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A Mission to Decarbonize the Construction Industry with Keegan Kirkpatrick, Founder and CEO of RedWorks

Hardware to Save a Planet · 29 Feb 2024 · 39m · Episode 47

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Keegan Kirkpatrick, Founder and CEO of RedWorks Construction Technologies, explains how his company manufactures structural bricks and masonry units on-site using excavated dirt, a technology originally developed for NASA's lunar habitat challenges. He details the use of inductive heating to fuse silica-based soil into solid materials, highlighting the massive reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional concrete production and transport. Kirkpatrick discusses the business model of leasing equipment to builders, the engineering challenges of adapting precision induction systems for rugged construction sites, and the regulatory landscape for new structural materials in the US.

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RedWorks Construction Technologies, NASA, Astrobotic, Mazda Space Systems, Synapse, JLL Green Tech Foundation, University of Hawaii at Hilo
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