2023年6月9日

2023智商奖-清洁技术NIWOT古埃及人建造了众所周知的一个不朽的奇迹世界,金字塔。罗马人修建公路至今仍然可见。和最近,承包商把20世纪436万立方码的具体构建一个奇迹,胡佛水坝。普罗米修斯材料公司Niwot将消除认为没有什么新日光之下。该公司今年收入将生产的产品将改变建筑业。它开发了bio-cement,坚固耐用碳水泥的替代品。普罗米修斯的产品结合了自然产生的微藻和阳光、水和环境创建bio-cement二氧化碳。当与骨料混合时,这个超低碳bio-concrete bio-cement形式。如果在建筑行业广泛采用,它有可能减少的影响一个行业负责世界上8%的总年度二氧化碳排放量。公司营销其技术架构、工程和建筑公司。 Products are available to the company’s investors right now for pilot projects. Large scale production began in the fourth quarter of 2022 with commercial availability as 2023 began. Prometheus is the winner of this year’s BizWest IQ Award in the clean technology category. In today’s world where interest in green technologies take center stage, Prometheus Materials’ innovation has caught attention. Traditional cement and concrete production pumps 11 million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every day. Alternatives to use of traditional concrete have been few and far between. Prometheus Materials’ team of scientists and engineers have discovered how to harness microalgae’s naturally-occurring ability to create a bio-cement with a process that actually sequesters, rather than emits, CO2. This rapid, scalable process enables the commercial production of strong and durable bio-concrete building materials — materials that decarbonize construction while also mitigating climate change by sequestering or trapping carbon in buildings. The product comes at a time of significant growth in construction. According to Market Research Future, the cement industry is expected to reach $494.61 billion by 2030, growing at a rate of 6.2%. Most new cement technologies, such as CO2 injection and accelerated carbonation curing, still rely on portland cement — the leading contributor of cement-related emissions. Prometheus Materials has replaced portland cement with an ultra-low carbon alternative. By changing the fundamental ingredients of cement with a sustainable alternative, Prometheus Materials has reduced by 90% the emissions impact of the building material. The raw materials in Prometheus Materials’ bio-cement — microalgae, water, sunlight, and ambient CO2 — are abundant, inexpensive and available. Prometheus closed an $8 million Series A financing round in March 2022. The round was led by Sofinnova Partners, a leading European life sciences venture capital firm based in Paris, London, and Milan, with participation by the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, GAF, and The Autodesk Foundation. The company is headed by Loren Burnett, president and CEO; Mija Hubler, chief engineering adviser; and Wil V. Srubar III, chief technology adviser.