1+ week, 1+ day ago   (797+ words) This article explains how material passports work, their importance in the construction industry, and how they could help to make building components reusable. Construction is one of the most resource-hungry activities on the planet. The built environment consumes over 40% of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1129+ words) Refuse-derived fuels (RDF) and other alternative fuels such as plastic residues, biomass, used tires, and processed waste fractions are seeing increasingly widespread use in cement rotary kilns, replacing fossil fuels. RDFs help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by substituting coal, oil,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (886+ words) Researchers have developed a real-options valuation model covering 179 integrated cement plants across Europe to examine how policy and technology uncertainty could shape decarbonization efforts in Europe’s cement industry. Their results, published in Nature Communications, show that investor confidence can strongly…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (676+ words) Drier climates are exacerbating an expensive problem for millions of Australians whose homes sit on expansive soils prone to shrinkage cracks, which have already cost insurance companies and individuals billions of dollars in damage bills. A new study by Adelaide…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1097+ words) Portland cement production accounts for more than 8% of global carbon emissions, and demand is expected to climb by roughly 25% by 2050.1 About half of that carbon comes from chemistry rather than from fuel, and is released when limestone breaks down into…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (598+ words) The influence of the stiffness of load-bearing wall materials on the dynamic response of low-rise buildings exposed to mining-induced ground vibrations has been investigated in a recent study. The work, published in Materials, provides practical insights that could support material…...