Today, our Assistant of Econ. Dev. John Dyjack and I caught up with @SublimeSystems Project Dev. & Community Relations Manager @Pat_Beaudry to serve on a Tough Tech Summit panel at The Engine Accelerator with @BenDowningMA.
After the panel, we toured the headquarters of Sublime Systems at Somerville, a low-carbon cement making factory currently working toward building its first commercial manufacturing facility in #Holyoke and will soon be responsible for curving massive impact on global CO 2 emissions.
Tech firms & construction giants are pouring money into startups that aim to decarbonize cement & concrete—a tricky but crucial task. @mariagallucci has the latest details, incl. announcements from @Carbon_Built & @SublimeSystems: https://t.co/YPe0uOCNf9
Sublime Systems got its start at @MIT and hit the ground running in Somerville. Soon, they’ll expand their impact with a facility in Holyoke and dozens of new jobs.
It’s a Massachusetts success story that just became even more of a reality with the first-ever use of their low-carbon cement right here in Boston’s Seaport.
@CRH_plc@Holcim In the near-term it shores up development of our first commercial plant in Holyoke, while simultaneously laying the foundation (pun intended!) for future development together of Sublime megaton plants in multiple regions once Holyoke is complete.
We are proud to officially announce a second partnership with a global cement major, @CRH_plc! This combined $75M investment and pre-paid offtake of Sublime Cement™ from @Holcim and CRH doubles Sublime's reach. https://t.co/l0XlNjJDT3
Get ready for #ClimateWeekNYC! 🌍💼 Catch Nollaig Forrest, @Holcim CSO, and Leah Ellis, @SublimeSystems CEO, at the Sustainable Investment Forum North America. They’ll spotlight how startups are shaking up industries & accelerating decarbonization with innovative solutions.
@Holcim Scale is everything when it comes to success in cement, the key ingredient in the most consumed human-made material on Earth, concrete. It requires a broad logistics and distribution footprint that companies like Holcim have already built and excel at.
We are proud to announce a partnership with global building solutions provider @Holcim that strengthens our mission of swift and massive impact on global CO2 emissions by decarbonizing cement. https://t.co/abXMyIKyh1
@Holcim This collaboration includes an equity investment, a binding reservation from Holcim of the Sublime Cement™ produced out of our first commercial facility in Holyoke, MA, and commitments to co-develop future full-scale Sublime plants together once the Holyoke factory is complete.
Founded by DMSE Professor @YetMingChiang and former postdoc Leah Ellis, @SublimeSystems has developed a sustainable way to make one of the world’s most common materials. https://t.co/DR7N2O7ptc
We applaud @ValerieFoushee and @MaxMillerOH for introducing bipartisan legislation to accelerate low-carbon cement, concrete, and asphalt as a tool for addressing climate change while boosting American manufacturing and innovation. This public sector support is essential!
The @engineventures recently raised $398M to help develop & commercialize "tough tech." The MIT-built fund backs startups working to decarbonize heavy industrial sectors like steel (Boston Metal), cement (@SublimeSystems) & even beer 🍻(@AtmosZeroSteam) https://t.co/ItL4qJngUd
Thanks to @amyfeldman for a great conversation with our CEO Leah Ellis on industrial decarbonization, the public sector's support, and the "Cambrian explosion of cleantech 2.0." Catch the interview in @Forbes here https://t.co/kgtcUA66BS
We are so grateful @YetMingChiang has devoted his energy and talent to the many opportunities in climate tech. This is a wonderful profile (pt. 1) of him by @CatClifford!
So much has to work in parallel as we commercialize a new low-carbon cement, and things like testing and equipment maintenance are behind the scenes. Though sometimes unseen, they are essential (like cement itself!). Not unseen today! Bravo to our team doing this critical work!
At Sublime we rigorously test and validate the performance of our materials.
To ensure the accuracy of those results, we even test our testing methods — and we recently passed with flying colors!!
Ensuring the accuracy of our testing methods on portland cement is critical in validating the data we share around our new low-carbon Sublime Cement™. This is a testament to our product R&D team's hard work in establishing and maintaining our testing equipment and procedures.