Podcast
Chemicals are everywhere, including in the construction sector. They improve the performance of materials and products by giving them additional[...]
5 min
The term “soil sealing” is the process of covering natural soil with impervious materials to make it stable for building new settlements.[...]
1 min
Building Life Cycle Assessment, or LCA, quantifies a building's environmental footprint over its entire life cycle. From the extraction of raw[...]
5 min
A bill of materials, or BOM for short, is a list of all the materials needed to produce an end product – which includes buildings! It’s a tool that[...]
4 min
The construction industry consumes an enormous amount of raw materials. Resources that are running out, and whose extraction and use weigh heavily in[...]
7 min
Faced with ever scarcer natural resources and the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the construction industry is looking to urban[...]
7 min