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  • Sustainable Building Trends for the Future
    Article - 3 Dec 2021
    The concept of sustainable construction can be simply defined as the ability to construct an affordable, healthy and comfortable building structure. The materials, processes, and maintenance during...
  • Building Materials for Insulation
    Article - 12 Aug 2016
    Heating & cooling expenses in a home can be reduced if the heat flow resistance provided by an insulation material is high.
  • A New Approach to Urban Building Energy Models and Building Energy Consumption
    Article - 31 Mar 2022
    Cities release 70% of CO2 emissions and utilize two-thirds of global energy production, while buildings consume more than one-third of global final energy consumption; thus, growing energy-usage...
  • How and Why Do We Recycle Concrete?
    Article - 13 Nov 2023
    Concrete recycling, an integral part of sustainable construction, involves reprocessing concrete rubble from demolished structures into usable materials.
  • Exploring Earthen Constructions of Countries Situated in the Pacific Ring of Fire
    Article - 18 Oct 2021
    This study analyzes the current state of earthen constructions in Latin American countries—Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina—located in the Pacific Ring of Fire and subjected to...
  • Benefits When Building with Natural Materials
    Article - 21 May 2019
    Despite our efforts to seek more viable planets to live in via space exploration, there is no escaping the reality that for most of us right now, Earth is the only home that we have.
  • How to Build Wildfire-Resistant Buildings
    Article - 18 Sep 2023
    This article will discuss some of the aspects that determine building survivability during wildfires and how buildings and communities can be made more fire-resistant.
  • Why and How to Construct a Green Roof
    Article - 27 Sep 2022
    Sustainable construction approaches are gaining increasing interest in the building sector, with many innovative active and passive methods based on novel materials and technologies explored in recent...
  • A to Z of Green Building Materials
    Article - 16 May 2022
    Growing evidence for anthropogenic climate change has forced industries to work to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Several strategies have been explored in the construction industry of late,...
  • How is Foam Concrete Used in Construction?
    Article - 11 Apr 2022
    Foam concrete is a unique concrete material with numerous applications not only in the construction industry. This article explains what the material is, describes its advantages and applications, and...
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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