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Greentown Labs Announces the Healthy Buildings Challenge with Saint-Gobain and MassCEC

Greentown Labs

Research shows the built environment—and its construction—accounts for nearly 40 percent of the world’s carbon emissions which means there’s an enormous opportunity for innovation in this sector,” said Dr. Emily Reichert, CEO of Greentown Labs. Somerville, Mass., virtually, or a combination of both. ###. billion in funding. .

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Greentown Labs, Saint-Gobain, and MassCEC Announce the Healthy Buildings Challenge Startup Participants

Greentown Labs

As the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, Greentown Labs brings together startups, corporates, investors, policymakers, and many others with a focus on scaling climate solutions. billion in sales in 2020 More than 167, 000 employees, located in 70 countries Committed to achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2050.

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The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces Year Two Startup Cohort for Carbontech Accelerator Program

Greentown Labs

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Canada) utilizes point-source CO2 and mineralizes it with waste materials to create supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) that can be used in building materials. develops polymers for gas separation, enabling membrane-based carbon capture applications. Somerville, Mass.

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Urban Future Lab, Greentown Labs, and the Fraunhofer USA TechBridge Program Announce the Carbon to Value Initiative

Greentown Labs

Leading climatetech innovation organizations launch multi-year initiative to accelerate the trillion-dollar carbon-to-value market. More than 100 gigatons of carbon, in the form of carbon dioxide, must be removed from the atmosphere by 2050. Newswise — New York City, N.Y., and Somerville, Mass., July 16, 2020.

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Carbon to Value Initiative Leaders Urban Future Lab, Greentown Labs, and the Fraunhofer USA TechBridge Program Announce Formation of the Carbontech Leadership Council

Greentown Labs

Multi-year initiative seeks carbon-to-value startups and welcomes first Carbontech Leadership Council members. The C2V Initiative is a unique, multi-year program driving the creation of a thriving innovation ecosystem for the commercialization of carbontech—technologies that capture and convert carbon dioxide (CO?) New York City, N.Y.,

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If the world wants a green recovery, it must commit to innovation

Business Green

In the first months of the crisis alone, China reported a 25 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. This might sound ambitious, but it is built upon proven technology , and it is ready to be deployed to put carbon back where it belongs. A global 5-10 per cent drop is predicted by the end of the year. Work remains to be done.