2023年6月9日

2023智商獎-清潔技術NIWOT古埃及人建造了眾所周知的一個不朽的奇跡世界,金字塔。羅馬人修建公路至今仍然可見。和最近,承包商把20世紀436萬立方碼的具體構建一個奇跡,胡佛水壩。普羅米修斯材料公司Niwot將消除認為沒有什麼新日光之下。該公司今年收入將生產的產品將改變建築業。它開發了bio-cement,堅固耐用碳水泥的替代品。普羅米修斯的產品結合了自然產生的微藻和陽光、水和環境創建bio-cement二氧化碳。當與骨料混合時,這個超低碳bio-concrete bio-cement形式。如果在建築行業廣泛采用,它有可能減少的影響一個行業負責世界上8%的總年度二氧化碳排放量。公司營銷其技術架構、工程和建築公司。 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.