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,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (690+ words) Optimized bamboo fiber and stem ash have been incorporated into concrete slabs to explore the material’s potential as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional steel-reinforced slabs. These findings were published in Scientific Reports. Modern construction heavily relies on steel reinforcement to…...

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, 6+ day 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…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (710+ words) A WORLD-FIRST recycled glass solution has been approved for a new housing scheme in Scotland. VASO Global is a pioneering construction innovation which enables sustainable homes to be built at speed, supporting Scotland’s net zero and sustainability goals, while also…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (509+ words) While materials like timber have been used for a long time for structural purposes, their performance remained inferior compared to reinforced concrete and steel. Nevertheless, the growing emphasis on sustainable development in recent years has led to the advancement and…...

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…...