The building industry has a waste problem. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a British nonprofit focused on accelerating the transition to a circular economy, upward of 50 percent of ...

The construction industry consumes enormous resources and is responsible for a large proportion of global CO 2 emissions. The team of HopfON wants to address this situation. Their vision is to produce ...

Explore the future of sustainable composites in architecture, from bio-based and recycled materials to hybrid solutions.

Imagine all the items you’ve bought, used and discarded in your lifetime. How much space would they take up? What about the items discarded by your neighbors, friends and family? From cars to toys to ...

From concrete to aluminum to lithium-ion batteries, new strategies are helping the construction industry cut waste, preserve material value, and rethink how buildings are designed, built, and reused.

This press release was updated on 2 February 2024 to add the final compromise text with a view to agreement. The Council and the European Parliament today reached a provisional agreement on the ...

The modern construction industry is built on cement, with factories and public buildings, commercial space and apartment buildings, and homes fashioned out of it. But cement production is helping ...

Engineers developed a new kind of reconfigurable masonry made from 3D-printed, recycled glass. The bricks could be reused many times over in building facades and internal walls. What if construction ...

Hundreds of feet above the British capital’s Canary Wharf financial district, an office tower under construction grows taller as it draws materials from a source just blocks away. Concrete being ...

Discover the top sustainable building materials transforming construction in 2026. From carbon-negative hempcrete to ...