Low-carbon cement —
without compromise.

Today, creating cement is an energy and carbon-intensive process. Roughly half of the carbon emissions come from combusting fossil fuels required to heat a kiln to 1400-1500° C, and the other half comes from the CO₂ emitted when the limestone chemically decomposes inside the kiln.

Sublime’s technology eliminates both of these emissions sources. Instead, we use an electrochemical process that can turn abundantly available non-carbonate rocks and centuries of industrial waste that don’t release CO₂ when they are decomposed into cement at ambient temperature — eliminating the need for fossil fuels entirely.

Sublime’s electrolyzer is a variation of a water-splitting electrolyzer. One electrode produces a solution that extracts calcium from inert minerals, leaving behind a reactive silicate. The second electrode produces alkalinity, which precipitates calcium (also known as lime) as a pure, reactive solid. Reactive calcium and silicates are blended in a low-temperature process to make the final product — Sublime Cement^TM.

This ASTM C1157-compliant cement will be the first to commercial scale that approaches ‘true’ zero carbon — rather than just ‘net’ zero — by avoiding CO₂ emissions in the first place and foregoing the need for carbon capture and storage.

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A one-for-one replacement for ordinary portland cement (OPC)

While our process is different, what Sublime produces adheres to strict industry-accepted standards.

Sublime Systems produces high-performance, low-carbon cement that has similar (or better!) ultimate strength, durability, slump, and set time as the cement we use today for our buildings and infrastructure.

Sublime is rapidly scaling our high-performance, low-carbon cement production as a true-zero process that doesn’t emit carbon.

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The needs of the construction ecosystem are at the center of our work. Sublime Cement^TM is a drop-in replacement for today’s portland cement, creating a frictionless replacement for ready-mix concrete producers that meets or exceeds ASTM C1157 standards.

Sublime Systems is actively driving down the cost curve with a commitment to produce cost-competitive cement at scale without relying on carbon credits at our end plants.

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Low-carbon cement — without post-combustion carbon capture

Sublime Systems avoids carbon emissions altogether, so there is no added expense or complexity of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS).

Sublime Cement™ requires neither heat (therefore no fossil fuels) nor carbonate feedstock. Our technology innovations will allow us to finally make a true-zero-carbon cement — the way we believe cement will be made for millennia to come!

>90% CO₂ Reduction Possible

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Sublime Cement™

Cement today (OPC)

OPC + Carbon Capture

Supplementary Cementitious Materials

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Sublime Cement^TM

>90% CO₂ Reduction Possible

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Meets Ready-Mix Specs

Ideal

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Ideal

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Ideal

Cement today (OPC)

>90% CO₂ Reduction Possible

Insufficient

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Ideal

Meets Ready-Mix Specs

Ideal

Fossil Fuel Use

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Embodied Energy

Ideal

OPC + Carbon Capture

>90% CO₂ Reduction Possible

Ideal

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Meets Ready-Mix Specs

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Supplementary Cementitious Materials

>90% CO₂ Reduction Possible

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Ideal

Meets Ready-Mix Specs

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Insufficient

Embodied Energy

Ideal

Carbonated / CO₂-Cured

>90% CO₂ Reduction Possible

Suboptimal

Cost

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Meets Ready-Mix Specs

Insufficient

Fossil Fuel Use

Insufficient

Embodied Energy

Ideal

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Low-carbon cement — without compromise.

Today, creating cement is an energy and carbon-intensive process. Roughly half of the carbon emissions come from combusting fossil fuels required to heat a kiln to 1400-1500° C, and the other half comes from the CO2 emitted when the limestone chemically decomposes inside the kiln.

A one-for-one replacement for ordinary portland cement (OPC)

While our process is different, what Sublime produces adheres to strict industry-accepted standards.

Low-carbon cement — without post-combustion carbon capture

Sublime Systems avoids carbon emissions altogether, so there is no added expense or complexity of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS).

Keep building with us

Sustainable cement, so we can keep building.

Low-carbon cement —
without compromise.

Today, creating cement is an energy and carbon-intensive process. Roughly half of the carbon emissions come from combusting fossil fuels required to heat a kiln to 1400-1500° C, and the other half comes from the CO₂ emitted when the limestone chemically decomposes inside the kiln.