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  • Microbial fuel cell cleans water, generates electricity
    News - 17 Mar 2004
    Penn State environmental engineers have shown, for the first time, that a microbial fuel cell (MFC) can generate electricity while simultaneously cleaning the wastewater that you flush down the drain...
  • Building houses in 24 hours without human hands
    News - 16 Mar 2004
    Researchers at the University of Southern California could completely revolutionise construction with technology aimed at being able to build a custom designed house within 24 hours and without the...
  • Checking water vapour permeability in buildings
    News - 8 Mar 2004
    Versaperm Limited, a world leader in water vapour permeability measurement, produces a fast, accurate, versatile instrument for measuring the water vapour transmission rates of everything from...
  • Plastic Flame Retardants: Technology and Current Developments
    News - 18 Feb 2004
    Plastics are increasingly being used in applications where flame retardancy properties are critical. For example, in household appliances, car interiors, cable insulation and computer casings. RAPRA...
  • India and China to push for the use of plastics in construction
    News - 9 Feb 2004
    At present India’s per capita use of polymers is only 3.6kg, a government department is looking to push this to 12kg by 2010, partially through an increase in the use of plastics in...
  • New reciprocating saw blades from Irwin
    News - 2 Feb 2004
    Irwin Industrial Tools has introduced a full line of reciprocating saw blades designed for the professional, and made to stand up to the toughest professional applications. IRWIN blades are...
  • Britain’s No1 handsaw gets even better
    News - 18 Jan 2004
    The most popular handsaw in Britain, the Irwin Jack 880 from the Irwin Industrial Tool Company, has just got even better, with a new and improved ergonomically designed handle. The innovative soft...
  • Keeping construction dust away from clean areas
    News - 1 Jan 2004
    Keeping areas near construction zones free from dust has always been a problem. Hanging plastic sheets in front of doorways is a common way to try and stop dust but it doesn’t tend to be very...
  • Safe walkways for roof workers
    News - 17 Dec 2003
    HL Plastics SUREGRIP roof walkways and safety systems have been specifically developed to respond to the need for a safe means of access and working environment for roof workers. The products are...
  • “Steel-like” concrete from LaFarge
    News - 11 Dec 2003
    Imagine a building material that has the strength of steel, with the versatility of concrete, the flexibility of plastic or wood, the durability of stone and the aesthetic richness of ceramics. This...
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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