There's been a spate of building collapses in Lagos, Nigeria. In some cases, people have died. In one instance a building had been marked for demolition at least three times. There are also concerns about hundreds of other ...
Engineering
Mar 27, 2019
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Photovoltaics can be used directly in building and renovation projects and serve as a construction material in their own right. Integrating solar panels into facades and roofs can transform buildings into electricity producers ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 11, 2019
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The University of Bath is testing a number of waste materials to assess their thermal performance as potential materials for insulating buildings.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 7, 2019
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One of the common beliefs about bio-construction is that it is only for rich people. According to Mike Lawrence, Professor at the BRE CICM (Centre for Innovative Construction Materials), University of Bath, UK, this is a ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 16, 2019
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The construction industry is one of the most resource-intensive sectors of the German economy. The nation's buildings constitute a vast store of raw materials, harboring some 100 billion metric tons of materials that could ...
Engineering
Oct 25, 2018
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Professor Debra Laefer from NYU's Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), in collaboration with Professor Aoife Gowen and Zohreh Zahiri from the University College Dublin, recently demonstrated for the first time the ...
Engineering
Aug 31, 2018
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The research group ARDITEC from the Higher Technical School of Building Engineering at the University of Seville has led a pioneering European project to calculate the environmental impact of residential buildings via the ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2018
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It's often claimed that 3-D printing – known in the trade as "additive manufacturing" – will change the way we live. Most recently, a team from Eindhoven University of Technology announced plans to build the "world's ...
Engineering
Jun 20, 2018
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A building method as old as dirt is being re-examined as a 'new' and viable modern construction material.
Engineering
Apr 23, 2018
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Embodied carbon in the construction industry is a major factor of climate change, but it is rarely measured accurately. A reference text co-edited by an EPFL researcher calls for greater transparency surrounding embodied ...
Environment
Mar 12, 2018
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