Event date: 04-01-2026
Event Time: 5:30 PM
Venue:Greentown Labs 444 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA 02143
Join us to celebrate the kickoff of Go Build 2026, an open-innovation program with Amazon and the Global CO2 Initiative (GCI) at the University of Michigan aimed at accelerating collaborations with startups in the field of CO2 utilization.
The buildings sector contributes 7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions; to change this, we need innovative technologies to build a decarbonized future. At this event, attendees will hear lighting pitches from startup participants working on this challenge, with innovations revolutionizing how buildings are planned, built, retrofitted, and managed.
We look forward to seeing you at Greentown Boston to build community around this exciting program!
Agenda (in ET):
5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Check-in and networking
6:00 – 6:13 p.m. Opening remarks
– Georgina Campbell Flatter, CEO at Greentown Labs
– Chris Atkins, Director, Worldwide Operations Sustainability at Amazon
6:13 – 6:30 p.m. Startup introduction and pitches featuring:
– Carbon Infuse (Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) develops a novel CO2 mineralization technology that upcycles industrial waste and flue gas into cheaper and cleaner materials for construction and manufacturing.
– Carbon Negative Solutions (Portland, Oregon, U.S.) converts any region’s industrial wastes and minerals into carbon-negative cement supplements (SCMs).
– Carbon To Stone (Tappan, New York, U.S.) converts industrial residues and CO₂ into lower-carbon construction materials for cement and concrete production.
– Low Carbon Materials (Durham, United Kingdom) develops a proprietary range of carbon-sequestering aggregate-like additives for concrete and asphalt.
– Neocrete (Auckland, New Zealand) develops an additive that makes low-carbon materials (SCMs) behave like cement, reducing the carbon and cost of concrete while making it more durable.
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Networking
