This company offers a retrofit technology that chemically sequesters waste carbon dioxide during concrete manufacturing, resulting in stronger, greener concrete. By reducing the embodied carbon footprint, ready-mix producers can leverage this technology to create low-carbon concrete and expand their presence in the green building market.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
The concrete industry faces increasing pressure to reduce its carbon footprint, as traditional concrete production is a significant source of CO₂ emissions. Ready-mix producers need cost-effective solutions to meet sustainability demands and participate in the growing green building market.
Solution
CarbonCure provides carbon mineralization technologies that inject captured CO₂ into fresh concrete during the mixing process, permanently embedding the CO₂ and reducing the overall carbon footprint. The injected CO₂ reacts with cement to form calcium carbonate, enhancing the concrete's strength and enabling cement reduction without compromising performance. This process not only reduces embodied carbon but also offers economic incentives through carbon credits, which can be sold to corporate buyers in the carbon markets. The technology integrates with existing plant batching software for seamless operation and is applicable to ready-mix, precast, and masonry concrete production.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes ready-mix concrete producers, precast concrete manufacturers, and masonry producers seeking to reduce their carbon footprint, enhance cement efficiency, and gain a competitive advantage in the green building market.
Features
- Retrofittable equipment for concrete plants, including a valve box connected to a CO₂ tank and a control box synced with batching software
- CO₂ mineralization process that permanently embeds CO₂ in the concrete matrix, enhancing strength
- Cement optimization, reducing the amount of cement required in the mix
- Telemetry data collection via the CarbonCure Command Centre for remote monitoring and support
- myCarbonCure platform for producers to track system usage
- Carbon credit generation through verified CO₂ savings, creating a new revenue stream
- Integration with reclaimed water systems for further sustainability gains