bioMASON
Ginger Dosier (US)
The founding of bioMASON followed Ginger Krieg Dosier’s winning the international design award Next Generation “The Big Fix” by Metropolis magazine. Her proposal was a brick that was “grown” in contrast to being “fired”. The idea to grow bricks emerged from a study of coral structure: a very hard cementitious material created by nature in ambient sea temperatures with low energy and material inputs. The process has since been refined and continually optimized for increased performance and reduced production costs.
An estimated 1.23 trillion bricks are manufactured every year, resulting in approximately 800 million tons of carbon emissions, due to the fossil fuels required in the firing process. bioMASON believes there is a better solution for reducing CO2 emissions generated by global masonry manufacturing. The company employs bacteria to “grow” durable cement in ambient temperatures between loose grains of aggregate; producing building materials without emitting greenhouse gases, and without the depletion of non-renewable resources
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bioMASON
Ginger Dosier (USA)
SUMMARY
Company | bioMASON | |
Country | United States | |
Founder & CEO | Ginger Dosier | |
Postcode Lottery Green Challenge | Winner 2013 | |
What | Manufacturing biological cement-based building materials. | |
How | With the clever use of technology, bacteria and microorganisms offering the construction industry an economically viable and biological-based alternative. | |
Founded in | 2012 | |
Employees | 15+ | |
Founder's wisdom | “Involve your team when applying for the Green Challenge. Start early and really digest the questions. The application itself can strengthen your business plan enormously.” | |
Website | www.biomason.com |
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“Winning was like a steroid shot for us: it put us on the map, gave us global validation and introduced us to our first licensees.”
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- Growing bricks from scratch to reduce carbon emissions
- Throwback Thursday - Ginger Dosier & bioMASON
- Catching up with 2013 winner Ginger Dosier
- Momentum - the year after winning the Green Challenge
- Is creating an elevator pitch important?
- Ginger Dosier - This time last year
- 1st Green Challenge Deep Dive
- Ginger Dosier looks back on the past months
- GROWING BRICKS FROM SCRATCH
- Ginger Dosier wins EUR 500,000!