Solidia Technologies Commercializes Rutgers' Patented Invention for CO2 Sequestration and Low-Temperature Solidification that Reduces Cement and Concrete Emissions up to 70 Percent

Solidia Technologies® has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Rutgers University for a patented technology that reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the production of cement and concrete products up to 70 percent, offering the global construction and building materials industries a path to greater sustainability and profitability.

Including two recently issued patents, the agreement covers a portfolio of more than 50 U.S. and foreign patents and patent applications for technologies that produce a stronger, more durable concrete that costs less and requires less energy, water and time, and only simple adaptations to current production processes.

“Together, these patents teach a unique method that enables companies to lower their environmental footprint by operating at far lower temperatures than the conventional method and providing a new means for carbon sequestration,” said Richard (Rik) Riman, Rutgers distinguished professor of materials science and engineering and Solidia’s founder and chief scientist, who co-invented the technologies with Vahit Atakan, Solidia’s R&D director and former Rutgers graduate student and research associate.

For over 50 years, scientists have tried to cure concrete with CO2 knowing the resulting product would be stronger and more stable. Solidia Technologies is the first to make this commercially viable. "We have taken a complex technology and made it simple, not only to ease adoption, but also to provide the construction and building materials industries with cost savings, superior performance, and an enhanced sustainability profile," said Solidia President and CEO Tom Schuler.

“When Rutgers licensed these radically innovative patents, we had high hopes for their commercialization, and Solidia has proven itself to be an excellent partner,” said Kenneth J. Breslauer, Rutgers interim vice president for research and economic development.

Solidia has raised financing from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Bright Capital, BASF, and BP.

Honored as a top innovation with the 2013 R&D 100 Award, Solidia Technologies’ patented scientific process makes it easy and profitable to use CO2 to create better building, construction and industrial products. Follow Solidia Technologies at www.solidiatech.com and on LinkedIn and Twitter: @SolidiaCO2.

Established in 1766, Rutgers is America’s eighth oldest institution of higher learning and one of the nation’s premier public research universities, serving more than 65,000 students.