Sources: Sublime Systems, Somerville, Mass.; CMCM staff A screening life cycle assessment (LCA) validates how Sublime Systems’ low temperature, electrolysis-enabled processing of calcium-bearing feeds yields a concrete-grade binder whose global warming potential (GWP) is less than one-tenth that of a typical portland cement. The most widely referenced metric in environmental Read more…
Sources: Office of New York Governor Kathy Hochul; CP staff Beginning in January 2025, concrete producers will be required to provide environmental product declarations for New York State agency project deliveries above $1 million and 50 yards, or NYS Department of Transportation work above $3 million and 200 yards. Under Read more…
Sources: Sulzer, Winterthur, Switzerland; CMCM staff Sulzer Chemtech is among participants in the latest funding round for California-based Blue Planet Systems Corp., whose carbon dioxide capture technology yields mineralized, concrete-grade aggregate. The Swiss fluid engineering specialist joins prior round investors, including North American cement, aggregate and concrete producers Holcim Group Read more…
Sources: AICrete, Richmond, Calif.; CP staff Billed as the only recipe-as-a-service platform optimizing local materials for cleaner and more cost-efficient concrete, AICrete has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by CLEAR Ventures and VoLo Earth Ventures, with participation from Cortical Ventures plus a multinational materials producer. The Read more…
Sources: CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, Nova Scotia; CP staff CarbonCure Technologies has launched a namesake service, Express EPD, with which concrete producers can expedite preparation of verified environmental product declarations (EPD). It streamlines the complex life cycle assessment process declarations require by automating much of the data collection. Concrete producers can Read more…
Source: World Cement Association, London Supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) developer Carbon Upcycling Technologies of Calgary is the newest World Cement Association associate corporate member. The company combines two routes to lower carbon dioxide emissions, notes WCA CEO Ian Riley: Sequestering the compound in concrete and increasing the availability of low Read more…