construction

Circularity in models for assessing the construction sector’s emissions impacts

Circularity in models for assessing the construction sector’s emissions impacts

The starting point, as Pierluigi Zerbino explained to an audience of businesses and academics, is disarmingly simple: “We asked ourselves: can the circular economy help to decarbonise the cons...

Life cycle to carbon credits: the importance of EPDs in structural timber

Life cycle to carbon credits: the importance of EPDs in structural timber

This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter Within the framework of the new EU Regulation on Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF), t...

Startup Elementerre: the future of construction with rammed earth and bulrush

Startup Elementerre: the future of construction with rammed earth and bulrush

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Elementerre is a Senegalese company founded with the mission of revolutionising the construction s...

Cement from chemical recycling of inert granulate, Nextchem-Colacem agreement

Cement from chemical recycling of inert granulate, Nextchem-Colacem agreement

In a bid to tackle the environmental impact of cement production and bolster circularity within the construction sector, Nextchem and Colacem have sealed a groundbreaking agreement. The collaboratio...

Startup, Ecococon: Straw and Wood Panels from Slovakia

Startup, Ecococon: Straw and Wood Panels from Slovakia

“We are revolutionising the construction sector by providing a building system that is climate neutral, healthy, effective and designed to be safely returned to nature after use,” says E...

Startup, Kubik: plastic recycling for low-cost and low-carbon construction

Startup, Kubik: plastic recycling for low-cost and low-carbon construction

Kenyan startup Kubik transforms difficult-to-recycle plastic waste into low-cost and low-carbon-emission construction materials for building long-lasting and less polluting structures. From sch...