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18 December 202412 December 2024

CarbonCure Reveals Groundbreaking Carbon Utilization Collaboration in Saudi Arabia with Abdin and Gulf Cryo

The multi-party collaboration will enable embodied carbon reductions at NEOM's large scale construction projects

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12 December 20249 December 2024

Development of bio-based, climate-neutral building materials by means of biogenic material production using phototrophic microorganisms

The development of new bio-based and sustainable materials to permanently capture CO2 is a starting point for research and development that project manager Dr. Ulla König is working on in her Biocompatible Materials group at the Fraunhofer FEP

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5 December 20242 December 2024

BIO4EEB Project: promoting bio-based insulating materials in construction

AIMPLAS is participating in the European BIO4EEB Project, which aims to significantly increase the use of bio-based insulating materials to promote a greener construction industry

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28 November 20244 February 2025

How Concrete Aggregate Innovations Can Meet Your Sustainability Goals

BioPowde has capitalized on bio-based materials, ensuring not only high-quality aggregates but also fostering ecological benefits by repurposing agricultural by-products

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11 November 202411 November 2024

Finally unlocking lignin

Finnish biobased materials pioneer, LignEasy, has developed a method to refine and separate lignin into various kinds of liquid and solid products

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8 November 20249 November 2024

Westlake Epoxy Joins B4 Consortium in Western North Brabant

Region seeks to become hotspot for bio-based building blocks for the construction industry

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6 November 202430 October 2024

CRH Ventures launches Sustainable Building Materials Accelerator

The company is seeking innovations in sustainable binders that enhance the carbon performance and circularity of cement and concrete, as well as novel materials that could transform conventional construction practices

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23 September 202417 September 2024

EIT InnoEnergy Invests in Bio-based Materials Start-up LignEasy

This funding will build on the EIC Accelerator grant previously received by the company, enabling the full development of their pilot plant

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Building for the climate age: the uses of fungi in construction

One of the most promising uses of fungi is as a green construction material, ranging from spongy fungal blocks that are wholly biobased to composites that fuse concrete or other conventional construction materials

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4 September 20243 September 2024

Case: ANDRITZ & Metsä Fibre & Dow – LigniOx innovation offers a biobased option for construction chemicals

VTT teamed up with ANDRITZ, Metsä Fibre and Dow to transform lignin – a pulp production side stream – into a renewable replacement for fossil-based dispersants. As a result, a new demo plant is now under construction

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24 July 202419 July 2024

Recycling cement paste – a cheap and efficient way to curb emissions

New study led by Imperial College London experts and scientists from Empa and EPFL, highlights that waste cement paste that has undergone CO2 mineralization is a cost effective way to reduce emissions from cement

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12 July 202410 July 2024

Bio-concrete and biogenic construction materials with cyanobacteria

Researchers at Fraunhofer FEP, led by Dr. Ulla König, are establishing the methods of culturing the cyanobacteria, the complementary microbiological analysis, and the upscaling of the biomass production to be achieved

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11 July 20245 July 2024

Dow announces bio-based NORDEL™ REN EPDM at DKT 2024

Latest addition to Dow’s growing portfolio of sustainable materials aims to help automotive, infrastructure and consumer industries lower their Scope 3 emissions

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9 July 20241 July 2024

Bamboo, a material with endless possibilities

Bamboo is full of character, integrity and individuality, far beyond a simple wood replacement - new book by MaterialDistrict

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Neustark secures $69 million in funding to expand carbon removal solution globally

The Swiss climate tech company secures one of the largest growth equity investment rounds in carbon removal

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25 June 202421 June 2024

Researchers make ‘green’ floor to replace steel 

One 3D-printed single-piece, recyclable natural-material floor panel has been tested by researchers from ORNL and University of Maine to be strong enough for replacing construction materials like steel

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20 June 202414 June 2024

Floreon lands $319 M to upscale bioplastic tech

Their proprietary bioplastics are designed to have a significantly lower carbon footprint than traditional plastic and can be recycled and composted

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14 June 202410 June 2024

Built by Nature Prize Awards €500,000 to Biobased Construction Innovators

Fifteen finalists performed highest against the Prize criteria to stimulate uptake of innovative biobased construction materials

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31 May 202417 October 2024

RMIT and council trial world-first coffee concrete footpath

Freshly brewed coffee concrete may be coming to a street near you after RMIT University teamed up with Macedon Ranges Shire Council to conduct a world-first coffee concrete footpath trial

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3 May 202425 April 2024

Woodio invests in a new factory in Lahti Finland

Finnish start-up Woodio, known for its ecological bathroom furniture, is investing in a new factory in Lahti Finland – The investment is worth 7 million euros

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24 April 202421 June 2024

Sustainable construction materials using industrial CO2 emissions and citrus peels

The BUILD-LIMONENE initiative to develop new additives and biodegradable materials that can be used in the construction industry and become viable alternatives to the materials currently available in the market

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16 April 202414 April 2024

ReMatBuilt: How residual materials become high-performance construction products

In the ReMatBuilt project, experts from the Fraunhofer WKI and their partners are proving that the challenges for this can be solved with high-performance construction materials made of recycled and waste materials

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15 April 20247 April 2024

World’s tallest wooden tower for wind turbines – Fraunhofer WKI advises on bonding

In terms of maintenance, the advantages are that steel towers require regular maintenance of numerous screws and bolts, which is not necessary with a glued timber construction

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5 April 20244 April 2024

Thermal Solutions for Green Buildings

The BIOBUILD project will design and showcase protype wooden houses with innovative wallboards and parquet and evaluate energy saving performance as well as recyclability in Sweden and Spain

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21 March 202415 March 2024

Irish bioeconomy foregrounds commercialisation, not just innovation

Even in these early stages, Ireland’s bioeconomy policy has already been distinguished by an emphasis on scaling and marketing biobased products

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23 February 202420 February 2024

JEC Composites Innovation Awards 2024: here are the 11 winners

Beyond being a ceremony, these awards serve as a platform to spotlight potentially undisclosed projects, offering inspiration and motivation to an expert audience eager to explore new frontiers

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21 February 202419 February 2024

Handover of our first commercial wooden wind turbine tower, the Wind of Change

We at Modvion are delighted to announce the handover of our first commercial wooden wind turbine tower, the Wind of Change, to Varberg Energi

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8 February 20244 February 2024

Carbon in concrete: Building on CO2

A team led by Pietro Lura is developing a process for integrating biochar into concrete

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6 February 202430 January 2024

studio SKLIM crafts biocomposite roof tiles with natural fibers and custom solar panels

The research focuses on two main building material systems: Ke-Sol System – Kenaf Fibre Biocomposites x Solar Panel System and a Terra-Cooling System

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29 January 202419 January 2024

What Role Could Biodegradable Materials Play in Building and Construction?

This article discusses the role of biodegradable materials in building and construction and how building design can be made more circular using these materials

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8 January 202422 December 2023

Tailwind for the first climate-neutral cement plant Holcim in Germany’s Carbon2Business innovation project receives two awards at the UN Climate Change Conference 

Holcim's Carbon2Business innovation project was awarded two prizes in recognition of its outstanding, innovative efforts to decarbonize industry

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3 January 202419 December 2023

C-Crete Technologies Develops and Deploys the World’s First Zeolite-Based Concrete Devoid of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

C-Crete's cement-free concrete is the first to employ this naturally occurring rock as a cementitious binder replacing Portland cement

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14 December 20238 December 2023

UPM Raflatac partners with Soprema to promote label waste recycling with the RafCycle™ service

With this innovative partnership, label waste is converted into insulation solutions, supporting the use of renewable sources in the construction industry at Soprema’s site in France

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13 December 20237 December 2023

DumoLab’s biodegradable arch enables biocomposite concrete alternatives

Terrene 3.0 is a compression-dominant arch as a multidisciplinary research project composed of natural fiber-reinforced sand and other biomaterials for eco-friendly, less energy-intensive building methods

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27 November 202323 November 2023

Built by Nature to award €500,000 in first global prize focused on biobased construction materials

The Built by Nature Prize, supported by Laudes Foundation and LTPP, aims to identify and attract biobased construction material manufacturers and their market-ready innovations from all regions and help those producers to mainstream market entry

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16 October 202310 October 2023

Strong CO2-reduced components made from fiber-reinforced biopolymers

Development of sustainable, durable components for demanding operating conditions

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9 October 20234 October 2023

Studies on the mechanical and thermal stability of Calotropis gigantea fibre-reinforced bran nano particulates epoxy composite

The results show that when the weight ratio of madar fibre increased, the superior mechanical properties were observed in the composite laminate sample

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Braskem Takes Polypropylene to the Next Level of Performance in Partnership with WEAV3D® utilizing its Rebar for Plastics® Lattice Technology

Braskem presented its PP solutions with WEAV3D lattice technology at the 2023 SPE® TPO Global Automotive Conference in Detroit, October 1-4

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5 October 202329 September 2023

CO2 storage must not hinder phase-out of fossil fuels 

New UBA paper: Testing CCS technology for waste incineration - priority to be given to peatlands, forests and other natural sinks

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29 September 202326 September 2023

EU funds €4.5 million to bioeconomy project exploring sustainable adhesives and coatings from tree bark

In a four-year project the partners will improve the sustainability and safety profiles of adhesive and coating products

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27 September 202322 September 2023

How To Build A Climate-Friendly Skyscraper: Start Small. Petri-Dish Small.

Prometheus Materials has a solution for replacing one of the biggest contributors of greenhouse gasses, financial backing from Microsoft and an aggressive plan to scale up quickly

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18 September 202313 September 2023

New bio-based glues from Purdue form adhesive bonds that grow stronger in water

Patent-pending formulations could be used to restore coral reefs and have applications in construction, biomedical, dental, food, cosmetics and other fields

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14 September 20238 September 2023

McDonald’s Expands Collaboration with UBQ Materials, Becoming First Restaurant Chain to Incorporate UBQ™ into Building Materials

Expanding from Serving Trays, Arcos Dorados, World’s Largest Independent McDonald’s Franchisee, Now Using UBQ™ in Bench Seating and Electrical System Components, Showcasing New Applications in Sustainability in New São Paulo Restaurant

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11 September 20236 September 2023

Fraunhofer WKI exhibits 3D-printed column made from natural-fiber-reinforced bioplastic at the Biennale

In the project, the researchers are focusing on the extrusion-based 3D printing process “Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)”, using short and continuous-fiber filaments on the basis of natural fibers

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1 September 202329 August 2023

Workshops in Tallinn show how to use local algae in construction

Danish architect and biomaterials researcher Kathryn Larsen has experience using algae as a tool for the development of future materials in both Scandinavian and Dutch construction traditions

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28 August 202323 August 2023

Boosting innovation in European bioeconomy

New projects to drive innovation within the European bioeconomy being funded by the CBE JU are outlined here

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11 August 202310 August 2023

Circular economy in construction: A systematic review of knowledge gaps towards a novel research framework

A new framework for CE implementation is proposed to support critical discussion and identification of future research trajectories towards a systemic transition to a circular economy in the construction sector

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7 July 202316 February 2024

World’s tallest wooden wind turbine tower being built in Sweden

The company’s first commercial installation is being built for the energy company Varberg Energi

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28 June 202327 June 2023

New living lab Biobased Boulevard to encourage use of natural building materials

Entrepreneurs, researchers and clients can use the living lab to test innovations

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7 June 20232 June 2023

AIMPLAS is working on using end-of-life tyres to create more sustainable materials with improved properties for construction

The group is working within the RECICAUTXU Project, which focuses on developing industrial processes to obtain a new generation of composite materials loaded with devulcanized rubber particles from end-of-life tyres (ELTs)