Researchers are developing ways to lock captured CO2 into cement. It could help rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure and deal with climate change at the same time.
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Pipeline companies have run roughshod over several regions where they’re building, racking up safety and environmental violations. Many residents feel trapped, with no control over their property.
South Africa’s economic recovery plan must focus on at least three areas: protecting vulnerable populations, supporting the vulnerable sectors and external trade diversification.
NOAA released its list of climate and weather disasters that cost the nation more than $1 billion each. Like many climate and weather events this past year, it shattered the record.
Changes to the way houses and other buildings are constructed could lower energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
Despite the government spruiking a ‘gas-led economic recovery’, natural gas is clearly on the way out. It’s time for a serious rethink on the way many Australians cook and heat our homes.
A building designed to be easily taken apart so the components can be reused is a model for much less wasteful construction. It reduces resource use and environmental impacts, and can be cheaper too.
New Zealand’s housing market is ill designed to create the surpluses that would force down values. Only the state can change that.
A better way of evaluating these projects would be to look at their value and sustainability.
Fish need to cross roads too. But the tunnels built to channel rivers under roads and railways can block their migrations.
With trees infested by the emerald ash borer deemed essentially worthless, a team of designers wanted to see if the decaying wood could be repurposed as a building material.
The design professions are set to go over a cliff in September. Construction is set to follow them in 2021.
As well as an infrastructure spending boost, governments are fast-tracking approvals. But these processes exist for a reason. If we get projects wrong, we live with the consequences for decades.
Bullet trains are back on the agenda. But a new analysis shows that rather than helping cut emissions, such a project would drive them up for at least 24 years.
As sand markets boom, entrepreneurs, organized crime and others are cashing in — leaving widespread environmental damage in their wake.
Researchers are turning microbes into microscopic construction crews by altering their DNA to make them produce building materials. The work could lead to more sustainable buildings.
Our climate is changing – and so must architecture.
‘Use the reinforced concrete, Luke.’
Old buildings aren’t just waste – the materials can be reused to create the cities of the future.
Houses built more than 20 years ago are likely to be more vulnerable to bushfires than newer builds. But there are some simple and inexpensive ways to reduce your risk.
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Senior Lecturer, UTS Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Civil Engineering and Environmental Materials, Brunel University of London
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Head of School and Professor of Architecture, UNSW Built Environment, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Professor of Sustainable Architecture, Lancaster University
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James R. Rice Distinguished University Professor of Engineering, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor, School of Sciences, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Construction and Environmental Performance, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Future Construction, University of Edinburgh
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Associate Professor & Global Challenge Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University; University of British Columbia
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Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sustainability Science, Edinburgh Napier University