KodatekCo-founder, Chief Engineer
Oct. 2020Saaremaa, EstoniaBringing carbon neutrality and intelligent robotization to construction and renovation Industry byproducts from heat and electricity production, household waste processing combined with calcinated clay allows to reduce cement emissions down to -80%. The rest of emissions are directly sunk into geopolymeric insulation and structural material. -90% less energy use compared to standard concrete. Fast onsite intelligent robotized equipment does 9 builder work with 1. Taking construction to industry 5.0 automation level, closer to the efficiency of electronic chip manufacturing. Consctruction sector has been in deep inefficiency, builder shortage and intensive energy and emitting crisis due to conservative nature of the sector. EU Green Deal has laid the solid foundation for strong transformation. All 35 million houses is set to be energy efficient by 2050 and that means we need to speed up renovation pace by 40 times without needing 40 times more builders. That is were CircuLite comes in. Cast into monolythic forms, one floor per day (240m3) per equipment using industry waste and abundant circular feedstock. Household waste combustion, biomass heat and electricity generation provide enough active ashes in most areas in Europe combined with clays available around Europe enable to decrease emissions down to -80%. The end material is a carbon sink, making production fully carbon neutral. Energy need is -90% less compared to autoclaved (oven baked) aerated concrete blocks and stone wool. Manual work reduced by 80-90% and takes the physical part of construction to industry 5.0 level of intelligent automation. CircuLite has patend pending for:
1) load-bearing & insulating hybrid material
2) advanced insulation material
3) intelligent onsite automated production and installation equipment Technology risk has been mitigated through 3-4 years of material testing in lab and operational environment, assembling innovative automated equipment reaching TRL7