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  • Mimicrete’s Sustainable Self-Healing Concrete
    Article - 21 Sep 2023
    Concrete is the most commonly used construction material in the world, but its use comes with some key environmental, technical, and durability issues. Now, Mimicrete, a start-up based in the UK, has...
  • The Main Bridge Types and Their Structural Design
    Article - 29 May 2023
    The structural design of a bridge varies according to the specifications, but structural safety and stability, along with optimum cost, are of the utmost importance. All these factors result in...
  • The Impact of Different Building Materials on Construction Costs and Timelines
    Article - 12 May 2023
    Sustainability is key to the future of the construction industry. A main element of sustainability is improving time and cost savings, which requires an evolution in thinking within the sector in...
  • Hot Topics and Future Forecasts in the Concrete Industry
    Article - 15 Feb 2023
    After water, concrete is the most extensively used material in the world. However, the concrete industry accounts for a significant portion of total global carbon emissions - estimated at 4-8%.
  • Can Hemp Rebar be Useful in Construction?
    Article - 9 Aug 2022
    Researchers at a private university in the USA recently announced that they were developing a hemp rebar product that could replace steel rebar in construction projects.
  • How Can Moss Contribute to Urban Greening?
    Article - 21 Jun 2022
    Researchers in Italy have recently developed a moss-building skin that can contribute to urban greening at scale and within tight town budgets.
  • Project Staging with Augmented Reality
    Article - 23 Feb 2022
    The built environment is made of 3D space, and so AR has found many significant applications in the architecture and construction sectors since the 1990s – with more use cases coming from advances in...
  • The Utilization of Glass Block Walls
    Article - 15 Feb 2022
    Glass blocks are architectural materials that provide both visual opacity and light in buildings. Glass is an integral part of upscale interior design and can be used for wall and floor applications.
  • Slate: Applications and Advantages
    Article - 16 Dec 2021
    Slate is formed when high pressures are exerted on a sedimentary rock like shale. It is a dark, fine-grained stone made up of thin, sedimentary layers that allow it to be split into thin slabs, often...
  • Sustainable Building Trends for the Future
    Article - 3 Dec 2021
    The concept of sustainable construction can be simply defined as the ability to construct an affordable, healthy and comfortable building structure. The materials, processes, and maintenance during...
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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