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  • Cutting Waste Saves £150,000
    News - 19 Aug 2003
    The Greenwich Millennium Village has reduced it’s onsite construction waste by more than 50% and in the process saved £150,000 on skip costs. Lessons learnt in waste reduction have resulted two...
  • Super Green School Building
    News - 14 Aug 2003
    The exclusive Peddie School in New Jersey is constructing a new science building that will not only feature state of the art educational facilities but the building itself will be at the forefront of...
  • Thermalite Gets Groovy
    News - 16 Jul 2003
    In its quest to offer relevant, effective and leading edge construction solutions, Thermalite, the UK leader in aircrete technology, offers its Tongue and Groove Trenchblock. The innovative Tongue...
  • Plasterboard Stacking System
    News - 3 Jul 2003
    Aetna UK have launched a new system that saves plasterboard manufacturers the expensive and slow process of rotating two tonne packs. To ensure individual plasterboards are protected from dirt or...
  • Reduce Emissions, Reduce Costs
    News - 19 Jun 2003
    As with all corporate changes, when manufacturer SC Johnson recently looked to boost environmental performance, a major consideration was the cost. What they found when they looked at their greenhouse...
  • Wood from Wheat Straw
    News - 3 Jun 2003
    WoodStalk is a fibreboard composite made by Dow BioProducts using waste wheat straw and Dow Chemical’s polyurethane resin. The lack of formaldehyde in the product makes it a much safer...
  • Aggregate from Recycled Building Materials to be Used for Pipe Bedding
    News - 23 May 2003
    Water companies across the UK are to commence trials using recycled aggregate materials for bedding clay pipes. The aggregate material is made from crushed construction waste to a size of less then...
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.