AÑO
2021
CATEGORÍA
Comunidad
OBJETIVOS
Industria, innovación e infraestructura, Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles, Producción y consumo responsables, Acción por el clima
PAL. CLAVE
sustainable building materials, CO2
PAÍS
United States of America
CRÉDITOS
Solidia
LINK
https://www.solidiatech.com/
Solidia - sustainable cement production
Solidia makes it easy and profitable to use CO2 to create superior, sustainable building materials.
When it comes to climate change, cement production is a major culprit, accounting for about 7 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. New Jersey-based Solidia uses a patented process to address this problem, replacing limestone with a synthetic material that requires lower temperatures and less energy than traditional methods. The cement absorbs CO2 as it hardens, all of which amounts to a production process with a 70 percent smaller carbon footprint. Solidia launched commercially in the U.S. in August 2019 through a partnership with paving company EP Henry.
Solidia provides two core technologies:
1) A sustainable cement manufacturing technology, which can be produced in traditional cement kilns using less energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions during manufacture by 30-40%
2) A sustainable concrete curing technology, curing concrete with CO2 instead of water, permanently and safely consuming 240 kg of CO2, and potentially saving 3 trillion liters of fresh water every year