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News - 16 Aug 2019
Energy use in buildings--from heating and cooling your home to keeping the lights on in the office--is responsible for over one-third of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States....
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News - 10 Jul 2019
If walls could talk, they would probably tell that reducing pollution and energy costs may be as simple as giving them a fresh coat of lighter-colored and more reflective paint.
A new study...
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News - 20 May 2019
Sergi Aguacil Moreno publicly defended his doctoral thesis on May 15 at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Conducted under the supervision of Prof. Emmanuel Rey, Laboratory of...
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News - 23 Jan 2019
How would it be possible to recycle the world’s stockpiles of treated sewage sludge and improve sustainability in the construction industry, simultaneously? The solution is to transform those...
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News - 16 Feb 2018
3D-printed materials are mostly soft and flexible during printing which can cause the printed walls to collapse or fall over.
A professor in Applied Mechanics at the Eindhoven University of...
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News - 25 Oct 2017
At a time when builders, designers, and engineers have to find solutions for a resource constrained situation, new wood technology, materials and science are expediting efforts to improve safety and...
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News - 15 Sep 2017
A discovery made by the researchers from Drexel University could create roads that melt off snow and ice during winter storms. This is possible by incorporating a minimal quantity of paraffin wax to...
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News - 6 Jul 2017
The concept of green-infrastructure is quite attractive, but there is apprehension regarding its effectiveness. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are employing a...
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News - 3 Jul 2017
Smart windows available with controllable glazing are capable of augmenting heating, cooling and lighting systems by changing their tint, thus saving up to 40% in an average building's energy...
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News - 27 Jun 2017
New research reveals the actual heat loss from suspended timber ground floors might be nearly twice that of previous estimates and the potential for thermally upgrading such floors is much greater...