Progressive Planet Solutions Inc said it will receive advisory services and funding of up to $100,000 from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP).
The monies and services will be used to further support Progressive Planet’s ongoing research and development project, which aims to optimize PozGlass SCM.
The British Columbia-based company is developing low carbon, pozzolan-based, cementing products, which are meant to replace equivalent amounts of Portland Cement and fly ash in concrete production. Portland Cement production is considered the second largest global generator of carbon dioxide emissions.
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The goal of the optimization is to forge a path to the commercialization of economic and eco-friendly cement powders that will ultimately replace Portland cement and fly ash during concrete production.
The eco-focused firm also noted that it had successfully sequestered carbon dioxide into the post-consumer glass in PozGlass SCM using a proprietary process recently. According to the company, early results show the carbonated glass improves performance and the emissions reduction potential of PozGlass SCM.
Additionally, Progressive Planet has filed a US provisional patent application for the innovation.
"It is exciting that our early efforts to permanently sequester carbon dioxide in glass have been successful," Steve Harpur, CEO of Progressive Planet said in the statement.
"With our NRC IRAP-supported project, we are seeking to further reduce the carbon footprint of PozGlass SCM by converting CO2 into carbonate, which is permanent carbon sequestration. It is our continued intention to rapidly commercialize PozGlass SCM as a substitute for a significant portion of Portland cement and fly ash used concrete mixes with PozGlass SCM possessing a fraction of the carbon footprint of both Portland cement and fly ash."
PozGlass SCM production does not require high-temperature roasting nor does it generate huge amounts of off-gassed carbon dioxide, unlike the production of Portland cement and fly ash
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