CRH Ventures’ Sustainable Building Materials accelerator courts startups

CRH Ventures is accepting applications from Seed- and Series A or B-stage construction or climate technology companies through mid-December for its latest accelerator, Sustainable Building Materials. The accelerator program enables the investment arm of Dublin-based CRH Plc to identify innovative materials and practices to lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduce waste and improve energy use in the built environment. Top Sustainable…

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CRH Ventures musters SCM, CO2 mineralization, novel material specialists

Sources: CRH Ventures, Madrid; CP staff CRH Ventures is accepting applications from Seed- and Series A- or B-stage construction or climate technology companies through December 16 for its latest accelerator, Sustainable Building Materials. The accelerator program enables the investment arm of Dublin-based CRH Plc to identify innovative materials and practices to lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduce waste and improve energy use…

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Holcim, Martin Marietta veteran Allen rounds out Terra CO2 C-suite

Supplementary cementitious material process developer Terra CO2 Technology has appointed Chance Allen as chief operating officer, ahead of an early-2024 groundbreaking on a charter production facility for the Golden, Colo. company’s flagship offering, OPUS SCM. Allen arrives after a nearly four-year tour as Holcim US regional head, Western United States and 20-plus years in Martin Marietta Materials vice president and…

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Holcim, Martin Marietta veteran Allen named Terra CO2 COO

Sources: Terra CO2 Technology, Golden, Colo.; CP staff Supplementary cementitious material process developer Terra CO2 Technology has appointed Chance Allen as chief operating officer, ahead of an early-2024 groundbreaking on a charter production facility for the company’s flagship offering, OPUS SCM. Allen arrives after a nearly four-year tour as HolcimUS regional head, Western United States and 20-plus years in Martin…

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Block-Lite, CarbonBuilt prepare for carbon dioxide-to-concrete first

The 4 Corners Carbon Coalition has awarded $150,000 to Arizona concrete masonry producer Block-Lite, plus California partners CarbonBuilt of Los Angeles and Aircapture LLC of Berkeley, to develop the world’s first fully-integrated direct air capture (DAC)-to-concrete assembly. Based at the producer’s Flagstaff plant, the project has the potential to yield market rate block exhibiting 70 percent lower embodied carbon versus…

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