BioUrban, pegged as the "tree of the future," debuts in Miami - Axios

A "tree of the future" was 1 of the much eye-catching projects connected show during Miami Art Week.

• The aerial purification device, called BioUrban, uses microalgae to crook c dioxide and aerial pollutants into oxygen.

Why it matters: Carbon seizure is needed to curb emissions and dilatory planetary warming.

• One of these algae-based "trees" tin seizure from 2 to 130 tons of CO2 per year, its developers claim. For perspective, a mature tree, which tin instrumentality successful much CO2 than a recently planted one, absorbs astir 50 pounds, oregon .025 tons, of c dioxide implicit a year, per the Arbor Day Foundation.

How it works: Microalgae successful the instrumentality — which is made by Mexican exertion institution BiomiTech — sorb and provender connected pollutant particles and person them into oxygen and biomass via photosynthesis, according to Miami-based Climate Trade.

• The BioUrban devices are offered successful varying sizes. Smaller ones could beryllium installed indoors portion larger ones are designed for extracurricular to trim contamination levels successful cities.

The cost: BioUrban devices are sold nether leasing agreements. The 3.0 device, the biggest offered, costs $3,600 a month, attraction included.

Zoom in: BioUrban made its U.S. debut past week arsenic portion of the motorboat of Miami's Future of Cities Climate + Innovation Hub — a new, net-zero bureau gathering designed to relation arsenic some a assemblage gathering abstraction and halfway for clime solutions.

• It was lone successful municipality for the week.

What to watch: Miami existent property developer Tony Cho, who's down the hub, told Axios to expect much specified projects from the caller space.

• Cho said they'll beryllium moving with the region to bring clime tech startups and entrepreneurs to Miami to enactment retired of the hub.
• "All our projects volition beryllium surviving laboratories for municipality and nature-based innovation," Cho told Axios.

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