Industria
KAUST spinout raises investment to revolutionize concrete manufacturing and reduce CO2 emissions
Patented technology developed in the lab of KAUST Professor of Chemical Engineering Jorge Gascon uses local sand for manufacturing. It converts the fine sand of the Arabian Peninsula into rougher particles suitable for use in concrete manufacturing. Significantly, this conversion lowers the need for cement and reduces CO emissions by up to 60 per cent through both the reduction of cement and transport.
explained Professor Gascon, one of the four co-founders of ClimateCrete. He went on to say,
Strength and durability tests performed by independent labs in Germany and KSA show a significant increase in strength compared to untreated sand and long term durability.
The opportunity for ClimateCrete™ is vast within the global construction aggregates market, worth USD 400 billion and within the Saudi Arabian real estate and infrastructure projects landscape, with planned investment of over $1.1 trillion .
Another co-founder of ClimateCrete™, KAUST Distinguished Researcher Professor William McDonough , recently named one of TIME's 100 most innovative leaders driving business climate action, further commented,
Vice President of Innovation at KAUST, Dr Ian Campbell OBE, said,
All four ClimateCrete Founders will be available in person at COP28 Innovation Zone on 5 December for interview upon request. Video and image assets can be provided upon request.
Established in 2009, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is Saudi Arabia's leading science and technological research university, dedicated to discovering the opportunities of tomorrow.
KAUST brings together industry-leading talent and ideas from around the world with the goal of advancing science and technology through distinctive, collaborative research related to food, water, energy and the environment. KAUST is a catalyst for invention, economic development and social prosperity in Saudi Arabia and across the world.
KAUST is recognized as the premier research-based university in the region – with a 225-strong faculty and over 1,000 researchers and academics – and was recently ranked first in the Times Higher Education (THE) Arab University Rankings 2023.
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