Climate startups charter Decarbonized Cement and Concrete Alliance
Minus Materials, along with other charter members, launch DC2 Alliance. Group envisions new pathways to low-carbon construction materials.Read more
Microsoft lays foundation for green building materials of tomorrow
Quincy, Washington – Crushed rock and sand banged around in the swirling drum of a concrete mixer truck here on a construction contractor’s lot adjacent to a Microsoft datacenter. The scene on this sweltering summer day marked another step in Microsoft’s journey to be carbon negative by 2030.Read more
Microsoft is testing low-carbon concrete for its data centers
Cement manufacturing creates more carbon dioxide emissions globally than aviation. Microsoft is looking for a more sustainable building material for its data centers.Read more
Innovation grants awarded to four concrete production projects that will suck carbon from the atmosphere
Coalition of local governments aims to spur carbon dioxide removal efforts, fight climate crisis through this fundingRead more
Cleaner construction with carbon-negative algae-grown limestone
Minus Materials, a start-up, is commercializing algae-grown, carbon-negative limestone.Read more
Video: Don’t Mine Cement. Grow it.
Learn how Minus Materials algae-grown limestone performs the same as quarried limestone and meets essential standards but without the carbon penalties. The same – but better!Read more
Podcast: Growing concrete with algae
Minus Materials founders, Wil Srubar and Sarah Williams share how Minus can reduce cement emissions by 60%, and when stacked with other technologies, can produce a carbon negative concrete.Read more
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Podcast: Growing concrete with algae
Minus Materials founders, Wil Srubar and Sarah Williams share how Minus can reduce cement emissions by 60%, and when stacked with other technologies, can produce a carbon negative concrete.
IndieBio SF
December 1, 2022
Minus Materials grows biogenic limestone for carbon-neutral cement
The startup spun out of the University of Colorado Boulder’s Living Materials Laboratory, has received seed investment from SOSV and has already supplied samples of its “biogenic” limestone to partners in the cement industry, such as Microsoft.
SOSV
August 12, 2022
This startup is using microalgae to make carbon-neutral cement
“We don’t have to change anything about Portland cement production,” he says. No new equipment is required, and the product already meets existing standards. This could cut emissions by 60%, or, if combined with other changes, exceed 100%.”
Fast Company
August 10, 2022
Algae-grown limestone provides route to carbon-negative concrete
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a way of using algae to create carbon-neutral or even carbon-negative concrete.
The researchers use biogenic lime limestone grown by algae instead of quarried limestone to make Portland cement, concrete’s key, and most carbon-intensive ingredient.
dezeen
July 29, 2022
How scientists hope to use algae-grown limestone to build cities
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded the CU Boulder engineers and their colleagues at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Algal Resources Collection at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) $3.2 million for their creative work. The ...
Sci Tech Daily
July 19, 2022
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