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Efficiency

MIT innovation: Concrete becomes an electrici...

Researchers at MIT are transforming concrete into a supercapacitor, turning the building...
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9 Feb
ALLPLAN, Efficiency

How Construction Can Support the UN Sustainab...

The United Nations’ (UN) Department of Economic and Social Affairs has published 17...
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29 Jan
Efficiency, Architecture

Self-healing bricks eat CO2!

Researchers at CU Boulder are developing self-healing bricks from bacteria that eat CO2...
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15 Oct
Efficiency

For better traffic: Smart Streets

Digitalization is spreading and slowly conquering our streets. But it will take some time...
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20 Nov
Efficiency

Rammed concrete: Revival of a legend

As soon as something better, more powerful is invented, progress ruthlessly replaces...
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12 Nov
BIM, Efficiency

Construction Waste and Materials Efficiency

The construction industry is one of the largest producers of waste in many countries....
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17 Jul
Efficiency

First solar motorway in China

Renewable energies are on the advance - and are increasingly changing our landscapes as...
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10 Jul
Efficiency

The displacement of the night - Lighting plan...

Until a few years ago, the lighting of cities was technically limited both in its design...
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29 May
Efficiency

A roof made of solar modules

According to the EU Buildings Directive (EU Directive 2010/31/EU), the lowest energy...
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15 May
Efficiency

Vegetables beat graphene and carbon fibres

Every child learns that vegetables are part of a healthy diet. Who would have thought,...
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17 Apr
Efficiency

Bacteria-based solar cells: inexpensive, powe...

Solar cells are a key technology in the energy revolution and in the fight against...
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2 Jan
Efficiency

A giant chimney against smog

In order to satisfy the hunger for energy of an up-and-coming industrial world...
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26 Dec