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12 May 202310 May 2023

Which material will become Europe’s future construction mainstay?

The European Union’s construction industry stands at a crossroads: In its transition to a climate-neutral ecosystem, the incumbent industry is worried that organic replacements are given disproportionate support.

11 May 20238 May 2023

Biobased asphalt with lignin can cut emissions up to 60%

According to new figures from WUR are the potential savings huge, since 10 million tonnes of asphalt containing 300,000 tonnes of bitumen are produced annually in the Netherlands alone

3 May 202327 April 2023

Aisti signs 2.4 million euro off-take agreement with a large European construction company

Aisti® Teno acoustic tiles are the world’s first affordable, carbon-negative, and recyclable wood fiber tiles that meet both environmental demands and indoor acoustic standards

2 May 202327 April 2023

INCA Renewable Technologies secures USD 40M Funding Commitment

INCA’s team has deployed their decades of award-winning experience in fibre processing and bio-composites innovation and manufacturing to produce lighter prepregs for the automotive industry, large dimensional panels to replace plywood in any construction application and compounded pellets to replace glass reinforced plastics

Environmental impacts of modern wood buildings

As modern wooden buildings and their building systems are still relatively new, studies are still limited

12 April 20236 April 2023

External thermal insulation composite system (ETICS) demolition material

Highly promising sorting experiments with styrofoam waste from dismantled buildings. Air sorting table IFE-SORT generates clean fractions of EPS

8 February 20237 February 2023

Holcim’s Carbon2Business project receives €109.8 million in EU funding

Carbon2Business is one of two projects in Germany and 17 projects in total that the EU is funding with around €1.8 billion from the innovation fund

3 February 202331 January 2023

Hemp makes a comeback in the construction industry

According to a European Commission report, the carbon sequestering properties of hemp are remarkable and hemp blocks are better at insulating from heat and sound than brick and concrete

2 February 202330 January 2023

Sugarcane Bagasse as Aggregate in Composites for Building Blocks

The materials used in the experimental research were sugarcane bagasse (SCB) as an aggregate; aerial lime, SCB ash, Alentejo and Labruge soil, and metakaolin as binders; as an additive, sodium borate or borax

1 February 202327 January 2023

Sweden’s Ekolution supplies insulation for ‘world’s largest’ hemp project

Hemp insulation materials combined with advanced solar energy infrastructure in a new project are a milestone for the whole hemp industry and in particular hemp building materials

5 December 202230 November 2022

CEMEX and RTI awarded $3.7 million cooperative agreement to advance carbon capture technology in cement manufacturing

Team to conduct FEED study of post-combustion carbon capture system at Texas cement plant

1 December 202228 November 2022

First 100% bio-based 3D-printed home unveiled at the University of Maine

New, 600-square-foot prototype features 3D-printed floors, walls and roof of wood fibers and bio-resins

30 November 202225 November 2022

Towards a zero-emission construction trade

The major part of CO2 emission reductions will have to come from radical innovations but the most of them are still in development

29 November 202225 November 2022

Bangor University: Greening some of our foundational manufacturing sectors

In a £7.3 million Innovate UK research grant, called BONDIFI, the University’s BioComposites Centre is leading on the testing required to reduce the carbon footprint of some of the UK’s major and most carbon-heavy industrial sectors

Wood-based plastic may enable circular home furnishings and building materials

KTH researchers combined polymer chemistry with process technology similar to what is used for carbon fiber composites and got a degradable wood composite

Another carbon capture breakthrough demonstrated

Hanson reports, that recycled concrete paste (RCP) within the plant’s existing wet scrubber allows for a high CO2 uptake within less than 30 minutes, preventing emissions entering the atmosphere

28 November 202223 November 2022

“MycelioTronics” – Fungal Mycelium Skin for Electronics

JKU researchers recently began using glossy paint fungus skin (Ganoderma lucidum) as a substrate for electronic components

16 November 202214 November 2022

Grand largue composites and Sicomin enable first flax-fibre-built Class40

Company has supplied a range of composite materials to build a racing yacht that incorporates flax rather than carbon fibers

9 November 20227 November 2022

Stora Enso launches building solution for low carbon construction

The Sylva kit includes everything needed to create a modern, sustainable wood structure for low-carbon buildings

27 October 202226 October 2022

Neste, Bugaboo, DSM Engineering Materials, and Fibrant partner to enable industry-first stroller portfolio made with bio-based materials

Used in the entire stroller line, the new material was developed by DSM Engineering Materials in collaboration with its partners Fibrant and Neste

21 October 202218 October 2022

Sustainable concrete cuts emissions and waste

The latest Flinders University-led study, with experts from the US and Turkey, demonstrates how geopolymers reinforced with renewable natural fibres and made with industrial by-products and waste-based sands can match the strength, durability and drying shrinkage qualities of those containing natural sands

19 October 202217 October 2022

Seratech wins the OBEL AWARD 2022

Material scientists win the ambitious architecture award for their solution for carbon-neutral concrete

11 October 20226 October 2022

Is Finland’s Wood City the future of building?

With three-quarters of land in Finland covered by forests, wood is a readily available material here, although it does need to be strengthened for use in mid-rise and tall buildings

7 September 20221 September 2022

LG Chem – GS Caltex kickstarts the establishment of white bio ecosystem

Both companies to develop 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) technology and plan to establish a 3HP pilot plant at GS Caltex’s Yeosu plant to produce prototypes

6 September 202231 August 2022

Pink hempcrete brightens demountable Floriade pavilion by Overtreders W

The Voice of Urban Nature's structure is built from a mix of pink-hued hempcrete and contrasting wood that is finished with a black coating of linseed oil and carbon

Harder, faster, better, stronger: Mass timber is trending up

Many Northern Ontario towns have had lumber mills close over the last few decades and encouraging investment in this new construction technology could help revitalize a key industry

2 September 202230 August 2022

Hummingbird’s new ultralight 22 lb. (10 kg) electric bike is made of plant fiber

Having a super lightweight e-bike is certainly a lot nicer to carry for commuters on occasion

9 August 20224 August 2022

When waste products can build a wall

Researchers at the Flinders University in Australia have used low-cost feedstocks to make lightweight, durable polymer building blocks which can be bonded together with an adhesive-free chemical reaction

26 July 202223 July 2022

Nature as inspiration: Bio-based materials for sustainable construction

In its shift toward a circular economy, the construction industry will increasingly rely on the many sustainable qualities of bio-based materials

11 July 20226 July 2022

Carbon Analysis of Wood Composite Panels

Wood products store 9,786 million metric tons of carbon dioxide representing two times the amount of carbon stored in forests in United States National Parks

5 July 202230 June 2022

Cities of the future may be built with algae-grown limestone

Cement formed with biogenic limestone promises carbon-neutral concrete

30 June 202223 June 2022

U.S. Department of Energy Announces $39 Million for Research and Development to Turn Buildings Into Carbon Storage Structures

Funding Will Support 18 Projects Aiming to Develop Building Materials that Decarbonize the Atmosphere

20 June 202213 June 2022

The Vallès School of Architecture presents a construction prototype made from corn and sunflower stalks

The Interdisciplinary Group on Building Science and Technology (GICITED), linked to the UPC’s Vallès School of Architecture (ETSAV), participates in the cross-border project SAVASCO, which aims to develop new bio-based materials to minimise the environmental impact of construction. In this context, the ETSAV has developed a sustainable building prototype made from corn and sunflower stalks, which was presented on 6 May

14 June 202211 June 2022

CEMEX successfully turns CO2 into carbon nanomaterials

The next step is to scale the technology in a cement plant pilot within a year

13 June 20228 June 2022

BIOPOLYMER-Award: Winners come from Belgium, Brazil and Germany

The abundance of international high-quality applications was an exciting and demanding task for the jury of the BIOPOLYMER Innovation Awards this year again

10 June 202210 June 2022

Urine, bacteria, and calcium: A green and simple recipe for biocement

The result is a solid block of material that's resistant to water seepage, and that is the same color as the original sand or soil while the whole production process takes place at room temperature

31 May 202224 May 2022

Opening of Biocomposite Bridge in Almere, NL

SCB Smart Circular Bridge, EU project INTERREG

27 May 202223 May 2022

A CLT pavilion to celebrate 500 years of social housing

For the future of social housing, alongside a series of studies for future Fuggereien around the world

24 May 202223 May 2022

MOF Technologies backed by industry leaders in drive to enable low-carbon cement

With their Nuada carbon capture technology, MOF Technologies was selected by the Global Cement and Concrete Association to be part of the Innovandi 'Open Challenge'

19 May 202213 May 2022

Nextleaf inks deal with hemp concrete producer

Government-funded research and development led by Nextleaf engineering manager Krupal Pal has shown superior performance of hemp ash as both a valourised biofuel and as a cementitious material

11 May 20226 May 2022

Bodenbelag aus Birkenrinde für Nassräume

Weltneuheit mit antiseptischer Oberfläche

21 April 202214 April 2022

World’s first ‘Smart Circular Bridge’ in a city

The Eindhoven University of Technology-led EU project ‘Smart Circular Bridge’ recognizes the potentials of flax by building three city bridges made from a biocomposite material consisting of flax and a special bio-resin

19 April 202212 April 2022

Sustainable lightweight thermoplastic honeycomb panel with flax fibre composites to replace glass and carbon fibre materials

Innovation by EconCore & Flaxco (Division of Flipts & Dobbels NV) partnership

14 April 202211 April 2022

Bcomp closes CHF 32m Series B with mobility- and impact venture capital

The combination of investors is unique and confirms the strong interest from the market in Bcomp’s technologies, ranging from the automotive and aerospace industry to wider mobility and sustainability sectors

29 March 202228 March 2022

This Norwegian start-up makes carbon-negative roads

Carbon Crusher’s road repair process uses recycled asphalt combined with a plant-based adhesive that they say is faster, cheaper, and actually sequesters carbon

16 March 20221 August 2022

PURA Plans To Disrupt $200 Billion Steel Rebar Market With Hemp Alternative In Addition To Disrupting $600 Billion Lumber Market

Company is constructing a facility in Farmersville, Texas where they will conduct consultative education for each corporate customer to how hemp can be utilized to improve the efficiency of existing products

28 February 202222 February 2022

Hazelnut shells get new life as strong, sustainable panels

WSU’s Composite Materials Engineering Center, Yadama and a team of doctoral students turn agricultural waste products, such as shells, fibers, and stubble, into resin-strengthened architectural and decorative panels

31 January 202224 January 2022

Sapling protectors made of domestic wood – simple but effective

The plastic guards are a good thing in themselves - but only if they are removed at the right time and disposed of properly - but this is often not the case

24 January 202219 January 2022

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