Low Carbon Materials was born out of a desire co-founders Dr. Natasha Boulding, Dr. Phil Buckley, and Scott Bush shared to develop materials that could be used widely and would positively impact the environment by reducing carbon emissions and finding a use for waste materials.
Recognising the role and dependency on concrete in the built environment, which accounts for 8% of global carbon emissions led to the development of our flagship product, OSTO®. We identified an opportunity to create an aggregate that could be used in the production of concrete, as a substitute for other lightweight aggregates - with the potential to drastically reduce carbon emissions.
In 2022, we were nominated as a finalist in Prince William's prestigious Earthshot Prize to 'Fix our Climate'. The award acknowledged LCM's innovative work to tackle climate change and lower carbon emissions. Over the past few years, we have experienced significant growth, expanding our production capacity and diversifying our product range. This has led to achieving a series of award wins, investment, and business acceleration support, followed by ever-growing interest and demand from the construction sector and groups concerned with lowering carbon emissions.
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