SPP Block turns spent coffee grounds and reclaimed aggregate into a permeable interlocking concrete paver, engineered as a direct replacement for conventional PICP, at lower cost and lower embodied carbon.
SPP Block replaces virgin aggregate and filler material with reclaimed aggregate and processed spent coffee grounds sourced from cafes and roasters. A pervious paver is a paving unit engineered to let water pass directly through it rather than shedding it the way conventional concrete or asphalt does, reducing runoff and allowing water to recharge naturally into the ground below.
Urban stormwater flooding — Photo: Radoslaw Sikorski, Pexels
Metro Atlanta stormwater infrastructure funding gap, a shortfall that permeable pavement adoption can directly help close.
Annual CO2 emissions from global cement production, the primary binder behind conventional pavement.
Municipalities face a widening gap between required stormwater infrastructure investment and available funding, while conventional pavement production remains a significant source of embodied carbon in the built environment.
Jexim licenses and supplies the SPP Block material blend to existing paver manufacturers rather than building new manufacturing capacity, allowing rapid scale through established production and distribution networks. We are currently in talks with several manufacturers about bringing SPP Block onto their lines.
Projected size of the national PICP market by 2033, the opportunity SPP Block is built to capture through existing manufacturing partners.
SPP Block is validated against ASTM C90 and positioned for LEED v4 credit contribution, with performance data published in a peer reviewed journal and protected under a pending United States patent application.
Permeable paver walkway — Photo: Vadim Malitskii, Pexels
Rather than relying on the standalone regional materials credit eliminated after LEED 2009, SPP Block strengthens Materials and Resources credits MR2 and MR3 through the Location Valuation Factor, supported by a published Environmental Product Declaration — the basis for the higher estimated credit range above.
Color in SPP Block isn't just a byproduct of the reclaimed material, it's a design lever. By adjusting the aggregate source and blend ratio, we can tune the finished color toward a target palette, from neutral greys to warmer terracotta tones, giving manufacturers and specifiers room to design for a specific look without changing the underlying mix design or performance.
Our vision is simple: use infrastructure as a tool to make the world more sustainable. It's the mission Jexim shares with Jexim Global.
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