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  • 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.
  • Carbon-Negative Building Systems to Reduce Emissions
    Article - 16 Jan 2023
    LEKO LABS, a revolutionary startup based in Luxembourg, has become a pioneer in developing carbon-negative building systems and materials to reduce carbon dioxide by 500 megatons.
  • Historic and Current Use of Blue Clay Brick
    Article - 17 Nov 2021
    A research paper published online in October 2021 in Scientific Reports has considered current research into ancient masonry and studied blue brick in a modern building in Kaifeng, China. The results...
  • Fortifying Foundations: Cutting-Edge Innovations in Seismic Retrofitting
    Article - 3 Apr 2024
    Seismic retrofitting enhances building resilience to earthquakes through advanced materials and technologies, protecting lives and infrastructure.
  • The Rise of Mass Timber Construction: Sustainability and Structural Advantages
    Article - 14 Aug 2023
    Mass timber has emerged as a compelling alternative to traditional, carbon-intensive construction materials in recent years. This article will discuss the rise of mass timber and its benefits for the...
  • Building Low-Carbon Hemp Homes
    Article - 18 Aug 2022
    Building new structures from low-carbon and renewable resources is gaining significant attention both within the construction industry and wider society. This article will look at constructing new...
  • Recycling End-of-Life Building Glass
    Article - 15 Nov 2021
    The process of recycling waste material to be made into new products, materials, or substances has become highly important in the construction industry. Glass could be a highly reusable and recyclable...
  • How are Ceramics Used in Construction?
    Article - 14 Nov 2019
    Ceramic materials including brick, porcelain, and cement have been used to construct buildings for millennia, and are still some of the most widely used construction materials today.
  • Hempcrete vs. Concrete
    Article - 8 Jul 2019
    The building and construction industry is moving towards using more sustainable materials. Hempcrete is a building material made from hemp, a plant from a strain of the Cannabis sativa plant species,...
  • Alternatives to Wooden Frames in Construction
    Article - 21 May 2019
    Wood frames have long been the widely used framing system in the construction industry, largely due to the fact that wood is a relatively easy to source construction material.
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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