An innovative process converts CO2 into solid, durable materials that trap carbon. Using seawater, electricity, and carbon ...

Engineers have developed a building material that uses the root-like mycelium of a fungus and bacteria cells. Their results show that this material -- which is manufactured with living cells at low ...

These materials could be used in concrete as a substitute for sand and/or gravel -- a crucial ingredient that accounts for 60-70% of this ubiquitous building material. Or they could be used to ...

These are not only produced by heating or cooling buildings, but also during the production of building ... around 20.8 ...

climate. In the warm climate, a second house was built using concrete as a substitute in order to compare wood and concrete building materials. The same procedure was followed in the cold climate, ...

Among other outcomes, that could free up additional volumes of coal ash for use in concrete production ... both their energy sources and the building materials used in construction.

Cement manufacture is a huge carbon emitter. A by-product of splitting seawater might make the process more environmentally friendly.

These materials could be used in concrete as a substitute for sand and/or gravel — a crucial ingredient that accounts for 60-70 percent of this ubiquitous building material. Or they could be used to ...