Venture:
Carbon Infuse
Founders:
Diandian Zhao ’24SEAS and Shiho Kawashima
Industry:
Climatetech and sustainable materials
Venture Type:
For-profit
What is the social or environmental issue being addressed?
The widespread deployment of Carbon Infuse’s innovation has the potential to sequester billions of tons of CO2 within our built environment. Effectively converting CO2 emissions from heavy industries like cement production and industrial waste helps mitigate climate change and promotes a circular economy. Furthermore, driving innovation in carbon management could catalyze economic growth and create new opportunities for green technologies, fostering a more resilient and environmentally conscious society.
Innovation:
Carbon Infuse is developing an innovative solution that integrates CCUS processes into a single step, converting CO2 emissions and industrial waste into cementitious materials. The process can operate under ambient conditions, and thus, it is low-cost and highly scalable. The resultant materials substitute carbon-intensive cement to decarbonize concrete further and permanently store mineralized CO2 in our infrastructure. Carbon Infuse addresses the economic and efficiency barriers inherent in current CCUS technologies, contributing to the decarbonization of heavy industries and the built environment through this innovation.
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