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  • Nature-Inspired Architecture: A Biophilic Approach
    Article - 4 Jul 2024
    Biophilic design integrates natural elements into architecture to enhance environmental sustainability and human well-being. This approach, rooted in the human affinity for nature, offers numerous...
  • What is Timbercrete?
    Article - 20 Mar 2024
    Timbercrete offers a low-carbon alternative for sustainable construction, combining sawdust with cement to create eco-friendly, insulating building blocks.
  • Mimicrete’s Sustainable Self-Healing Concrete
    Article - 21 Sep 2023
    Concrete is the most commonly used construction material in the world, but its use comes with some key environmental, technical, and durability issues. Now, Mimicrete, a start-up based in the UK, has...
  • The Impact of Different Building Materials on Construction Costs and Timelines
    Article - 12 May 2023
    Sustainability is key to the future of the construction industry. A main element of sustainability is improving time and cost savings, which requires an evolution in thinking within the sector in...
  • Advances in Concrete Reinforcement Techniques
    Article - 19 Apr 2023
    Concrete is the most commonly used construction material for key infrastructure and buildings, but pure concrete cannot meet the stringent demands of the construction industry. To improve its strength...
  • Hot Topics and Future Forecasts in the Concrete Industry
    Article - 15 Feb 2023
    After water, concrete is the most extensively used material in the world. However, the concrete industry accounts for a significant portion of total global carbon emissions - estimated at 4-8%.
  • Concretene: What Do We Know About Graphene-Enhanced Concrete?
    Article - 15 Dec 2022
    Here, we focus on the work that is being done to solve the biggest problem in the concrete industry with the help of graphene. We highlight the recent advances in this sector and give an overview of...
  • Can Hemp Rebar be Useful in Construction?
    Article - 9 Aug 2022
    Researchers at a private university in the USA recently announced that they were developing a hemp rebar product that could replace steel rebar in construction projects.
  • Using Ceramic Waste as a Concrete Aggregate
    Article - 13 Jun 2022
    At present, ceramic waste use is limited in the construction industry due to a lack of understanding. In fact, ceramic waste matches or can improve the performance of other common aggregates used for...
  • Hemp Fibers in Sustainable Composite Building Materials
    Article - 25 Mar 2022
    In recent research in the journal Architecture, scientists tested the performance of hydrated lime reinforced with low-cost hemp fibers as a more sustainable material substitution.
Reducing Embodied Carbon Through Design

Reducing Embodied Carbon Through Design

With an increase in the pressure to decarbonize the built environment and build more carbon-neutral buildings, the reduction of embodied carbon has become of great importance.

Calcium Carbonate Concrete: Building on Recycling

Calcium Carbonate Concrete: Building on Recycling

AZoBuild talks to Professors Noguchi and Maruyama about their research and development of Calcium Carbonate Concrete (CCC), a new material that has the potential to cause a sustainable revolution in the construction industry.

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