major contributor to respiratory diseases

Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure:

Sustainable road construction methods can help create sustainable infrastructure that is resilient, reliable, and sustainable

Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities:

Sustainable road construction methods can help create sustainable cities and communities by reducing traffic congestion, improving public transportation, and promoting active transportation

Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production:

Sustainable road construction methods can help reduce waste and promote the use of recycled materials.

Goal 13: Climate Action:

Sustainable road construction methods can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change

Benefits
  • Lower carbon footprint by ~50%
  • Reduce aggregate / quarrying by ~50%
  • Use local, sand or recycled materials for structural infill
  • Lower construction footprint
  • Extend project service life
  • Reduce cost of construction and maintenance

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Green Construction

Sustainable, Reliable Reinforcement with Neoloy® Tough-Cells

Neoloy is a green building technique, which is suitable to varied types of construction - pavements, walls, and landscapes.

Neoloy Tough-Cells are an example of a green building technique that promotes sustainable design of hard and soft spaces, such as pavements, walls, roofs and landscapes. In addition to ‘greening’ the environment and reducing the amount and type of infill needed to reinforce soil, the use of haulage and earth moving equipment is reduced. This, in turn, decreases fuel use, pollution and the carbon footprint, and at the same time minimizes on-site disruption from dust, erosion and runoff.

Reinforcement with Neoloy Tough-Cells increases the bearing capacity of “soft” pavements subject to heavy loading and traffic. The high dynamic modulus and low degradation of the Neoloy results in a long lifespan for green pavements and lower operational and maintenance costs. Neoloy solutions can replace hard surfaces, such as parking lots and vehicle access ways, or for building roofs with green-faced surfaces. These green surfaces reduce heat absorption (heat-islands), increase energy efficiency and provide a more friendly, natural and aesthetic environment.

Neoloy Tough-Cell solutions are an example of green building practices for sustainable design and construction, such as the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system developed by the US Green Building Council.

  • Green pavements / Low Impact Development (LID)
  • Green walls
  • Mine site rehabilitation/brownfields
  • Landscape architecture

Benefits of Neoloy Tough-Cells

  • Utilize local and native soils for infill
  • High dimensional stability under dynamic loading and in temperature extremes
  • Very high resistance to environmental conditions, oxidation and UV degradation over time.
  • Landscape architecture –Neoloy Tough-Cells are ideal micro-environment for the establishment of vegetation and restoration of landscape values in slopes and channels.
  • Heat Islands – Neoloy Tough-Cells prevent heat islands by replacing hard outdoor surfaces such as parking lots and vehicle access ways, or as green faced surfaces on building roofs.
  • Site Ecology – Neoloy prevents soil erosion and improves the site drainage, soil quality and soil-root interlock.
  • Drainage – Neoloy perforated cells promote infiltration and limit the impact of hydrostatic forces by improving drainage. This preserves the soil structure, prevents run-off and soil erosion, and increases permeability, crucial for slopes and retaining walls.
  • Lower project costs and longer lifespan
  • Less repairs and maintenance costs
  • All-weather roads in developing regions increase accessibility to market
  • Simple installation lets local work crews receive on-site training and work on project

Sustainable Transportation & Infrastructure

Strong Bases, Low Costs With Neoloy® Tough-Cells

Neoloy Tough-Cells create a strong base for high quality roads that last longer at a lower cost. Limited budgets can then be allocated to new construction.

Developing sustainable transportation infrastructure faces challenges of budgets, ground conditions and durability. That’s where Neoloy comes in. Neoloy Tough-Cells create a strong base for high quality roads, rails and ports that last longer at a lower cost. Limited budgets can then focus on new construction and maintaining aging infrastructure.

As a sustainable construction method, Neoloy Tough-Cells use on on-site, marginal and recycled materials for infill to reduce construction costs. This has a ripple effect by reducing the use of virgin aggregate and hauling it, was well as onsite placement and compaction. The high modulus of Neoloy Tough-Cells also enables a reduction in the thickness of the road layers.

At the same time, Neoloy extends pavement service life, thereby reducing operating expenses and long-term maintenance. And improving road conditions has far-reaching impacts. In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emission, improving the conditions of roads, according to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, can reduce accidents and car-related fatalities.

Benefits

  • Utilize recycled asphalt (RAP) and concrete and other non-cohesive granular fill, such as sand
  • High dimensional stability under dynamic loading and thermal cycling
  • High tensile strength for extended service life with low deformation
  • Very high resistance to environmental conditions, oxidation and UV degradation over time.
  • Lower infill qualities and quantities
  • Reduce the use of virgin materials and quarrying.
  • Reduce haulage and earthmoving equipment
  • Decrease fuel use, pollution and the carbon footprint
  • Minimize on-site disruption from dust, erosion and runoff.
  • Meets sustainable (and LEED) goals of using local, native or recycled materials for infill
  • Advanced water management technique by maximizing infiltration in structural layers
  • Reduces runoff and flooding, and increases filter of pollutants by the soil.
  • Extend service life and reduce repairs
  • Lower operational and maintenance costs, as well as total life-cycle costs (Total Cost of Ownership).
  • All-weather roads in rural areas of developing regions increase farmers’ ability to get goods to market
  • Simple installation lets local work crews receive on-site training and work on project

Landscape Architecture

Neoloy® Tough-Cells for Green & Sustainable Construction

Neoloy solutions exemplify green building practices for sustainable design and construction in both load support and slope and channel protection

Neoloy solutions exemplify Green Building practices for sustainable design and construction in both load support and slope and channel protection applications. PRS-Neoloy® Geocells meet US Green Building Council LEED® credits in the following categories: minimizing onsite impact, reducing stormwater, reducing heat island effect, use of recycled content and regional materials for infill.

Neoloy Tough-Cell solutions are suitable for Low Impact Development (LID) to replace hard paved surfaces with soft grass surfaces by reinforcing the base layer in road and runway shoulders, parking lots and emergency vehicle access ways. These green surfaces reduce heat absorption (heat-islands) and provide a more natural and aesthetic environment.

Perforated Neoloy cells provide an excellent growth environment for plant growth enabling the passage of water, nutrients and soil organisms. The holes in the cell walls enable root interlock, which further stabilizes the slope and soil. This enhances revegetation and facilitates the quick restoration of the landscape values better than any other geosynthetic.

 

Benefits

  • Utilize local and native soils for infill
  • High dimensional stability under dynamic loading and in temperature extremes
  • Very high resistance to environmental conditions, oxidation and UV degradation over time.
  • Landscape architecture –Neoloy cells are ideal micro-environment for the establishment of vegetation and restoration of landscape values in slopes and channels.
  • Heat Islands – Neoloy Geocells prevent heat islands by replacing hard outdoor surfaces such as parking lots and vehicle access ways, or as green faced surfaces on building roofs.
  • Site Ecology – Neoloy Geocells prevents soil erosion and improves the site drainage, soil quality and soil-root interlock.
  • Drainage – Neoloy perforated cells promote infiltration and limit the impact of hydrostatic forces by improving drainage. This preserves the soil structure, prevents run-off and soil erosion, and increases permeability, crucial for slopes and retaining walls.
  • Lower project costs and longer lifespan
  • Less repairs and maintenance costs
  • All-weather roads in developing regions increase accessibility to market
  • Simple installation lets local work crews receive on-site training and work on project

Rural Development

Neoloy® Tough-Cells Boost Rural Transport & Access

Neoloy Tough-Cells reduce the amount of granular infill materials needed and enables the use of on-site or low quality and/or poorly graded infill.

Sustainable development in developing countries takes on important social and economic ramifications, since the lack of rural transport for moving produce and labor to urban markets impairs economic opportunity and growth.

According to the World Bank, up to 1 billion people in poor countries do not have access to an all-weather road.

Rapid economic growth in the developing countries in the next decades will increase the demands for energy and transportation. Sustainable Neoloy® Tough-Cell solutions represent the best available solution for developing and improving transportation infrastructure under the difficult conditions (e.g. terrain, budget, weather) typical of these countries in which durability, resource use and ease of construction are paramount.

Neoloy’s increased bearing capacity reduces the amount of granular infill materials needed and enables the use of on-site or low quality and/or poorly graded infill, which are normally unsuitable for reinforcement. This has clear environmental and economic benefits for developing countries:

Benefits

  • Utilize recycled asphalt (RAP) and concrete and other non-cohesive granular fill, such as sand
  • High dimensional stability under dynamic loading and thermal cycling
  • Very high resistance to environmental conditions, oxidation and UV degradation over time.
  • Lower infill qualities and quantities required
  • Reduce the need for quarrying
  • Requires less haulage and earthmoving equipment
  • Decrease fuel use, pollution and the carbon footprint
  • Minimize on-site disruption from dust, erosion and runoff.
  • Meets sustainable (and LEED) goals of using local, native or recycled materials for infill
  • Advanced water management technique by maximizing infiltration in structural layers
  • Reduces runoff and flooding, and increases filter of pollutants by the soil.
  • Lower project costs and longer lifespan
  • Less repairs and maintenance costs
  • All-weather roads developing regions increase farmers’ ability to get goods to market
  • Simple installation lets local work crews receive on-site training and work on project

Recycled Materials

Neoloy® Tough-Cells Reduce Reliance on Aggregate Materials

Neoloy Tough-Cells can readily use reclaimed recycled asphalt and recycled concrete or masonry debris for aggregate infill.

A typical two-lane 1.6 km (1 mile) stretch of highway uses roughly 25,000 tons of crushed stone. Although aggregate is one of the most mined materials in the world, resources are limited and not always located where you need it. The increased use of recycled aggregate is therefore inevitable.

Neoloy Tough-Cells can readily use reclaimed recycled asphalt and recycled concrete or masonry debris for aggregate infill. Neoloy’s 3D confinement prevents creep and strengthens RAP (Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement), recycled concrete or construction debris and other non-cohesive, inferior granular fill, such as sand. This eliminates the need to mix RAP with virgin aggregates or stabilization additives. The result is savings in hauling, processing and aggregate resources and expenses.

Neoloy Tough-Cells can also use on-site recycled asphalt for infill, even if poorly graded or low bearing capacity. Neoloy reinforcement strengthens weak infill, thereby eliminating the need to mix RAP for example with virgin aggregates or stabilization additives. The result is significant savings in hauling, processing and aggregate.

Benefits

  • Reduces the bituminous asphalt concrete of pavements up to 25%
  • Enables a 50% or more reduction in the thickness of base course layers
  • Increases bearing capacity by a factor of 2-3x
  • Avoids the need to mix RAP  (Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement) with virgin aggregate and chemical reagents
  • Confinement reduces creep and improves the modulus of RAP infill
  • PRS-Neoloy can utilize a wide range of milled RAP grade size, including poorly graded materials
  • Sustainable solution recycling waste materials
  • Eliminates the need to mix RAP with virgin aggregates or stabilization additives.
  • Reduces hauling, processing and aggregate
  • Reduces structural pavement layer thickness
  • Reduces construction time and costs
  • Permits shallow instead of full depth rehabilitation
  • Reduces maintenance cycles and life-cycle costs

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