Architecture and Construction
When soft spheres make porous media stiffer
Porous media such as concrete represent a spherical packing of different components. The mechanical properties of such mixtures are difficult to calculate due to their discretized nature. A team led…
Minimizing the risk of rising sea levels
Researchers of Kiel University model future urban development on European coasts. Europe’s coasts are densely populated and already affected by the impacts of sea level rise. In addition to traditional,…
Biocomposite at the Venice Architecture Biennale
This year’s Venice Architecture Biennale sees itself as a “Laboratory of the Future”. Bio-composites are not just dreams of the future in architecture. The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber…
Smart windows now reduce energy consumption in Swedish offices
Lightweight and switchable glass technologies can improve the energy management of buildings with large-area windows and glass facades and contribute significantly to reducing energy consumption for heating or cooling. Improving…
Innovative energy concepts for buildings
Sustainable and cost-efficient retrofitting and planning. Rising energy prices pose a great challenge to private individuals and companies. At the University Kaiserslautern-Landau, a team from the fields of building systems…
Strengthening American dams, levees with technological innovation
A team of researchers at the University of Kansas School of Engineering has partnered with U.S. federal agencies in a push to reinforce American dams and levees nationwide using fiber-reinforced…