Who knew greener could mean stronger?

CarbonCure Ready Mixed Technology

Recycling CO2 to make simply better concrete

C 2016 CarbonCure Technologies Inc.

 What is CarbonCure?

CarbonCure is a performance enhancing concrete technology that allows ready mixed

concrete producers to stand out in the crowd and access the growing green building
movement, while improving their bottom line.

The proprietary technology introduces waste carbon dioxide (CO2) gas into ready
mixed concrete during mixing and batching in order to improve compressive strength
and enable producers to optimize their mix designs. The technology is installed into
existing ready mixed facilities without disrupting operations. Batching is controlled by
a simple interface with the existing batch computer and carbon dioxide is precisely
injected into the concrete for optimal results.

The material eects of the technology

include accelerated hydration and
increased strength. The concretes
performance is enhanced as a result of
a chemical reaction between carbon
dioxide and cement, which forms
nanocrystalline calcium carbonate.

By using CO2 to increase strength, concrete producers

have the opportunity to optimize their mix designs, which
includes reducing cement content. The average
CarbonCure customer is able to realize a 4-8% reduction in
cement content, while maintaining the desired
compressive strength. This allows concrete producers to
produce high quality, low carbon concrete, and realize
signicant cost savings.

CarbonCure oers its producer partners access to

architectural sales and green building training, marketing
collateral, and public relations support. These sales and
marketing services allow concrete producers to highlight
the sustainable benets of their concrete to help develop
new specications and grow their business.

Who knew that greener could mean stronger?

 The Technology

CarbonCures technology is retrotted to an

existing concrete plant.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas is sourced from

the smokestacks of industrial emitters.

The puried CO2 gas is delivered in

pressurized vessels by commercial
gas suppliers.

CarbonCures proprietary delivery

system precisely injects the CO2 into the
concrete mix.

Batching is controlled by a simple interface

integrated with the batch computer.

Once injected, CO2 reacts with cement to

form a nano sized mineral that becomes
permanently embedded in concrete.

Formation of nanomaterial
The nanocrystalline carbonate
material, as seen in this scanning
electronic micrograph,
accelerates the cement hydration
and improves the compressive
strength of concrete.
 CarbonCure versus Historical Data Case Study

CarbonCure customers conducted independent testing on multiple

concrete mix designs with a reduction in cement, plus the addition of CO2
injected using the CarbonCure Technology. The customers compared the
performance of the CarbonCure mixes to the relevant historical data.

Case Studies: Field data from CarbonCure customers

Eectiveness of CO2 with reduced cement

9000
MIX A - Design Strength: 3000 psi
8000
= CO2 + 5.7% cement reduction
50% OPC, 25% Fly Ash, 30% Slag
7000

MIX B - Design Strength: 4600 psi

6000
= CO2 + 6.5% cement reduction
80% OPC, 20% Fly Ash
5000

MIX C - Design Strength: 5000 psi

4000
= CO2 + 5.0% cement reduction
90% OPC, 10% Fly Ash 3000
MIX A MIX B MIX C
Historical strength range of mix
before cement reduction
28 - Day Compressive Strength
CarbonCure average strength

CONCLUSION
The addition of CO2 injected using the CarbonCure Technology
enables concrete producers to reduce cement content without
compromising on compressive strength.
 Eectiveness of CO2

A CarbonCure customer conducted an independent test to conrm that

the CO2 was responsible for improving the strength of concrete batches
that had reduced cement content.

50% OPC
Case Studies: Field data from CarbonCure customer
20% Fly Ash
8% cement reduction: with and without CO2 30% Slag

5000
Control Mix: 4080 psi
4080 psi 4100 psi
4000 MEETS STRENGTH CRITERIA
3620 psi

3000 8% cement reduced from

control mix: 3620 psi

2000 DOES NOT MEET

STRENGTH CRITERIA

1000
8% cement reduced from
control mix + CO2: 4100 psi
0
28 DAY STRENGTH MEETS STRENGTH CRITERIA

CONCLUSION
The addition of CO2 using the CarbonCure technology enables
concrete producers to reduce their cement content and maintain
compressive strength requirements.

Why does this matter? Replacing cement with CO2 allows producers
to save costs and its better for the environment.
 The Eects of CO2 on Fresh Properties

CarbonCure conducted concrete durability testing in collaboration with

leading academics. The tests compared plastic, hardened and durability
properties between a reference concrete batch and a batch subjected to
CO2 addition. Concrete durability test results indicated that the carbon
dioxide process did not compromise the expected performance of the
treated concrete.

Batches of concrete were prepared for which the slump and air content
were measured both before and after the addition of CO2. It was found
that the carbon dioxide had little to no eect on the air content and slump
of the concrete. Producers using the technology can realize the
compressive strength benets without impacting fresh properties.

12%
Equivalent performance
10%
Air content after CO2 (%)

How does the addition of CO2 8%

aect pH and rebar corrosion? 6%

4%
Weathering carbonation occurs in
concrete when calcium hydroxide 2%
compounds react with CO2 from
the atmosphere and form solid 0%
0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12%
calcium carbonate. The depletion Air content before CO2 (%)
of calcium hydroxide will cause the
concrete pore solution pH to drop Conclusion: equivalent air content
below 13, which can cause rebar
corrosion.

When CO2 is injected into wet 10

concrete using the CarbonCure Equivalent performance

technology, the CO2 reacts 8

Slump after CO2 (in)

immediately with cement to form a

6
solid calcium carbonate mineral.
Calcium carbonate does not
4
impact rebar corrosion. Research
has shown that a CO2 utilization 2
process has a negligible eect on
the pH of the pore solution of 0
mature concrete, and therefore 0 2 4 6 8 10
suggests no risk of rebar corrosion. Slump before CO2 (in)

Conclusion: equivalent slump

 Working with CarbonCure Concrete

Case Study: Ambassatours Bus Terminal and Headquarters

1300 cubic yards of tilt-up concrete were treated with CO2
No eect on fresh properties or nishability

As a concrete tilt-up contractor, the quality of concrete used in our building

projects is very important to us. The concrete produced with CarbonCure
arrived on site with the same high quality of standards weve come to expect
from our concrete supplier. CarbonCure had no noticeable eect on the
work-ability or nish of the concrete.
- Sam Parker, Project Manager
B.D. Stevens

Completed Ambassatours Bus Terminal made with CarbonCure concrete

"CarbonCure ready mixed concrete was specied

on the Multi-Pad Arena in order to improve the
building's environmental footprint. As the
construction manager on this project, I worked with
the concrete on a daily basis. The CarbonCure
concrete that arrived on site had an excellent nish
and met all of our fresh properties criteria."

- Roland Doucet, P.Eng., LEED AP

Construction Manager, EllisDon Corporation
Case Study: Multi-Pad Arena 5200 yd3 concrete
 Marketing Concrete to the Green Building Industry

Nonresidential Green Building

Will you prot from Market Size (in billions)
the trend? $122 billion
48% of market
$58 billion
41% of market

Green building represents $47 billion

31% of market
about 50% of the total $25 billion
12% of market
construction market. $3 billion
2% of market

CarbonCure is concretes gateway

2005 2008 2010 2011 2015
to this large, growing market.
Source: Green Market Size, McGraw Hill Construction

The green construction market has grown rapidly in the past decade, while the concrete industrys
market share has declined. On top of that, with the ocial release of LEED version 4 in October 2016,
concretes ability to contribute to LEED points is changing signicantly. Are you prepared to sell to the
growing green building industry?

CarbonCure is concretes gateway to the green building community. CarbonCures technology reduces
the carbon footprint of concrete products. CarbonCures sales and marketing services help producers
to market the environmental benets of the technology, maximize contribution to LEED points, and
ultimately grow sales.

Basic Support
CarbonCure provides all of its concrete producer partners with basic sales and marketing support
to equip them with the tools to sell CarbonCure concrete. Basic support services include:

Generic yers & brochures

AIA-approved presentations
Press releases
Concrete Sustainability website plug in content
Generic LEED documentation

Advanced Support

Producers looking to gain more advanced sales tactics to accelerate sales of green concrete may
purchase advanced sales services including:
Customized yers & brochures
In-person sales training
In-person sales meetings with speciers
Customized LEED documentation
Green building & LEED marketing strategy development
Marketing Concrete to the Green Building Industry

Customer Testimonial
The entire CarbonCure team has worked to create a sense of
partnership with us; an approach that Vulcan Materials takes with its
own customers. We have gained invaluable contacts and experience
through joint participation at key industry events as well as specier
and contractor meetings arranged by CarbonCure. The technological
and market information has been exceptional and we plan to make
the best possible use of it.

- Tony Thompson, Marketing Manager

Vulcan Materials Company

Specier Sales Meeting & Sales Training

CarbonCure oers its producer partners training in the form of sales
meetings with architects, engineers and construction rms. Producer
partners gain rst-hand experience in eective tactics to sell green building
materials, while laying the groundwork to develop specications for
CarbonCure products.

CarbonCure oers customized sales training to its producer partners to

help them develop specications and learn eective strategies to sell green
building materials. Training participants will gain an understanding of:

The CarbonCure Technology

Tactics to identify the best sales targets
Strategies to eectively sell CarbonCure concrete
How to maximize LEED points

Environmental Benets
3
Potential CO2 impact per yd concrete
CarbonCure injects waste CO2
into concrete in order to CO2 injected 1 lb CO2
improve compressive strength.
This allows producers to CO2 reduced from mix optimization 20 lb CO2
optimize their concrete mix,
(transportation and processing of CO2,
which may further reduce the CO2 penalty manufacture of equipment)
0.2 lb CO2
carbon footprint.
Net benet per yd3 ~20 lb CO2
 CarbonCure and LEED

Concretes ability to contribute to LEED points is changing

signicantly under LEED version 4. CarbonCure helps concrete
producers communicate to customers how their products
contribute toward further LEED points.

LEED v4 uses a more holistic approach to sustainability as compared

to LEED 2009. LEED v4 requires architects to consider the entire
Points for environmental impact of a building products life cycle, rather than
rewarding products for a single environmental attribute such as
concrete: recycled content.
LEED version 2009
vs. LEED points for concrete products fall primarily under the Material &
LEED version 4 Resources Category. In LEED 2009, the most common points
awarded for concrete products fell under the Recycled Content credit
or the Regional Materials credit. These credits have changed under
LEED v4. Concrete products may directly contribute to the following
LEED v4 credits:

1 Building life-cycle impact reduction whole building life cycle assessment (3 points):
Show a 10% reduction in 3 of 6 environmental impact categories, including a
mandatory reduction in CO2 emissions.
CarbonCure helps concrete producers reduce CO2 emissions

2 Building product disclosure and optimization environmental product declaration

(EPD) (2 points):
Use 20 dierent EPDs from at least 5 dierent manufacturers.
CarbonCure can facilitate the creation of product-specic EPDs

3 Building product disclosure and optimization sourcing of raw materials (2 points):

Use 20 dierent products from manufacturers that have publicly released corporate
sustainability reports (CSR)
Use products for at least 25% by cost of the total building product budget that meet
leadership criteria, including recycled content
CarbonCure can provide guidance on the creation of a CSR

4 Building product disclosure and optimization material ingredient reporting (2 points):

Use 20 dierent material ingredient reports from at least 5 dierent manufacturers.
CarbonCure can create material ingredient reports such as health product declarations (HPDs)
 Go Green with CarbonCure

Concrete producers across North America are experiencing the

benets of CO2. Are you ready to join the new era of concrete?

The decision to expand the CarbonCure

technology across further Thomas Concrete
plants was a no-brainer. We veried that the
technology allows us to optimize our cement
content, which signicantly reduces our
carbon footprint. The CarbonCure
technology minimizes our environmental
impact and helps us live up to the high
standards that our customers expect from
us.
- John Cook
Director of Technical Services
Thomas Concrete

We at Vulcan are proud of our commitment

to sustainability. The CarbonCure Technology,
which benets both sustainability and
strength, is the potential future of the
concrete industry.

- Diggs Bishop
Vice President/General Manager
Vulcan Materials Company, Mideast Division

Argos prides itself on displaying leadership

through innovation. We are excited about
the potential for CarbonCures technology to
improve the compressive strength and
sustainability of our products.

- Godwin Amekuedi
Senior Director of Innovation
Argos USA
Innovative CO2 Technology

Helping ready mixed concrete producers to:

Increase strength Sell to the green market

Optimize mix design Realize cost savings

Want to learn more? Contact us:

sales@carboncure.com (902) 442-4020

www.carboncure.com
C 2016 CarbonCure Technologies Inc.