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News - 5 Oct 2019
High-performance floor coating systems offered by Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings have been approved by the Dubai Central Laboratory accreditation body (DCL).
Inspectors from...
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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...