{"id":284485,"date":"2025-08-04T10:16:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/earth4earth-improves-construction-with-carbon-capturing-bricks\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T11:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:30:09","slug":"earth4earth-improves-construction-with-carbon-capturing-bricks","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/earth4earth-improves-construction-with-carbon-capturing-bricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth4Earth improves construction with carbon-capturing bricks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Green materials startup <strong>Earth4Earth<\/strong> has introduced a range of bricks that permanently sequester carbon. Using Direct Air Capture <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/new-climeworks-double-carbon-technology\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"163566\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Direct Air Capture<\/a><\/strong><em>(DAC<\/em>), the blocks extract atmospheric CO\u2082 and chemically fix it, turning the structures into true climate mitigation tools. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carbon-capturing brick technology<\/h2>\n\n<p>These bricks are made from excavated soil, normally discarded as waste, and a proprietary binder called <strong>e4E<\/strong>. This unique formula is designed to improve durability without relying on carbon-emitting processes based on lime and cement. <\/p>\n\n<p>This <strong>e4E binder<\/strong> can be produced at room temperature and avoids the use of fuels such as CO\u2082 release, following the decomposition of limestone, a base component of lime. All carbon generated in the manufacture of the binder is stored in solid form, due to an accelerated carbonation process. <\/p>\n\n<p>The chemical reaction traps the carbon and, at the same time, <strong>improves the structural properties<\/strong> of the material. This approach allows the bricks to offer mechanical advantages while fulfilling climatic functions. <\/p>\n\n<p>The product line includes <strong>N10<\/strong>, <strong>N20 <\/strong>and <strong>N30<\/strong> <strong>bricks<\/strong>, which add between <em>10%<\/em> and<em> 30%<\/em> <em>e4E<\/em>, increasing carbon sequestration with each variant. There are also <strong>L10<\/strong> versions, with conventional lime, and <strong>L0<\/strong>, an earth-based brick with no binder. <\/p>\n\n<p>The first batch of these bricks is being used in pilot projects in the UK. At the end of their useful life, they can be crushed to make new products or returned to the earth. In both cases, the CO\u2082 remains chemically fixed, which strengthens the circular economy approach.  <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Earth4Earth<\/strong> &#8216;s <strong>design<\/strong> is inspired by China&#8217;s Tulou buildings, known for their resilience and climate efficiency. The company aligns this ancient architecture with modern scientific development, resulting in a concrete solution for climate neutrality in construction. <\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In the future, we also plan to develop other types of bricks and materials using the e4E binder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We want to offer practical solutions for the decarbonization of the construction industry, and we believe that high-quality materials with diverse green credentials will achieve this.<\/p>\n<cite>Lei Zhang, co-founder of Earth4Earth.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carbon Capture Brick Demonstration (Short)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-_e1wyHUd6U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The demonstration of bricks that capture and store carbon dioxide. Source: Earth4Earth <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source and photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/earth4earth.co.uk\/news-3\/f\/press-release-carbon-capture-bricks-launched-by-earth4earth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Earth4Earth<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new technology promises to turn buildings into carbon sinks through materials that absorb CO\u2082 directly from the air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8404,"featured_media":284449,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13056,13068,13030,13032],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-284485","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-construction","categoria_noticias-environment","categoria_noticias-industry","categoria_noticias-management"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/284485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/284485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=284485"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=284485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}