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  • Advances in Concrete Reinforcement Techniques
    Article - 12 Apr 2023
    Concrete is the most commonly used construction material for key infrastructure and buildings, but pure concrete cannot meet the stringent demands of the construction industry. To improve its strength...
  • Concretene: What Do We Know About Graphene-Enhanced Concrete?
    Article - 15 Dec 2022
    Here, we focus on the work that is being done to solve the biggest problem in the concrete industry with the help of graphene. We highlight the recent advances in this sector and give an overview of...
  • A New Approach to Urban Building Energy Models and Building Energy Consumption
    Article - 31 Mar 2022
    Cities release 70% of CO2 emissions and utilize two-thirds of global energy production, while buildings consume more than one-third of global final energy consumption; thus, growing energy-usage...
  • The Drawbacks of Bamboo-Reinforced Concrete
    Article - 24 Nov 2021
    An international team of researchers has demonstrated that bamboo is a poor substitute for steel reinforcement, and often fails to deliver the sustainability benefits it has come to be associated...
  • Historic and Current Use of Blue Clay Brick
    Article - 17 Nov 2021
    A research paper published online in October 2021 in Scientific Reports has considered current research into ancient masonry and studied blue brick in a modern building in Kaifeng, China. The results...
  • Carrying Out XRD on Cement Pastes
    Article - 18 Feb 2020
    Concrete is one of the world’s most commonly used materials. All manner of buildings and structures use concrete and it is cheap, abundant, and easy to produce.
  • Integration of Photovoltaics in Buildings
    Article - 14 Nov 2019
    Photovoltaic (PV) technology converts solar energy (photons) into usable electric power (electrons), usually through chemical processes in PV cells.
  • How are Ceramics Used in Construction?
    Article - 14 Nov 2019
    Ceramic materials including brick, porcelain, and cement have been used to construct buildings for millennia, and are still some of the most widely used construction materials today.
  • 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.
  • The Impact of Green Concrete on Buildings
    Article - 26 Mar 2019
    On the whole, concrete is a fairly sustainable material and it has a number of environmentally-friendly benefits.
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.