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Tata Steel to develop GreenPro Ecolabel to help steel sector reduce carbon emission
Tata Steel has embarked on developing a GreenPro framework, GreenPro Ecolabel, to manufacture steel rebars, a first of a kind initiative in India, that would help the steel sector reduce the carbon foot print while manufacturing steel products.
Tata Steel...
Building Products
Concrete reinforced with 3D-printed polymer four times stronger
A team at the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a type of concrete that uses a lacy polymer lattice that allows it to bend without cracking and at the same time reduce its carbon emissions.
A paper published in...
Building Products
Branch Technology Raises $11 Million for Fleet of Construction 3D Printers
With the funding round led by EquipmentShare, with backing from Brick & Mortar Ventures, Chattanooga Renaissance Fund and other previous investors, Branch Technology will be able to develop even further. The company plans to expand its team further, incorporating...
Building Products
Engineers, designers unveil Tallhouse system for prefab timber urban housing
A coalition of American and British engineers and designers, including Arup and Buro Happold, have teamed up to create a suite of standardised, mass-timber and steel structural elements for high-density urban housing.
Called the “Tallhouse”, the catalogue of manufacturable systems...
Building Products
Researcher wins NSF grant to find new construction materials
To find new, eco-friendly materials, a Rowan University scientist is looking closely at some of nature’s strongest and lightest building blocks—protein-based polymers. Think of delicate spider webs, dragonfly wings, and silk threads spun by caterpillars. Xiao Hu wins NSF...
Construction Equipment
XCMG at bauma China 2020 Highlights Intelligence, Integrated Solutions and Clean Energy
Leading construction machinery manufacturer XCMG (000425.SZ) presented its best products and brightest technologies in a super exhibition at the 2020 bauma China. The company hosted more than 100 events online and offline, and continuously livestreamed through 72 hours to...
Building Products
Post-pandemic design could shift more to green, sustainable construction
In a post-pandemic world, will municipalities rethink policies and regulations to permit more green or sustainable design and construction. Speakers at a webinar hosted by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) recently in Guelph, Ont. hope so.
Panellist Alex Chapman,...
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