1+ week, 2+ day ago   (308+ words) AZoBuild American Chemical SocietyOct 6 2026Reviewed What if the energy powering your home or office could be generated, stored, and used all in the same place? This is the hope for the next generation of buildings, powered by renewable sources storing the…...

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, 1+ week ago   (496+ words) The UK could meet its housing targets of up to 300,000 new homes each year, swapping high-carbon building materials for straw without running out of supply, according to new research. Studies have already highlighted the promise of straw as a high-performing,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1187+ words) Vegetated roofs have a rich history, with the Hanging Gardens of Babylon often cited as one of the earliest examples. In recent history, Germany has treated green roofing as part of its environmental strategy for decades, while uptake in Britain…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (185+ words) Download a free PDF copy of this news piece here! The training procedure involves propagating system states forward in time using the neural ODE dynamics, applying control actions proposed by the policy network, and observing the resulting system response and…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (619+ words) Study: Research on the coupling and coordinated high-quality development of minerals and economy along the “Belt and Road.” Image credit: ZCOOL HelloRF/Shutterstock.com Reducing carbon emissions from the building sector is critical for meeting national and global climate targets....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (267+ words) This process allows surfaces to remain cooler than the surrounding environment under direct sunlight. Growing interest in sustainable cooling technologies has increased research into materials capable of delivering high cooling performance while minimizing environmental impact. Download the PDF of this…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (792+ words) Flat-pack buildings take the logic of flat-pack furniture and apply it to walls, floors, and roofs that can be easily assembled on-site. They are part of the modular construction family, which produces standard units for high-quality buildings such as homes,…...

5+ mon, 12+ hour ago   (303+ words) Hybrid AI model combining Lasso regression and random forests improves appliance energy prediction using sensor data. This approach enhances accuracy, efficiency, and interpretability in low-energy smart building systems. The proposed Lasso-RF-Net framework combines sparse linear modeling with nonlinear residual correction…...