Biochar offers architects a versatile material that enhances building performance, reduces costs, and supports sustainability. Its use in infrastructure is growing, thanks to its ability to be used in various applications. By incorporating biochar, architects can deliver long-lasting, high performing designs that align with sustainability trends and provide cost-effective solutions.
Biochar can be incorporated across various building applications:
Building materials: Biochar can be incorporated into concrete, drywall, insulation, tiles, and composites for various structural and design applications.
Hardscape: It can be used in hardscape elements like asphalt driveways, bricks for paths, and concrete components.
Softscape: Biochar can also benefit softscape applications such as gardens, lawns, rain gardens, and leach fields, improving soil quality, water retention, and the ability to absorb contaminants.
Biochar helps lower greenhouse gas emissions by replacing high-carbon materials in construction. It can be used in place of sand in cement and lime mixtures, which reduces the amount of cement needed and the associated carbon dioxide emissions during production.
Biochar’s excellent insulation properties help regulate indoor temperatures, reducing the need for excessive heating and cooling. This improves energy efficiency and can lower energy costs over the life of the building.
Thanks to its high absorbency, biochar helps control humidity levels, creating a more comfortable indoor environment. This ability to manage moisture can prevent issues like mold growth and contribute to healthier living spaces.
Incorporating biochar into concrete or other building materials can enhance fire resistance. Biochar acts as a fire retardant, helping to slow or prevent the spread of fires, offering greater safety in building designs.
Biochar-clay plasters can absorb smells and airborne toxins, making them a great choice for kitchens, living spaces, and other areas where clean air is a priority. This contributes to better indoor air quality and a healthier living environment for occupants.
Biochar-infused materials, such as biochar-clay or biochar-lime plaster, can be composted when the building is demolished. This continues the carbon cycle and promotes a circular economy approach, where even the demolition process is sustainable.
Biochar is a lightweight material, making it easier to work with, yet it boasts impressive compressive strength around 20 N/mm2.
Incorporating biochar composites helps capture and store carbon within architectural and construction materials, supporting a greener and more sustainable built environment.
Myno Carbon Core is a premium biochar engineered to revolutionize construction materials, enhancing thermal insulation, reducing material weight, and increasing durability and strength. It also supports sustainable practices in the steel industry by serving as an eco-friendly alternative to coal-derived coke. Our versatile biochar products are paving the way for greener, more resilient construction projects.
Unlock the potential of your infrastructure projects with our Carbon Core Granulated Biochar. Designed to enhance building materials, this eco-friendly product improves strength, durability, insulation, and fire resistance.
Applications: can be incorporated into concrete, drywall, insulation, tiles, composites, asphalt, bricks
Discover new possibilities for your projects with Carbon Core Micronized Biochar. Its fine particle size allows seamless integration into building materials – improving strength, thermal insulation, durability, and fire resistance.
Applications: partial cement replacement
Transform your construction projects with Carbon Core Liquid Biochar. This versatile liquid solution integrates seamlessly into various building materials, enhancing performance by boosting strength, fire resistance, insulation, and durability.
Applications: concrete and cement
Biochar composites:
Project by the IAAC
The benefits of biochar:
Architect Magazine article
Biochar building materials:
Information on USBI website
