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  • Advancing Sustainable Construction with Mycelium-Based Solutions
    Article - 6 Mar 2024
    Mycelium-based materials like Mycocrete offer a sustainable construction alternative, promising low-carbon, cost-effective building solutions.
  • What to Know About Biodiversity Net Gain and Planning Permissions
    Article - 13 Nov 2023
    Protecting fragile ecosystems and the plants and animals that depend upon them is a critical undertaking that requires forward-thinking legislation at a local, regional, and international level. This...
  • What is Mycocrete?
    Article - 8 Aug 2023
    Mycocrete is an innovative material that could potentially help solve key issues facing the construction industry in the 21st century. This article will provide an overview of this technology and...
  • A to Z of Green Building Materials
    Article - 16 May 2022
    Growing evidence for anthropogenic climate change has forced industries to work to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Several strategies have been explored in the construction industry of late,...
  • 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...
  • Using Nanoparticles in Construction
    Article - 27 Aug 2019
    Nanoparticles are an interesting material; they exist between being a complete bulk material and an atomic particle.
  • An Introduction to Sustainable Architecture
    Article - 27 Aug 2019
    Sustainable architecture addresses the negative impacts construction can have on the environment, not only while a building is being constructed.
  • 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,...
  • Mycelium: The Future of Building With Organics
    Article - 3 Apr 2019
    Mycelium is the vegetative part of the fungus that grows beneath the surface and absorbs nutrients.
  • Isolate from Pests – from Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation
    Article - 31 May 2007
    In terms of strategies to protect timber from degradation, isolating all timber and wood fibre in a building from biological hazards is one of the most effective.
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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