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Did you know that over 10 Trillion gallons of polluted stormwater, wastewater, and sewage is discharged into U.S. waterways each year?  This is primarily due to three main factors: 1). outdated water infrastructure, 2). unpredictable weather events, and 3). vast amounts of impervious surface area in cities.

This can be prevented with innovative green infrastructure, and one of the best approaches to green infrastructure is permeable paving. 

When matched with strategic design and implementation, our permeable concrete can take the place of traditional concrete and asphalt to manage stormwater where it falls, help mitigate urban flooding, and recharge groundwater naturally. In doing so, we can lessen the burden on existing infrastructure while simultaneously promoting more sustainable hydrologic cycles in our cities. 

Dear Investors, Partners, and Supporters:

We see an enormous opportunity in the green infrastructure space to expand on the current approaches that are available to cities today. At AquiPor, it starts with improving the paved surfaces of our communities with a better kind of permeable concrete that can manage stormwater where it falls. 

But it doesn’t stop there.

By adding our distributed water technology we envision residential and city blocks becoming into infiltration corridors for groundwater recharge and aquifer replenishment. And with our multi-utility engineering processes, renewable power and high-speed broadband can be added right into the neighborhood at the same time. 

The animated video below is how we envision the future of green infrastructure: Decentralized, highly scalable, and economically robust. 

This animated render features patented and patent-pending technologies which are under development and in the proof of concept phase.

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AquiPor’s technology toolkit includes the rights to a catalytic concrete technology for our permeable products which is proving to be significant beyond what it can do for stormwater management.

Using reclaimed aggregates, industrial minerals, and a proprietary catalyst, this novel concrete technology is inherently low carbon, and it sets up and gets to early strengths in a fraction of the time than that of traditional concrete.

As we’ve discussed before, traditional concrete is the most prevalent man-made material on the planet and its production results in 8% of all anthropogenic CO2 emissions annually. It also takes anywhere from 4-12 hours to set up, and up to a month to reach full strength. 

We’re obviously excited about the prospects for this new technology and truly believe that if we’re successful at AquiPor, we can simultaneously help solve major issues around urban water quality, aquifer replenishment, and industrial CO2 emissions.

There aren’t many companies that can say that. 

AquiPor’s option to license this catalytic concrete is exclusively for permeable aspects with applicability geared towards stormwater management & infiltration, integrated water management & distribution, and other non-structural, permeable uses.

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It’s been said that great things usually come from humble beginnings. At AquiPor we’re proud of the manufacturing progress we’ve made over the past several months with our precast partner. We feel it’s important to explain to our loyal investors what this has entailed.

During the most recent phase of product development we’ve produced hundreds of small samples that represent different mix designs for our permeable concrete. We focused on mix economics, availability of raw materials, the material’s durability in both hot and cold liquid environments, and the material’s ability to set up in less than 1 hour (a huge differentiator between our concrete and standard portland-cement based concrete).

Through all of this, our technology group has also honed a process that can be implemented just as easily at a small manufacturing facility as it can at a large, automated facility.

With its low-carbon footprint and permeable aspects, the environmental benefits of this material are obvious. What might be less obvious are the potential productivity gains and economic advantages this technology represents, whether that’s with a 50 year old mixer or at a brand new batch plant.

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We’re thrilled to announce that AquiPor has been accepted to participate in the U.S. Green Building Council - L.A. Chapter’s Net Zero Accelerator!

The USGBC is best known for its development of the LEED green building rating systems and its work promoting sustainability in building design, construction, and operation. 

AquiPor is 1 of 15 companies participating in this high-level accelerator. It is a 9-month program that focuses on pairing cohort companies with industry experts, advisors, and pilot project opportunities to advance and scale innovative climate technologies for the built world. 

With program partners that span construction, real estate, engineering, water utilities, venture capital, academia, and municipal government in and around Los Angeles, we are very excited to make these new connections and prime our technologies for launch alongside industry experts.

You can learn more about the program here:  https://www.netzeroaccelerator.org/

Dear AquiPor Shareholders, Supporters, and Followers,

Please check out the video below, where our CEO Greg Johnson gives an update on recent progress and discusses near term plans for the Company. We're looking forward to an eventful 2022!

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Be sure to check out this episode of the Better World podcast where our cofounders Kevin and Greg talk about stormwater, concrete, and the work that AquiPor is doing to improve the physical infrastructure in our cities!

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AquiPor's permeable concrete technology was recently highlighted in an article in BBC Earth!

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Today we celebrate a big milestone! 

We’ve now raised $1 Million in our crowdfunding campaign and we’d like to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude for all of our investors.

Every dollar raised is being put to work and thanks to our community, we are making significant progress in product and business development. 

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On our campaign page and in previous updates, we’ve talked about a proprietary concrete technology of which we hold the option to license exclusively for our permeable concrete products. Today we want to give you a closer look at this technology and discuss why we’re so excited about it.

It is a first-of-its-kind technology that utilizes industrial minerals and a catalyst, eliminating the need for cement plants and the huge amount of CO2 emissions that come with them.

This catalytic concrete also enables significant productivity gains due to the speed in which it cures and gets to early strengths, as evidenced in the time-lapse video below. The concrete block in the video was mixed, poured, and stripped out of its form in less than 30 minutes. 

Even with the low “finishing” heat that our permeable concrete requires to facilitate permeability, our entire process emits dramatically less CO2 and enables much faster curing times than traditional concrete.

As we charge ahead on technical diligence and development, we can’t help but think this technology has tremendous industrial potential. 

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U.S. cities discharge over 10 Trillion gallons of untreated stormwater, wastewater, and raw sewage into clean waterways every single year. As we've discussed, a big contributing factor to this water pollution is impervious surface coverage in our cities. In the contiguous U.S., impervious surface coverage exceeds 43,000 miles, with nearly 400 miles added each year. Most of this coverage comes in the form of concrete and asphalt pavement. 

Impervious concrete not only generates stormwater runoff pollution, but the production and disposal of concrete is highly pollutive as well. We've talked before about the cement industry's infamous role in greenhouse gas emissions, but many people don't realize that nearly 23 million tons of concrete gets dumped into landfills each year.

At AquiPor, our technologies can address these problems head-on.

Our permeable concrete technology uses upcycled aggregates and industrial byproducts to create a partial zero emission concrete that is poised to change the way cities deal with stormwater runoff, while bringing the industry one step closer to a low-carbon, closed loop process for concrete production.

This is just one way that we can disrupt age-old industrial processes and revamp the physical infrastructure of our cities. 

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The challenging combo of a changing climate, urbanization (millions of miles of impervious pavement in our cities), and outdated infrastructure is leading to dangerous levels of stormwater runoff pollution and urban flooding in our cities. 

 In a vicious cycle, the impervious concrete that contributes to stormwater runoff in our communities is also contributing to unsustainable CO2 emissions due to how it is produced. The cement industry by itself is responsible for 8% of global CO2! 

 AquiPor is tackling both issues with a permeable concrete technology that not only manages stormwater where it falls, but which is made with a partial zero emission cement. Our mission with this technology is to improve the water infrastructure in our cities while simultaneously helping to decarbonize the concrete industry.

Our technology group is working toward a Net-Zero process, which if achieved, would give AquiPor the first Net- Zero permeable concrete on the market. Although the R&D process has been arduous, we believe it’s well worth it.

The AquiPor team was recently contacted by CBS’ Innovation Nation to be featured as a change-maker on their show! 

Innovation Nation is a weekly TV show that airs every Saturday morning on CBS and showcases present-day innovators and pioneers. 

Over the weekend, their crew made the trip to Spokane and visited with us to learn more about our permeable concrete technology and our ambitious goals to revamp water and concrete infrastructure in our cities. 

We were humbled to share our story with them and look forward to our segment airing in August of this year. 

As the need grows for real world climate solutions, we’re committed to meeting this need head on and we won’t stop until the mission is accomplished.

Kevin, Greg, and CBS News Correspondent Adam Yamaguchi hang out at the AquiPor pilot manufacturing facility.

Extreme weather events have become more common every year in regions throughout the world. Major storms like Hurricane Harvey or Sandy garner media headlines for obvious reasons, but a recent report put out by eight U.S. government agencies stated that “moderately damaging" floods that occur once every three years are likely to become ten times more common and that “major” floods that strike every 25 years could strike every five years on average, due to sea level rise. 

It’s been said that water is one of the main ways that climate change expresses itself. Drought in some regions and catastrophic flooding in others. On the heels of deadly flooding in Germany last Summer, our CEO Greg Johnson was even quoted in The Express UK to share his thoughts on the risk of climate vulnerabilities in our communities as extreme weather becomes more common.

Ultimately, it’s time to rethink how we develop the physical infrastructure in our communities so that we're not caught flat footed by unpredictable weather events. Whether that means innovative approaches to stormwater management or utilizing low-carbon technologies in the production of our products, AquiPor is committed to bringing resiliency to the Built Environment in our communities. 

Hello AquiPor Investors and Friends,

Prior to our first crowdfunding campaign in 2020, AquiPor hardly had any social media presence. After all, who wants to hear about stormwater infiltration and a new kind of concrete?? As it turns out, a lot of people do.

Fast forward to today, and we’ve steadily built our following and made social media an integral part of our marketing strategy. 

Managing that part of our marketing strategy has become a job in and of itself and we’re excited to announce the hiring of our new Social Media Manager, Hailey Yamasaki. 

Hailey is a senior at Gonzaga University majoring in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and a Digital Marketing minor. She has prior experience as a marketing intern for Werfen where she supported the regulatory transition of clinical devices in the European market through market research and analysis.

Hailey has always had an interest in the creative arts and this is definitely evident in her Etsy business where she creates digital graphics for greeting cards. In her free time, she tries to make it to as many Gonzaga University basketball games as she can before March Madness starts, which she claims they will definitely end up winning (Go Zags)!

She is bright and creative, and we’re thrilled to have her on the team. AquiPor is on all of the regular social media platforms: Instagram (@aquiportech), Facebook (@AquiPor) , Twitter (@AquiPorTech), LinkedIn, and Tik Tok (@aquiportech)) so be sure to give us a follow and stop by to say hi to Hailey!

Hailey Yamasaki, Social Media Manager

We’re thrilled to announce our latest crowdfunding milestone as we recently zipped past $800K raised. We want to send a huge thank you to all of our new and existing investors! 

Your support means the world to us and it's helping us get very important work done. Your investment dollars are hard at work as we advance our permeable concrete and stormwater infiltration technologies into market-ready, green infrastructure solutions. 

We are working on some important developments as it pertains to our supply chain and precast network and have reason to believe that this growth story has just begun. 

Dear AquiPor investors, followers, and friends:

You may have noticed that we’ve extended our crowdfunding campaign for up to another 60 days in order to raise as close to our $3.93M goal as possible. We’re entering a new phase in the development of our business as we begin negotiating partnership rights with a strategic manufacturing partner and start producing our permeable concrete material in larger volumes for testing, certification, and field installations.

Along with the extension, we’ve made some updates to our campaign page to reflect this recent progress and shine a light on the cement technology we are advancing for our products.

Up to this point we’ve been measured in our announcements regarding this proprietary cement. As it pertains to lowering the emissions of one of the most carbon intensive industries in the world, this cement could prove to be incredibly significant. I’ll be sharing more over the next several weeks as I am able to.

We are looking forward to an incredible 2022!

All the Best,

Greg Johnson

CEO Greg Johnson was recently interviewed by the financial media outlet Benzinga to discuss AquiPor’s permeable concrete technology, the problems it can help solve, and the Company’s vision for future growth. 

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AquiPor is on a mission to improve urban water quality in our communities by managing stormwater runoff pollution, mitigating urban flooding, and recharging aquifers. Our unique permeable material and engineering technologies are being developed to do this at large-scale.

To bolster our technology toolkit, we acquired the option to exclusively license the EPCM rights for U.S. Patent 10,865,547, a distributed water patent that recirculates cleaned wastewater and stormwater back to natural water sources, such as aquifers. 

When designed with our permeable concrete material we believe this technology can be implemented in neighborhoods to create stormwater infiltration corridors for localized aquifer recharge.

The Problem Today:

In most US cities, water is pumped from aquifers for household use and after it’s used it gets processed along with sewage and stormwater at water treatment plants at a very high cost per gallon. Instead of going back into the ground to recharge aquifers, this effluent water is typically discharged into rivers or other water bodies.

At a time when aquifers are being depleted at an unsustainable rate and water consumption is growing at twice the rate of the global population, the value of recharging groundwater cannot be overstated. 

In conjunction with our permeable concrete, the AquiPor system is being developed to infiltrate stormwater right where it falls and to also redistribute cleaned water from the plant back through our system to replenish aquifers right in the neighborhood. 

This is AquiPor’s vision 21st Century urban water infrastructure.

Greg recently spent some time on the Carbotnic podcast discussing how AquiPor plans to improve urban water quality and make physical infrastructure in our cities more resilient.

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Concrete is one of the most consumed materials in the world. In fact, global demand for concrete is second to only water. Unfortunately, traditional portland cement-based concrete (think of portland cement as the “glue” that puts together concrete) is responsible for over 8% of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions every year. 

On top of that, concrete production also requires huge volumes of freshwater in its production. Some estimates tell us that concrete production requires 1 TRILLION gallons of freshwater annually. This comes at a time when water consumption is growing at twice the rate of the global population. 

Worldwide, over 10 billion tons of concrete gets poured each year and demand continues to grow. Unfortunately, the current production process for concrete is unsustainable. The industry has a stated goal of net zero CO2 by 2050, which indicates that current technologies are falling short.

Large corporations and billionaires like Bill Gates have gotten behind incremental technology advancements, such as capturing carbon and re-injecting it back into concrete. These attempts are commendable, but they still require portland cement and can’t completely offset the emissions produced in the first place. 

At AquiPor, we believe the path to net zero concrete requires a new type of technology altogether. In early 2021 we acquired the option to license an emerging cement technology that we’ve been vigorously testing and is showing tremendous promise as a technology that can help decarbonize the industry.

This new cement technology is not only inherently low-carbon, but it doesn’t require cement plants for its production at all. Moreover, we can use recycled greywater in our mix designs, something that is not possible with current concrete. As we’ve shown in previous videos, it also does some amazing things in terms of how quickly it sets up and gets to strength, which can potentially bring new efficiencies and productivity gains to the industry. As far as we’re concerned, improved economics and environmental benefits should never be mutually exclusive of one another, and that’s why we’re so bullish on this technology.

We will continue to update you all on progress.

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Greg Johnson

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Last month, AquiPor hosted their annual year-end investor event. Greg and Kevin discussed the major milestones achieved in 2021, reflected on the past, and looked ahead to discuss business plans and opportunities as we head into 2022.

If you missed the event, the full recording can be found right here.

Here’s to an exciting year ahead! 

Happy New Year! 

There's a lot of excitement around our team right now as we transition into the new year. 

We’re happy to say that 2021 proved to be momentous for the AquiPor team. Throughout most of the past year, we worked through trials and tests to come up with the most scalable and efficient manufacturing processes for our permeable concrete material.

We now have a process that can be scaled within the confines of the existing precast industry, but it gets much better than that. The partial zero emission cement technology that we utilize in our concrete is not only low carbon and eco-friendly, but it has the potential to bring unprecedented productivity gains to the industry. 

To see what we mean by that, check out this short video and see how quickly this material sets up and gains strength.

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We recently eclipsed 1,000 new investors in our crowdfunding round!

This is very meaningful to us for many reasons. First, we liken the idea of crowdfunding to how the transcontinental railroad was built. I know this might sound strange, but most people don’t realize that it was everyday citizens buying railroad bonds which helped finance the construction of the railroads. Those investments into railroad infrastructure proved to be history-shaping.

As entrepreneurs working on our own set of infrastructure technologies, we understand the value of this. Having a cap table full of thousands of loyal, mission-driven investors and ambassadors gives us a competitive advantage as we build the future. 

Here’s to our incredible investor base! 

P.S. There's still time to sign up for our investor event on Thursday, December 16th. Just click here!

We recently hit the $700K investment milestone and we’d like to take a moment to celebrate each and every one of our investors. You are helping us build something significant and your support is contributing to our progress every single week.

When we opened up this crowdfund, we were in the early stages of test-pilot manufacturing our products at a local precast facility. Since then, we’ve advanced our “green” concrete manufacturing process to the point where it can be scaled into existing manufacturing networks and our products are nearly ready to go into rigorous testing as we get rapidly closer to commercialization.

This has been a very significant milestone for us. After all, it’s one thing to make technology prototypes and it’s another thing entirely to be able to manufacture these products at scale. 

Our investors have had a big role to play in all of this! Every time we disburse funds from our crowdfund, the lion’s share of that capital goes right back into technology, product, and business development. It’s been amazing to see the momentum grow in real time.

We are working on some important developments as it pertains to our supply chain and precast network and have reason to believe that this growth story has just begun.

Words don’t do it justice, but we are grateful for each and every one of you!

-Greg, Kevin, and the AquiPor team

Just a quick reminder that AquiPor’s year-end Investor Event is taking place on Thursday, December 16th at 7PM PST.

Be sure to register for the virtual event by clicking on this LINK!

AquiPor founders Greg Johnson and Kevin Kunz will give updates on the Company’s most recent progress, discuss some exciting opportunities heading into 2022, and talk about why now might be the best time to become an AquiPor investor.

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As we continue to take our material technology through its engineering and manufacturing paces, we’re steadily adding segments to our neighborhood mock-up project. 

In this video, our Co Founder and V.P. of Market Development, Kevin Kunz discusses our permeable sidewalk design and how our technologies can enable stormwater management & aquifer recharge right within the existing built environment.

This particular “complete street” proof-of-concept design represents one of many engineering designs that can accompany our permeable hardscape technology.

Each project that we pursue as an Engineering, Procurement, Construction manager (EPCM) will have unique considerations depending on structural, hydrological, and geotechnical analysis, each of which will factor into project design and engineering. Even a basic permeable paver installation requires good design engineering, the right product, and proper installation!

As we continue to make strides with our technology stack, it’s becoming more obvious that our technologies have game-changing potential for our physical infrastructure systems. This makes it even more valuable to develop a business model that ensures quality control throughout our entire value chain, and we are doing just that.

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On December 16th at 7pm PST, we will be hosting a live investor event! 

This event is an exclusive opportunity to hear from our founders and partners as we give real-time company updates on business developments and technology and manufacturing milestones. We’ll also discuss future plans heading into 2022 and celebrate a year of tremendous progress.

This will be a hybrid in-person / virtual event, so for those of you in the Spokane area that are interested in attending in person, you can sign up for in-person event access HERE.

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With the Thanksgiving holiday quickly approaching here in the U.S., I wanted to take this opportunity on behalf of the AquiPor team to say thank you to our incredible investor base. Every week you are helping us get closer to some very exciting outcomes and the chance to fulfill a big and important vision.

We are deeply grateful for all of you and I will certainly be making a toast to you this Holiday season. There is no doubt in my mind that the best is yet to come for all of us. 

Sincerely,

Greg Johnson

The much anticipated U.S. infrastructure bill was finally signed into law on Monday November, 15th. 

The bill includes $55 billion for water infrastructure, $110 billion for roads and other major physical infrastructure projects, as well as $50 billion for climate resiliency projects. This marks the largest investment in the resilience of physical and natural systems in American history.

These categories are extremely relevant to AquiPor, as our technologies have a direct role to play in each initiative. 

Your continued support is getting us one step closer to realizing our vision of delivering our technology & engineering solutions to projects throughout the country.

Stay tuned for more updates as we build our game-changing toolkit for green infrastructure!

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Pressure is mounting for the concrete industry to decarbonize. In the U.S. alone, the industry produces 500 million tons of concrete every year, most of which is portland cement-based and highly carbon intensive. 

Last week we started to unveil information about an inherently green cement technology that we plan to use in the production of all of our permeable hardscape products moving forward. With an option in place to exclusively license this technology, we have been putting it through its engineering paces and vigorously testing it at our pilot manufacturing facility. The results have been extraordinary. 

In addition to the new efficiencies and material performance, here are some key factors that make this cement very different from traditional, high CO2 emitting portland cement: 

• It does not require high energy input to produce (inherently low carbon footprint).

• There is no high heat calcining involved in its production.

• There is no high heat kiln sintering involved in its production.

• There is no need for high energy clinker grinding to make cement powder.

• It can be mixed with recycled aggregates.

• It can be sourced from the existing industrial resources base (potential for rapid economies of scale).

Our northstar is to help solve the climate crisis right in the Built Environment. This means that our solutions need to be both scalable and economic and we’re developing them as such. We look forward to playing a big role in the development of more resilient infrastructure in the years ahead.

As world leaders recently descended upon Glasgow, Scotland to supposedly accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a lot of talk has centered around the price tag of majorly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The world’s biggest banks, investors, and insurers even signed a coordinated pledge to incorporate emissions reductions into their most fundamental decisions.

This is happening at a time when nearly every G20 country is BEHIND in honoring their original climate commitments, calling into question the government's ability to meet these types of challenges head on. Meanwhile, a recent report from the Boston Consulting Group estimates that it will require investments totaling greater than $100 trillion over the next 30 years to close the climate technology gap.

At AquiPor, we see these grand challenges as major opportunities. We believe we can play an important role by developing the technology toolkit that makes our communities more resilient in the face of climate change, and with a permeable concrete technology that can have a direct impact on reducing industrial carbon emissions. Our investors are playing a big part as well, voting with their wallets to bring these real world solutions to life. 

We don’t know if it will take $100 Trillion to solve this climate crisis over the next 30 years, but we do ask ourselves what the ultimate value will be of a company that can help solve climate change right in the built environment with highly-scalable green infrastructure technologies. We’re excited to find out.

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Traditional portland cement (the ingredient used to make concrete) is responsible for 8% of global CO2 emissions annually. This is a staggering number. 

At AquiPor, this is unacceptable. We make our permeable products with a proprietary "green" cement that is both eco-friendly and superior to traditional cement in many ways.

In addition to its environmental advantages, this new cement allows AquiPor material to be poured, set up, and turned out of forms in as little as 30 minutes. This adds new efficiencies to precast concrete manufacturing that has not been possible until now.

This is exactly what we mean when we say we're developing  an “inherently green” technology toolkit. With products that mitigate stormwater pollution and urban flooding, a more efficient production process, and cement technology that has the potential for gigaton-scale impact on carbon emissions, we have been flying high at AquiPor lately.  

Check out the video below to see why we’re so excited about our greener future. 

As we build our Engineering, Procurement, & Construction Management (E.P.C.M.) business model, it’s important to us that we develop each aspect of the business with sustainability in mind.

You may hear us refer to the development of our technologies as “inherently green”. This means creating solutions that are both eco-friendly AND economically robust, while also employing a business model that amplifies both aspects.

Starting with our permeable surface technology, our products utilize construction aggregate that is considered leftover product at quarries. In other words, remnants of rock that has already been drilled for, crushed, and screened, with all of the energy inputs having already gone into the process. 

In the short video below, we are on site at a regional quarry where we access our construction aggregate. In the future, we even plan to access aggregate from old mine sites, helping to clean up waste piles and transform that “waste” into eco-friendly precast material with AquiPor inside. 

AquiPor products made with proprietary cement technology and these reclaimed aggregates opens up a compelling opportunity to tap into economies of scale for industry, while also playing a significant role in confronting climate change in the years to come.

Dear AquiPor Investors, Thank You!!!  

We recently eclipsed the $500,000 investment mark in our newest crowdfunding campaign and we are steadily climbing toward our next milestone. 

Your investment dollars are being put to work every week as we advance our pilot manufacturing and expand our market presence. Your support is allowing us to get important work done as we build this company.  

The best is yet to come!

We frequently get good questions centered around our permeable material technology. It is, afterall, the tip of the spear when it comes to our technology and engineering stack.

While we are certainly proud of our permeable hardscape material, it’s important to understand that we are building an engineering toolkit around the material which we think will open up major and untapped opportunities in green infrastructure. 

To match our technology innovation with a more impactful business model, our plan is to grow into an Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management (EPCM) company that specializes in onsite stormwater infrastructure projects. 

Our plan is to garner specific stormwater projects (both private and public) and work with local engineers to develop and stamp project designs, work with our manufacturing partners to procure the materials made with AquiPor “inside”, and then oversee the construction and installation of each job to guarantee the quality.

We even have future plans to set up an Operations & Maintenance unit to maintain and inspect these projects to ensure they continue to perform optimally over time.

This EPCM model speaks to a much larger market opportunity to tackle green stormwater infrastructure projects at the neighborhood level and make our communities more resilient in the face of climate change. This is where we believe we can make the greatest impact. 

The animated video below gives a very basic look at how neighborhoods can be turned into stormwater infiltration corridors and natural groundwater recharge centers with AquiPor’s solutions, and the construction of our mock-up project will help demonstrate this. 

Stay tuned as we build the future of green infrastructure!

Hello AquiPor investors and followers! 

Our team has been hard at work at our pilot manufacturing facility, honing our production process for wide-scale implementation and making progress on the construction of a very exciting mock up project. With the construction of this mock-up project, we're going to demonstrate how our multi-utility, green infrastructure solutions can be scaled at the neighborhood level in cities everywhere. 

For all of our new investors, your investment dollars are already hard at work building the future!! We appreciate all of you and we're excited to share our progress.

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Our very own co-founder and V.P. of Market Development, Kevin Kunz, was recently interviewed by FreightWaves! 

FreightWaves provides supply chain organizations with fundamental data and context that help benchmark, analyze, monitor pricing and risks in the $9.6 Trillion dollar global logistics industry. On the heels of extreme flooding disrupting logistics in parts of the country, Kevin spoke about the importance of innovative green infrastructure for flood mitigation and stormwater management. 

As Tyler Cole, director of carbon intelligence at FreightWaves stated, “It’s refreshing to see that new, innovative solutions for replacing crumbling infrastructure are electing to focus on environmental upgrades alongside functionality. The hype around electrification and reducing emissions can at times overshadow other crucial areas of impact, such as efficient and safe water systems or gender equality. We need more firms like AquiPor to identify, develop and scale climate solutions.” 

You can check out the article in its entirety here.

Kevin Kunz - Cofounder and V.P. of Market Development

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An AquiPor ad was recently spotted in Times Square in NYC!  Ironically, NYC got blasted with extreme rain and flooding that very same evening. 

These type of weather events are exactly why we’re developing our permeable surface technologies and engineered solutions to manage stormwater and mitigate urban flooding. 

The reality is that the majority of flooding issues in our country occur due to current water infrastructure being completely overwhelmed in the face of modern day storms. Our solutions aren’t a “silver bullet” on their own, but we know they can help cities dramatically. 

Our promise is to continue to work tirelessly and with urgency to build our technologies, raise the capital needed to scale up, and spread awareness about AquiPor until we get our solutions in every single city that needs us....and hopefully get AquiPor on the actual ground in Times Square soon!

Thank you for your support as we continue to build this Company!

Dear investors, friends, and followers: If you have a moment, check out AquiPor's article in Fast Company magazine! 

The article highlights the challenges that cities face with stormwater pollution and urban flooding, and how our solution can help communities solve some of their most pressing stormwater issues. 

As we continue to scale up our manufacturing capabilities and deliver our first proof of principle project, we believe it will become clear that AquiPor's technology is more than just a new kind of permeable pavement.

Stay Tuned!

Years back, we started AquiPor with an idea to create a permeable surface material that was as strong as concrete, permeable like natural soils, and with the ability to filter out debris and particulate matter without clogging up. On top of that, we wanted our manufacturing process and finished products to be inherently eco-friendly, with little to no carbon footprint. 

To achieve this our R&D cycles were at times painstaking, but they were worth it. We've now advanced our technology into pilot manufacturing  with a concrete manufacturing partner here in Spokane, WA and we're rapidly evolving our process to be scalable at precast plants throughout the country. Your investment dollars are hard at work helping us take the next step as we scale up production and demonstrate our solution to the world!

Thrive Global recently interviewed our CEO Greg Johnson and uncovered what drives him and the AquiPor team in our quest to solve large, challenging issues surrounding water infrastructure and climate change. At AquiPor we believe that the biggest challenges represent the biggest opportunities and we're fiercely committed to helping solve them. 

Thrive Global Interview

Dear AquiPor investors, friends, and followers: We recently began design and civil construction of a neighborhood mockup project that will demonstrate how communities can implement AquiPor's permeable surface technology and proprietary engineering to manage large amounts of stormwater runoff and reclaimed discharge water by effectively using our permeable technology as an infiltration corridor. As the U.S. prepares to spend over $1 Trillion on infrastructure, we are positioning our technologies to be a big part of the future of cities. Stay tuned as we piece this together in the coming months and demonstrate what it means to deliver inherently green infrastructure.

Thanks to your support, we've raised just over $100,000 in less than 3 days! We are beyond appreciative of our loyal investor base. You are helping us build a better future. The best is yet to come!!

Understanding the challenge that cities face in regard to stormwater pollution and urban flooding, we set out to develop a permeable surface material that could take the place of traditional surfaces and manage stormwater right where it falls. But unlike traditional concrete and old versions of permeable pavement, our material DOES NOT use any highly-pollutive portland cement in its mix design and we use reclaimed aggregate material in our process, to boot. We're on a mission to deliver resilient infrastructure to our communities, with technologies that are inherently green. We hope you'll join us on our mission!

Hello AquiPor investors, friends, and followers: Our second crowdfund campaign is officially underway! 

Over the past year we've made tremendous strides in product and business development, having recently set up pilot manufacturing of our products and designing our first neighborhood-scale project. 

As we continue to test and validate our permeable concrete material, we're discovering characteristics that could prove tremendously valuable as cities look to become more resilient in the face of climate change. 

We're excited to keep the momentum alive and expand our market presence! We're now asking you to join us on our mission as we continue to build AquiPor with a community of forward-thinking investors!