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  • Bruntwood's New Low-Carbon Timber Building Project
    Article - 28 Feb 2023
    Bruntwood, a Manchester-based developer, has recently obtained planning permission for a groundbreaking £31m mass timber office in Greater Manchester.
  • A Coral-Inspired Organic Biocomposite to Replace Portland Cement
    Article - 23 Jan 2023
    Prometheus Materials, a startup commercializing University of Colorado Boulder research, recently began production of a coral-inspired organic biocomposite concrete alternative that could eventually...
  • Could our Buildings of the Future Float on Water?
    Article - 13 Jan 2023
    The world’s environment is in crisis. Symptoms of this crisis include rising sea levels and more catastrophic flood events, especially in urban areas. But the human population is still growing, and...
  • Why and How to Construct a Green Roof
    Article - 27 Sep 2022
    Sustainable construction approaches are gaining increasing interest in the building sector, with many innovative active and passive methods based on novel materials and technologies explored in recent...
  • International High-Rise Award: Transforming Sydney's Waterfront with One Barangaroo
    Article - 26 Sep 2022
    AZoBuild spoke with Conor Worth, an associate at WilkinsonEyre, about the phenomenal One Barangaroo building that has emerged on Sydney's waterfront. Conor discusses the design of the building and its...
  • Building Low-Carbon Hemp Homes
    Article - 18 Aug 2022
    Building new structures from low-carbon and renewable resources is gaining significant attention both within the construction industry and wider society. This article will look at constructing new...
  • What Polymers are Used in Construction?
    Article - 15 Mar 2022
    As an engineering building material, polymers have become increasingly essential. The applications and properties of polymers are broad due to the ease of fabrication and the ability to produce...
  • A Review of Bioclimatic Architecture Strategies in Denmark
    Article - 4 Mar 2022
    A new study published in the journal Buildings reviews Denmark’s current passive heating strategies and examines the suitability of such measures for the design of a future building.
  • Innovative PV System Installation Method for Limited Area Applications
    Article - 28 Jan 2022
    Recently, a team of researchers, writing in the journal Buildings, has considered daily global and diffuse solar radiation evaluated on a horizontal surface to establish the most efficient angles of...
  • Implementing Eco Homes
    Article - 4 Jan 2022
    An eco-house is a house that is designed in such a way that it is environmentally friendly. It is built with consideration of technology and materials that reduce both its carbon footprint and energy...
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.