Buildings "biggest lever" for improving global resource efficiency says UN
The built environment is the fastest-growing material consumer but it also offers the most potential for improvement, according to a UN resource report.
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The built environment is the fastest-growing material consumer but it also offers the most potential for improvement, according to a UN resource report.
Insulating structures from 3D printed waste
ETH Zurich has published details of new research into lightweight building components produced using 3D printing. Led by doctoral architecture researcher Patrick Bedarf, the Airlements project centers on cement-free mineral foams derived from recycled industrial waste. Working within the...
Discover Airlements, a project that uses moldless fabrication and 3D printing to create monolithic, lightweight, and insulated wall construction.
2022 was another productive year in laboratories across the United States and beyond, as colleges, manufacturers, and startups strove to challenge the orthodoxy of construction materials. While teams of students and researchers at institutions from Virginia Tech to ETH Zurich sought to push the...