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  • Shigeru Ban's Incredible Paper Tube Structures
    Article - 9 Dec 2022
    Shigeru Ban’s paper tube structures address many pressing questions for architects today. With his international firm, the Japanese architect has been building sustainably with paper, cardboard, and...
  • Cleaner Construction with Carbon-Negative Algae-Grown Limestone
    Article - 21 Nov 2022
    Could the cities of the future be built with materials that do not produce carbon dioxide emissions during their manufacture? This is the focus of recently published research into producing...
  • A to Z of Insulation Materials
    Article - 29 Apr 2022
    There is a wealth of options when it comes to building insulation materials. Bulky fiber materials like fiberglass and cotton, rigid foam boards, polyurethane, and straw all get used in different...
  • Analyzing the Water-Cement Ratio of Concrete with Electron Microscopy
    Article - 25 Mar 2022
    This article will look at using electron microscopy to analyze concrete and, in particular, the water-cement ratio.
  • How Has Concrete Changed Over Time?
    Article - 27 Jan 2022
    Concrete has gone through numerous changes over the last few decades despite its appearance looking almost the same. These changes include the production of environmentally friendly products of...
  • Non-Destructive Testing of Timber
    Article - 18 Jan 2022
    Non-destructive testing (NDT) can be defined as the science of testing the mechanical and physical properties or the defects of a piece of material or structure, without having to damage or alter the...
  • How Have Earth Sheltered Home Designs Pushed Boundaries?
    Article - 24 Dec 2021
    Earth-sheltered homes are an architectural concept that works with nature to push the boundaries of housing design. This article will look at this concept, providing an overview of the design’s...
  • Green Building: Where Are We Now?
    Article - 8 Dec 2021
    The construction industry is responsible for 11% of all global carbon emissions, and 40% of all greenhouse gas emissions can be attributed to the built environment as a whole. More sustainable...
  • 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 Applications of Rheology in Mortar Production
    Article - 18 Feb 2020
    Rheology is the science of deformation and flow of matter. It deals with relationships between stress, strain, rate of strain, and time.
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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