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Modular nests for wild bees made of cast soil

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With the project Nestincity, designer Bracha Haviv creates nesting sites for wild bees made of cast soil, to raise awareness of bee decline in nature. The population of wild bees, which, other than honey bees ...

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A coating that cools the streets

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Roofing company GAF developed StreetBond, a coating for pavement, that comes in various colours and reflects sunlight, cooling the streets. Within cities, the heat island effect is a major problem. Due to concrete and brick ...

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Biodegradable concrete casts made of sawdust

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Researchers at the University of Michigan (US) created a biodegradable formwork made of sawdust to mitigate wood waste in the process of laying concrete. Wood is often used as formwork for concrete construction, but after ...

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Concrete as low-cost energy storage

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Researchers at MIT developed a way to use concrete as energy storage, by mixing cement with carbon black. The process uses the way that water and cement react together to its advantage. Water forms a ...

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Pendant lamps made of recycled cardboard and clay

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Sustainable design studio ZBOZHZHA designed a collection of pendant lamps made from a mix of recycled cardboard, clay and minerals. All materials, the cardboard, clay, and minerals, are ecofriendly and fully biodegradable “as a tribute ...

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A bamboo-timber grid shell

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A team of students from Edinburgh Napier University created a grid shell structure made of a bamboo-timber composite, said to be the first of its kind. The structure, measuring 12m x 12m, is aimed as ...

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