KohlenKraft sponsors Zurich Climathon
KohlenKraft, a young company from Technopark Winterthur, develops climate-positive building materials. Its innovative products contribute to reducing CO2 emissions and advancing the circular economy. CEO Charles Gerike-Roberts and CTO Moritz Keller have been awarded multiple times for their innovations
KohlenKraft is one of the sponsors of the Climathon inZurich. This is according to an announcement from Runway, the sponsor of early-stage start-ups based at Technopark Winterthur. The Runway Incubator is a program of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW).
The Climathon is a 32-hour format organized once a year by the Impact Hub Zurich. The event serves to find and develop ideas for climate protection in Zurich. This year, it will take place on November 1 and 2 at the Zurich Kraftwerk.
The start-up company KohlenKraft, founded in 2023, is also based at Technopark Winterthur. Last year, the park headlined a short portrait of the start-up’s move into its premises with the sentence: “Runway start-up KohlenKraft is getting ready for revolution”. KohlenKraft has set itself the task of supplying the construction industry with climate-positive materials. Its products such as plaster, wall plaster for industrial use, bricks and thermal insulation made from biochar absorb more CO2 during their service life than they emit.
KohlenKraft also closes the cycle: The biochar is made from biomass waste, reduces the need for raw materials such as sand and thus contributes to a circular built environment. This is why KohlenKraft was also supported by the Circular Building Industry Innovation Booster. The Innosuisse program supports the transition to a circular economy in the Swiss construction industry through systematic innovation.
CEO Charles Gerike-Roberts and CTO Moritz Keller have already received several awards. in 2022, the two KohlenKraft founders won the FrontRunner Award at the ZHAW Sustainability Challenge. They took first place in the ZHAW Startup Challenge 2023 and were class winners in the Startup Campus and Innosuisse Business Concept course.