2050 Materials Highlight by Innovation Origins
Every day we put a start-up in the spotlight. Today it’s the turn of 2050 Materials, which has developed an online platform with the aim of reducing CO2 emissions in the construction industry.
A wealth of information on sustainable building materials should help cut down on the high CO2 emissions that are produced in the construction industry. Phanos Hadjikyriakou, founder of the Swiss company 2050 Materials, talks to us about this.
Founders Phanos Hadjikyriakou and Stephanos Stephanov ©2050 Materials
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