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bioMason is a leading innovator in the green building space, bioMASON® offers the lowest carbon footprint cement tile in the market. Their patented biocement® bioLITH® tiles are available today to architects and green building leaders across the globe. bioMASON grows pre-cast materials by employing microorganisms. bioMASON’s process enables materials to be formed in ambient temperatures by replacing the curing process with the formation of biologically controlled structural cement. http://www.biomason.com/

CO2Concrete is turning carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into construction materials and products without a need for carbon capture. Their patent-pending technology upcycles CO2 with unparalleled efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and throughput into precast CO2Concrete™ products. This break-through technology replaces the more than century-old paradigm of energy-intensive and CO2-intensive manufacturing of ordinary portland cement (OPC)-based concrete, and concrete products. By converting CO2 emissions from power plants, cement plants, or petrochemical production into CO2Concrete™, they will enable base industries to transform and achieve their carbon emission reduction goals. https://www.co2concrete.com/

 SolaBlock has a patented Solar Masonry Unit (SMU) that is laid as the building envelope and offers all the benefits of masonry with the generation of solar electricity, and in four years run time becomes carbon neutral. The SolaBlock are laid as any CMUs would be, and an electrician does the connection after the wall is built. This offers the masonry trade a future in green energy construction. www.solablock.com

Portland-limestone cement, or PLC, is engineered with a higher limestone content than portland cement to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete and masonry construction by about 10%. PLCs are typically swapped in for portland cement at a 1:1 replacement level in block and grout mixtures, minimizing disruption to producers while providing excellent fresh and hardened properties. Cement standards in the U.S. (ASTM C595, AASHTO M 240) and Canada (CSA A3001) have recognized portland-limestone cements for about 10 years, although similar products have been used around the world for several decades. Learn about these innovative cements that, since 2012, have reduced CO2 emissions associated with construction by more than 325,000 metric tons. www.greenercement.com