Hardened Storage: CarbonBuilt Debuts as Its Concrete-Based Carbon Sequester Tech Advances
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, CO2Concrete changed its name to CarbonBuilt to better align with its mission to store significant amounts of carbon dioxide in concrete used for the built environment. The company also announced the appointment of climate-tech veteran Rahul Shendure as Chief Executive Officer, known throughout the industry for his work in pre-IPO days at Amyris and later at Ballard Power Systems.
What is it?
Its Reversa process injects CO2 emissions taken directly from industrial sources into proprietary low-carbon concrete formulations. This revolutionary approach reduces overall CO2 emissions by more than 50 percent while creating end products that meet industry specifications and increase profitability for concrete producers. CarbonBuilt was spun out of UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management, which is led by Professor Gaurav Sant of the Samueli School of Engineering.
Why a big deal?
It’s a carbon sequestration play, featuring the permanent storage offered by concrete as a building material. That has a lot of appeal for industries as they seek places to inject CO2 other than down oil wells — which may be in short supply some day. CarbonBuilt is a finalist for the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, a global contest designed to foster and fund the development of breakthrough technologies that convert CO₂ emissions into usable products. READ MORE
