Architecture & Construction

Architecture & Construction

Transforming Urban Living: Monitor Energy Use for Sustainability

In other words, they want a sustainable living environment that supports a wide range of lifestyles and living concepts, where they can be involved in all…

Architecture & Construction

Avoiding a “Secondary Disaster” Due to Recovery Plans: Japanese Society from the Perspective of the Seawall Issue

The nationwide issue of seawall plans

Architecture & Construction

SCHOTT’s Authentic Restoration Glasses for Historic Monuments

The international technology group SCHOTT offers a wide variety of architectural glasses for use in restoring old architectural monuments. The many different…

Architecture & Construction

Monitor Deteriorating Bridges with Wireless Sensors and Drones

Today, bridges are inspected visually by teams of engineers who dangle beneath the bridge on cables or look up at the bridge from an elevated work platform. It…

Architecture & Construction

Concrete Bridge Withstands Earthquake Tests at UNR

A 70-foot-long, 52-ton concrete bridge survived a series of earthquakes in the first multiple-shake-table experiment in the University of Nevada, Reno's new…

Architecture & Construction

Enhancing Clay Stability for Sustainable Construction

This research set out to improve the engineering quality of clay using waste materials and a secret binder ingredient.

Architecture & Construction

New Bridge Design Enhances Earthquake Resistance and Speed

The faster construction is achieved by pre-fabricating the columns and beams off-site and shipping them to the site, where they are erected and connected…

Architecture & Construction

Architectural researcher to tell conferees in Germany how 'living roofs' help build better cities

One solution offered by architectural researchers is known as a “green roof” — a roof covered in living, growing plants to soften the effects of heat,…

Architecture & Construction

New Roof Tiles Clean the Air: Innovation from UC Riverside

A team of University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering students created a roof tile coating that when applied to an average-sized…

Architecture & Construction

Heraeus Carbon Infrared Oven Boosts Powder Coating Quality

It has allowed the Leeds-based company to change powder curing from a continuous to a batch operation, so that it can now respond more quickly to customer…

Architecture & Construction

Innovative Pipeline Installation Reduces Environmental Impact

The near-surface installation of pipelines usually causes massive disturbance to the environment. It can create corridors up to 50 metres wide. The BINE…

Architecture & Construction

Bridging Gaps: Innovative Solutions for Stronger Connections

It all comes down to bridging a gap.

Architecture & Construction

Innovative Foam Concrete Infill for Steel Tube Construction

A team of researchers from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM, studied the use of foam concrete as infill for steel tubes that were used in construction.

Architecture & Construction

“TEK-Tool” software supports energy consultants

Until now, analysing the weak spots of the architecture and building services equipment of existing non-residential buildings has been a very labour-intensive…

Architecture & Construction

Sustainable Building Materials: INM Partners with Namibia

The INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials is starting out on a joint pilot project with Namibia. Researchers from the Saarland and Africa will be…

Architecture & Construction

City-Based Manufacturing Strategies for Enhanced Value

What strategies and concepts are required to ensure city-based manufacturing gives all its stakeholders added value? The Urban Production innovation network…

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