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Ten cubic kilometres of concrete, equivalent to the volume of Mount Everest, are used in construction projects every year, resulting in huge volumes of emissions. But a new eco-friendly cement may help to reduce...
An eco-friendly zero-cement concrete made with industrial by-products is battling the corrosion and fatbergs that plague sewage systems. General corrosion and build-ups of fat in sewers and pipelines cost billions in repairs and replacement...
Scientists at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) have developed self-pre-stressed concrete elements. Their innovation makes it possible to build leaner structures that use less material. A team of scientists...
The National Research Programme in Switzerland launched the joint project Low Energy Concrete. The results now show the way to climate-friendly use of concrete. The joint research project Low Energy Concrete is part of...
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich are conducting interdisciplinary research into the development of materials that open the door to organic infrastructures with closed material cycles, such as bridges...
The construction industry could slash emissions generated from buildings and infrastructure by implementing efficient material design and improving building use, finds a new report. C40 Cities, Arup and the University of Leeds have identified...
Cities around the world are building skyscrapers out of wood amid growing concerns about concrete’s environmental footprint. According to an article by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, cities from Amsterdam to Tokyo are in a...
An international consortium of manufacturers, technology experts, financiers and energy companies are making headway in reducing carbon emission from cement and concrete production, a major contributor to climate change. Concrete giant LafargeHolcim is working...
The cement giant LafargeHolcim teamed up with the thin-solar film company Heliatek to develop an energy-generating concrete façade that is capable of producing double the energy generated by roof-based solar systems. It took two...
An Australian firm has developed a new technology that can harness carbon dioxide emissions and transform them into eco-friendly building products. It has been operating a pilot plant since the beginning of 2016. Mineral...
Scientists in Switzerland have developed a construction material using bamboo. It promises to be a cheap, ecological alternative for construction in developing countries like Indonesia, where cities are growing rapidly. Cities in developing and...
Scientists have found overwhelming evidence for a new geological epoch which marks the impact of human activity on planet Earth: the Anthropocene Their findings are published in the latest issue of Science. The study,...
The C3 construction research, which aims to develop a carbon concrete composition that uses less than half the amount of material as conventional concrete, recently won two major German sustainability awards. Germany’s largest construction...
A Canadian start-up has developed a technology to recycle carbon dioxide gas back into solid concrete, which lowers its carbon footprint. The company looked to natural carbonation reactions for inspiration, such as coral formation...
An 84-metre skyscraper made mostly out of wood may grace the Viennese skyline as early as 2016. But while the project developer praises the environmental benefits of building with wood, others have doubts about...
The University of Kassel has developed a concrete that simultaneously functions as a photovoltaic cell. The innovative building material, called DysCrete, is particularly eco-friendly. The concrete is coated with layers of titanium oxide, organic...
A new molecular analysis of concrete’s structure leads to a new formula that would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and produce better, stronger concrete. Concrete is a leading contributor to global warming, producing between...
