3 ms·

im in, where can i buy this? where can i invest? ah thats right...nowhere. the problem is not the industry. the problem is the people who write this and compl

im in, where can i buy this? where can i invest? ah thats right...nowhere. the problem is not the industry. the problem is the people who write this and complain about it have not taken any steps to bring these more sustainable cements to market.

aoner 8y ago
The problem is actually the industry. Many companies have tried, but keep failing. There is a really insightful report why innovation is stopped by huge barriers in the industry: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210422415300228 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221042241... The development of more sustainable cements is a challenging but urgent venture. Demand-oriented knowledge formation and the reliance on existing prescriptive standards impede progress towards more sustainable alternatives to conventional cements. None-the-less the last years saw the emergence of a number of technology based start-ups with ambitions to introduce new low-carbon cements as alternatives to traditional Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC). An overall analysis of the Technological Innovation System for cement technology is conducted. This is extended with an investigation of how three start-ups, Celitement, Novacem and Calera perform within this environment. The implementation of new materials requires new types of collaboration between R&D and market actors, a combination of synthetic with the existing analytic knowledge base and redefinition of standards and norms. Moreover, a close cooperation of incumbent actors along the construction value chain is precondition for success of disruptive innovations.
- timwaagh 8y ago
  oh pity. i figured they'd be just about begging for the stuff if it is reasonably priced since the millenials buying houses right now would be happy to buy anything that said 'built sustainably' if the price is reasonable. apparently it is not that easy.
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]

aoner 8y ago

The problem is actually the industry. Many companies have tried, but keep failing. There is a really insightful report why innovation is stopped by huge barriers in the industry: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210422415300228 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221042241... The development of more sustainable cements is a challenging but urgent venture. Demand-oriented knowledge formation and the reliance on existing prescriptive standards impede progress towards more sustainable alternatives to conventional cements. None-the-less the last years saw the emergence of a number of technology based start-ups with ambitions to introduce new low-carbon cements as alternatives to traditional Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC). An overall analysis of the Technological Innovation System for cement technology is conducted. This is extended with an investigation of how three start-ups, Celitement, Novacem and Calera perform within this environment. The implementation of new materials requires new types of collaboration between R&D and market actors, a combination of synthetic with the existing analytic knowledge base and redefinition of standards and norms. Moreover, a close cooperation of incumbent actors along the construction value chain is precondition for success of disruptive innovations.

timwaagh 8y ago
oh pity. i figured they'd be just about begging for the stuff if it is reasonably priced since the millenials buying houses right now would be happy to buy anything that said 'built sustainably' if the price is reasonable. apparently it is not that easy.
deleted 8y ago
[deleted]