Living Materials Laboratory:
Project
Project:
Lab Venture Challenge: Minus Materials
Current Challenge
Research Goal
The primary objective of this project is to produce and commercialize a net-CO2-storing portland limestone cement (Type IL) using calcareous photosynthetic microalgae. Most cement-related emissions are caused by calcining quarried limestone, CaCO3, to CaO, thereby releasing CO2 in the process. The technical premise of this proposed technology is to produce biogenic CaCO3 on the human timescale using coccolithophores, photosynthetic calcareous microalgae.
Sponsor
Colorado Advanced Industries Accelerator