Current urbanisation rate is pushing the cement production of almost 4 to 5 billions of tons every year and in fact concrete made from cement is the 2nd most used substance after water in the world. At this rate we would be building 1NYC, every month for the next 40 years. With no direct alternative in sight that can cover such large volume demand, we need to deal with the high carbon footprint issue associated with modern day cement/concrete products that covers 95% of the $ 10 trillion construction sector worldwide. Construction sector put in almost 8% of manmade carbon emission, which is higher than the trucking, airline and shipping industry put together at 6%.
Needless to say, with the given state of climate change every % improvement on carbon reduction in such a massive industry matter. If we want to survive as society and avoid any enormous impact on the existing environment so that it continues to support life in its current state, we need to act now else we will fail to exist in future. Unfortunately, there is little to no giant changes in the construction sectors compared to any other manufacturing sector and it often goes unnoticed for an economic sector that is utterly important employing a good 10-12% of workforce worldwide. Hence it is all that more important to find a solution for this existential problem to modern day society.
So, the overall objective is to build a novel material technology that can make a measurable impact at the gigatons levels with quick scalable factors as time is of the essence. We need low to no barrier entry of integration of technology so it can be easily adapted in every market from grown western economies to developing African economies.
