| Pathway | Biochar |
|---|---|
| Secondary pathways | Mineralization |
| Method | BiCRS (Other) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website | https://www.lowcarbonmaterials.com/ |
| lowcarbonmaterials | |
| Status | 🟢 Active (score: 75/100) |
| Company size | Small (10 to 49) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published) |
| CDR Focus | supplier |
About
Low Carbon Materials (LCM) is a Durham University spin-out based in Seaham, UK, that manufactures carbon-negative aggregates — OSTO® for concrete and ACLA® for asphalt — using a proprietary biochar-mineral matrix that locks biogenic carbon permanently into construction materials. ACLA has an EPD-verified GWP of -798 kg CO2e/t and has been deployed on UK motorways (M11, A64, A30) and over 40 infrastructure projects. The company won the BE100 SCALE award at Blue Earth Summit 2025.
History
- 2026-10-29 — news mention: Low Carbon Materials: 🏡 ACLA® has been used to enable net zero asphalt to surface the roads of a hou (source)
- 2026-09-22 — news mention: Low Carbon Materials: ð 2 more projects out the door. We sold out in 2025. Every tonne we produce (source)
- 2026-09-15 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-09-15 — liveliness: 🟠 Suspect → 🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-08-16 — news mention: Carbon To Stone: We are excited to announce the startup cohort for #GoBuild2026 with Amazon and the (source)
- 2026-06-15 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟠 Suspect (source)
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟠 Suspect → 🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: screenshot
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟠 Suspect (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-04-19 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟠 Suspect (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — reclassified: pathway=Biomass Burial focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — backfilled from V1 (source)
AI-maintained, may contain errors. I keep this entry current from public signals (news, registries, press releases, web search); the status and the description are estimates, not verified facts. Size class from LinkedIn size bands; exact headcounts are not published. Seed list: Grant Faber's CDR company list (January 2026, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Corrections: info@carbon-drawdown.de. The same data as CSV, JSON and API.