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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Cities of the future may be built with algae-grown limestone
Global cement production accounts for 7% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in large part through the burning of quarried limestone. Now, a CU Boulder-led research team has figured out a way to make cement production carbon neutral—and even carbon negative—by pulling carbon dioxide out of the air with the help of microalgae.
CU Boulder Today
June 23, 2022
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