Adaptavate announces first-ever full-sized, carbon-negative plasterboard
Adaptavate announced in a press release that it has produced the “world’s first plasterboard to store carbon permanently.”
The plasterboard reportedly can take nearly 1 kilogram of CO2 emissions from the atmosphere for every metre square of the plasterboard produced.
Known as Breathaboard, this innovative product marks a milestone in the industry’s efforts to combat climate change by actively sequestering carbon dioxide.
Breathaboard incorporates char derived from the pyrolysis of lignocellulosic materials, a process that captures and permanently stores CO2 that would otherwise contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
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According to Adaptavate, each square meter of plasterboard can sequester approximately 1kg of CO2, exceeding the emissions generated during production.
This implies that the technology is sequestering and storing more carbon than it produces.
The manufacturing process of Breathaboard eliminates the use of natural gas, utilizing lignocellulosic waste materials combined with minerals and minimal water.
This approach reduces environmental impact and enhances the board’s capacity to absorb CO2 during curing, sourced from industrial emissions.
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This latest development, produced by the Bristol-based construction disruptor, comes after developing its low-carbon technology.
Tom Robinson, founder and CEO at Adaptavate, says: “Our new carbon-negative and carbon-storing technology marks a significant milestone and steps forward not only for Adaptavate, a business I founded a decade ago, but also for the global construction industry as a whole.”
He added, “Plasterboard is one of the most heavily used construction materials after cement and steel, in an industry that produces around 40% of the world’s carbon emissions. As a former builder, the potential impact of putting carbon storing building materials in the hands of every builder, architect and developer around the world as a drop-in solution is massive in our global endeavour to decarbonise construction. This announcement demonstrates with a real-world example of how we can do this and have a successful business on a global scale.”
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