Carbon reduction policies are not just about doing the right thing – they can make financial sense for all parties, including the end user Carbon reduction and sustainability strategies are going to be increasingly demanded within construction, particularly in projects that rely on international finance. If it is accepted that ...
A World Economic Forum Working Group looked at future scenarios for construction. Here, Aref Boualwan, Group Manager - Digital Transformation, CCC and Strategy Officer, World Economic Forum, outlines those scenarios. In considering what construction will look like in 2050, the World Economic Forum working group came up with three extreme ...
The Red Sea Project aims to diversify Saudi Arabia’s economy, and is using a number of digital techniques during construction to keep it on schedule and maintaining environmental principles Regenerative development is an important element of the Red Sea Project. The Red Sea Development Company has been tasked with not ...
Aref Boualwan, Group Manager, Digital Transformation, Consolidated Contractors Company and Strategy Officer, World Economic Forum, discusses the 3D printing work CCC has done, and its commitment towards sustainability The construction industry will have to reduce its carbon emissions in the coming years, including accounting for embodied carbon and introducing net-zero ...
In part 1 of our focus on embodied carbon, we look at some of the challenges facing understanding and measurement of emissions from the non-operational phase of a building Sustainability in construction is a growing focus and increasingly flagged by developers as a benefit in a build’s marketing. Whilst sustainability ...
A demonstration unit in Wales is investigating the use of hydrogen to supplement gas in the production of a green cement Researchers at Swansea University in the UK and Hanson, a subsidiary of Heidelberg Cement, are running a demonstration unit to produce cement using green hydrogen as the fuel source. ...
Light-generating cement works by absorbing solar energy during the day and irradiating light energy at night
A weekly round up of news relevant to digital construction professionals A US research team is investigating the use of different soil types as an alternative to concrete for 3D printed buildings. Using local materials such as soil would reduce energy requirements to manufacture concrete, cut transport requirements and increase ...
A research team in the US are investigating the use of soil as an alternative to concrete in 3D printed buildings. If successful, they say it will help the construction industry develop more sustainable building methods and could provide “dignified” homes in poorer regions. Using local materials such as soil ...
Self-healing concrete has been identified as a technology that will have a lasting impact on the future of construction Structural deterioration and building cracks remain a major concern for asset owners and managers. Self-healing concrete, which is still in its embryonic stages of development, could be the game-changing solution to ...
Tackling greenhouse gas emissions and moving towards net-zero carbon are going to become increasingly important to construction
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