Growing green bricks

Our mission is to lead the transition to planet-friendly construction.

Biomason creates biocement without carbon emissions by using natural microorganisms, similar to how coral reefs are formed.
Concrete is the second-most consumed substance on the planet after water¹ and it accounts for 8% of global CO₂ emissions due to the firing of materials such as limestone² and the calcination process.
Formerly an architect, Ginger discovered that most supposedly sustainable products were only marginally better and was inspired to find a solution. She set up a lab in her spare room and started her quest to 'grow a concrete brick', finally succeeding and quitting her professorship to start Biomason in 2012.
Biomason's goal is for its biocement to reduce 25% of carbon emissions from the concrete industry by 2030.
Ginger has spoken at high-profile events including WWF TedX in Abu Dhabi³ while Biomason has won various awards, most notably the PostCode Lottery Green Challenge⁴, for which Sir Richard Branson served as a judge.

¹ Cement and concrete as an engineering material, Science Direct, May 2014

² Make Concrete Change, Chatham House, June 2018

³ TEDx Talk

⁴ Postcode Lottery Green Challenge

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