Tag: California

Mycelium housing complex sure to attract “fun guys”

Mycelium housing complex sure to attract “fun guys”

November 27, 2023 |

In California, a 300-unit affordable housing complex called Phoenix is being built by Autodesk Research using mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms. Developers hope the innovation—dubbed mycotecture–will help decarbonize building and construction, which currently accounts for a about a third of global CO2  emissions. The buildings’ core is comprised of mycelium composite panels with exteriors […]

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Sway lands NSF Small Business Innovation Research to scale seaweed resin

Sway lands NSF Small Business Innovation Research to scale seaweed resin

November 23, 2023 |

In California, Sway has been awarded a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) research and development grant of $272,000 to evolve and scale the next generation of their melt-processable, home-compostable seaweed resin. Sway’s technologies are replacing conventional, petroleum-based resin by shifting feedstock reliance toward renewable sources like seaweed – a crop which […]

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