Making Portland cement is responsible for about 8% of the world’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. There has to be another way to make cement. Biomason founders Ginger and Michael Dosier discovered how.
BioBasedTiles are the first ever bio-based tile that grows with the help of bacteria. They are produced in a lab in a process similar to how coral reefs grow, each paver formed in a mould where sand is mixed with nutrient-rich liquids.
The biocement in the product has 95% less CO₂ emission than traditional cement, yet it’s 3x stronger and 20x lighter than concrete block.
BioBasedTiles aren’t just a sustainable alternative for cement tiles, they look amazing too, as you can see here at the headquarters of building materials provider Martin Marietta in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Developed by architect Ginger Krieg Dosier, the process of developing BioBasedTiles skips the middleman and goes right back to the source: bacteria making calcium carbonate in situ.
The entire manufacturing process of OPC (Original Portland Cement) concrete gets redefined by a process that – grossly simplified here – mixes waste aggregate with microorganisms, adding an aqueous solution that hardens the product to specification.
Biomason’s process enables materials to be formed in ambient temperatures by replacing the curing process with the formation of biologically controlled structural cement, saving vast amounts of energy and absorbing CO2 rather than emitting it.
Curious to find out more about the process? Make sure to check out our BioBasedTiles page.
Biomason is redefining what it means to produce concrete from a foundation firmly seated in natural systems of circularity.
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