Through its collaboration with the Advanced Manufacturing Cluster (NGen), CarbiCrete is accelerating the adoption of its carbon-negative concrete technology, helping reduce emissions in one of the world’s most carbon-intensive industries.
Cement production is responsible for a significant share of global greenhouse gas emissions. By eliminating cement and using captured carbon dioxide in the curing process, CarbiCrete is creating high-performance building materials that support cleaner construction and respond to the growing demand for sustainable solutions.
Through its work with NGen, the company has been able to scale its technology, strengthen industry partnerships and move its innovation from the lab to real-world applications.
In this video, CarbiCrete explains how collaboration with and support from the cluster have helped bring its solution closer to widespread adoption across the concrete manufacturing sector.
Discover how this partnership and continued investment in Canadian technology are building a greener future.
Transcript
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Global Innovation Clusters
Real-World Impact Series
Advanced Manufacturing Cluster (NGen)]
So cement is a significant greenhouse gas emitter. So about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the production of cement. And we 100% displace that.
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Jacob Homiller
Former CEO, CarbiCrete]
CarbiCrete’s technology and the innovations that we bring, I think, are very impactful. We see more and more demand from end-user customers, but also from producers of concrete products and people who are building buildings, to use decarbonized building materials. So we have a great solution that kind of fits right in that space.
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Gary Belisle
CEO, CarbiCrete]
In terms of what the company and its technology bring, the environmental aspect is clearly number one. I would say that the innovation cluster was one of the main keys to CarbiCrete’s success because we’re advancing, we have developed, an exciting technology, but it needs to be implemented in a manufacturing process or in a manufacturing industry that is very, very, very traditional, I would say, very resistant to change.
The innovation clusters have been absolutely critical in helping the company take it to the next level. Without this kind of support, it would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible, for CarbiCrete to move to another stage because it required significant funds.
I think the Global Innovation Clusters [program], and specifically the Advanced Manufacturing Cluster, was really important to the company and being able to achieve that growth as quickly as possible. I think it definitely was an important aspect to get the producing partners more excited about working with the CarbiCrete technology and willing to invest alongside those grants to implement the technology more quickly.
We have MOUs with a couple of companies in the U.S. that implement our technology, and then we have a deep partnership with Saint-Gobain, which is one of the world’s largest global building materials companies, based in France.
Undoubtedly, it would have been difficult to attract this kind of partnership if we hadn’t managed to make the progress we made with the support of NGen.
We’ve really appreciated the support from the Global Innovation Clusters. The NGen grants that we have really had a concrete impact on our ability to grow the business and expand both in Quebec and in Ontario.
Advanced Manufacturing Cluster
Implementation of CarbiCrete's cement-free concrete technology at Canal Block
- Partners:
- CarbiCrete, Canal Block
- Impact:
- Manufacturing, Sustainability
- Location:
- Port Colborne, Ontario
Data acquisition and visualization platform for the manufacturing of carbon-negative concrete
- Partners:
- CarbiCrete, Patio Drummond
- Impact:
- Manufacturing, Sustainability
- Location:
- Lachine, Quebec
Industrial implementation of CarbiCrete’s carbon-negative concrete manufacturing process at Patio Drummond
- Partners:
- CarbiCrete, Patio Drummond, Innovative Inc.
- Impact:
- Manufacturing, Sustainability
- Location:
- Lachine, Quebec