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  • Over 2 Million Tonnes of CO2 Wasted in UK Housing
    News - 24 Jan 2006
    A staggering £271 million and 2.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide is being wasted every year because 40 per cent of the UK's social housing do not have cavity wall insulation, according to...
  • Solar Power For NJIT Campus Center
    News - 21 Mar 2005
    New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is saving money and energy while also protecting the environment. The university has installed a 50-kilowatt solar-powered system on the roof of its new...
  • Hydro Polymers Tackling The Poor Environmental Image Of PVC
    News - 2 Oct 2003
    With Greenpeace working hard to increase public awareness of the dangers of PVC, Hydro Polymers, a UK PVC manufacturer, is moving to tackle the material’s environmental problems. Their moves...
  • Construction With Old Tyres
    News - 30 May 2003
    Constructing buildings from old tyres is not a new thing. The technique has been developed over the last 30 years in the United States but the first building made from car tyres in Britain is now...
  • The Rise of Composite Materials in Advanced Construction
    Article - 3 Jan 2024
    Composite materials are those constructed from two or more constituent materials, generating novel or enhanced properties such as mechanical and thermal resistance, vibration damping, corrosion...
  • 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 Resurgence of Flax as a Building Material
    Article - 22 Mar 2023
    Today, we may be familiar with flax as a cooking ingredient in the form of flaxseed and oil, but it has much more to offer. Scientists are now exploring how flax can be used as a building material,...
  • The Use of Graphene Oxide for the Protection of Concrete
    Article - 3 Jun 2020
    Concrete researchers have recently focused on using nanomaterials to develop superior coating materials. In particular, graphene oxide, produced by the chemical exfoliation of graphite, has emerged as...
  • The Potential of Graphene as a Sustainable Material
    Article - 26 Mar 2019
    All of the exciting properties and application possibilities have made graphene the material of our time and civilization. But how sustainable is it?
  • Sensor Trends in Building and Construction
    Article - 14 Sep 2018
    Sensors are becoming more integral to our way of life. In this article, AZoBuild looks at sensor trends in building.

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