Primary Technology Area: Circular Economy

  • Brewery GHG reduction first-of-kind commercialization project

    Blindman Brewing is partnering with Earthly Labs to adopt their CO2 capture and reuse technology in its brewing process in collaboration with Olds College and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute. CO2 that is free from oxygen and nitrogen is captured from the fermentation process and sent to a foam trap where most of the liquid…

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  • Using Ag waste and craft brewer’s grain to grow high value mushrooms and produce livestock feed.

    Ceres has developed a system which uses otherwise wasted brewery and agricultural byproducts as a growing media for specialty mushroom cultivation. The mushrooms grown in Ceres’ system are higher quality, fresher, more affordable and more sustainable than what is currently available. During the mushroom growing process, fibers in the growing media are broken down by…

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  • Artificial photosynthesis for managing industrially produced CO2 emissions

    ERA has been interested in generating valuable products from CO2 emissions since we launched the Grand Challenge in 2013. If captured carbon dioxide can be converted to make useful and high-value products, it can create market interest that will accelerate technology development. Dr. Montemagno, one of the world’s leading experts in nanotechnology, has identified an…

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  • Commercialization of Bio-based Sprayfoam

    With funding from ERA, Sprayfoam Co. developed, tested and pre-commercialized a spray foam insulation product that incorporates renewable materials from the agricultural sector, instead of using GHG generating fossil fuels. This insulation will play a key role in increasing building envelope performance by reducing infiltration heat loss, energy consumption and GHG emissions. The goal is…

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  • Waste Characterization Study

    Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gasses. It is 25 times more effective at trapping heat in our atmosphere than carbon dioxide. One of the main sources of methane emissions is from decomposing organic waste at landfill sites. Today, Alberta offset protocols for landfill emissions use calculations that are based on studies from…

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  • Reduction of GHG Emissions through Greening Biofuel Production and CO2 Utilization: From Pilot Plant to Commercialization

    Enerkem Inc. develops community-based advanced bio refineries using proprietary thermo-chemical technology that converts residual materials, such as municipal solid waste, into clean transportation fuels and advanced chemicals. By using waste materials to produce clean biofuels and incorporating CO2 directly into the process, this renewable energy project in Edmonton demonstrates the potential of the technology. Once…

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