Our CEO & co-founder Ilya Gindin recently appeared on the CleanTechies Podcast with Somil Aggarwal, where he chatted about our mission at COMU Labs, our founding journey, how and why we’re pioneering mycelium-based lumber alternatives, & more! Here are some of our favorite takeaways: 🍄 The fascinating properties of mycelium and its applications 🔥 Overcoming misconceptions about mycelium products 🏡 How COMU Labs is creating sustainable, fire-resistant materials for furniture and construction 📈 The unique challenges of scaling a deep-tech startup 💡 Our innovative approach to production and market strategy & More! Check it out ‼️👇 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dEiMnBWd #sustainability #climateTech #mycelium #startup
COMU Labs
Biotechnology Research
Bridging the gap between sustainability and affordability with MycoWood: waste-based lumber alternative.
About us
Comu Labs bridges the gap between sustainability and affordability in furniture materials by addressing a growing demand in a multibillion dollar market where 80% of products contribute to deforestation and 40% of consumers are having to pay more for sustainable alternatives. We utilise fungi to transform agricultural waste into robust, machinable and fire-retardant material that looks and behaves like plywood. It’s sustainable because it’s local, toxin-free and compostable and. It’s affordable as it’s produced from the local waste.
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comulabs.com
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- Biotechnology Research
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- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Huntsville
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2021
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Mycelium is definitely plays a big role in the future of construction. Timber alternative MycoWood is in a good company.
Is Mycelium the future of construction? 🍄 🧱 Traditional construction is a polluting business. Accounting for 37% of global emissions. And despite progress, the building and construction sector isn’t even close to being on track to meet its decarbonisation goals by 2050. But thanks to recent startup innovations and the work of smart researchers, it’s clear that fungi could be used as a safe and sustainable alternative to the foams and plastics in our homes… and even for heavier duty construction, too. Mycelium-based biocomposites are a low-carbon, circular solution to the chemicals, foams, and plastics used for insulation and panelling in our homes. And with recent tech developments, it seems they could have the potential to provide a commercially viable alternative to materials like concrete and wood too. For building materials 🧱 Startups are creating building materials such as wall panels and styrofoam alternatives using mycelium composites. For structure 🏋️ Researchers have come up with a system to create an environmentally friendly building material they call Mycocrete, combining mycelium with knitted molds. The result is a tough, adaptable structural block with high design flexibility. For living architecture 🍄 While most are using dried mycelium to create construction materials, some are seeking to use live fungi as sensors to develop an intelligent building material. Dried mycelium is inactive and incapable of responding to stimuli – but its live, functional form has potential for use in creating smart buildings that can adapt to changes in light, temperature and air pollutants. Meet the frontrunners in the space: BIOHM l Biop Biotech l COMU Labs l EASI ZERo l Fairm l Fungal Architectures l Hempovate l MIMBIOSIS l MOGU l MUSH l MYCEEN l Mycela Labs l MycoHAB l Mykor l MYCL | Mycotech Lab l Mycocycle, Inc. l MycoTree l NeoMyc.Insulation l okom wrks labs l Visibuilt l YcoLabs - circular building insulation. Read the latest HackTrend Report by Meg Kendall: https://lnkd.in/emWXPY8F With thanks to Mridul Pareek of European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), Susanne Gløersen of The Fungi Investment Collective and The Future is Fungi Award and Marc Violo of MycoStories
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