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  • Water cooling for steel framed buildings
    News - 14 Jan 2004
    The SCI and Oxford Brookes University have recently completed a Partners in Innovation project with Corus and Warmafloor to investigate the use of water cooled slabs in steel framed buildings. The...
  • Assessing large panel system blocks
    News - 22 Dec 2003
    The results of a new research project could lead to multi-million pound savings in the long-term management of large panel system buildings. A consortium of companies are addressing discrepancies in...
  • Environmentally Positive Thermalite Blocks Specified For Large Projects
    News - 19 Sep 2003
    The environmental credentials of Thermalite’s Hi Strength 7 and Hi strength 7 Smooth Face blocks have been instrumental in them being specified in the construction of several new large...
  • Ultrastrong Epoxy Adhesive
    News - 12 Sep 2003
    Permabond has developed a new two-part epoxy adhesive that exploits the emerging technology of multiphase toughening. The patented adhesive, known as E3332, has been independently tested and found...
  • 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...
  • Award For Timber Joint Design Work
    News - 25 Jun 2003
    Dr Greg Foliente of CSIRO Sustainable Built Environment and Professor Ian Smith of the University of New Brunswick (Canada) have won the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2003 James Croes...
  • New Programme to Study Performance of Construction Materials
    News - 15 May 2003
    A proposed three year programme being developed by the Department of Trade and Industry and the National Physical Laboratory will focus on the performance of materials in service. With a start date of...
  • Environmentally Friendly Design for Ford Plant
    News - 14 Apr 2003
    Ford’s River Rouge manufacturing plant in Dearborn, Michigan, USA is undergoing a massive re-make. The first stage in this is the new truck plant which will be the world’s most...
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.