Forest Industries Ireland (FII) has announced the University of Galway winners of the Future Timber Design Awards ─ a new initiative supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The awards were developed by FII to promote sustainable and innovative timber construction and design by bridging academic learning with real-life application for undergraduate … [Read more...] about Inaugural Future Timber Design Awards winners revealed
Sustainability
New reactor design produces renewable methane from carbon dioxide
An international team led by researchers at Pennsylvania State University has developed a new reactor design that efficiently converts carbon dioxide and renewable electricity into methane – the primary component of natural gas – while scaling the system up by roughly an order of magnitude without sacrificing performance. The study demonstrated that microbial electrosynthesis … [Read more...] about New reactor design produces renewable methane from carbon dioxide
Robotic concrete 3D-printing will cut carbon emissions of Teesside carbon capture project
Infrastructure solutions company Costain and AE Yates, a civil and structural engineering delivery specialist, have teamed up with Hyperion Robotics to deliver low-carbon concrete sleepers for a landmark East Coast Cluster project on Teesside. Northern Endurance Partnership’s (NEP) onshore CO2-gathering system will provide the CO2 transportation and storage infrastructure … [Read more...] about Robotic concrete 3D-printing will cut carbon emissions of Teesside carbon capture project
Buro Happold partners with ORIS to scale carbon measurement across infrastructure projects
Global engineering consultancy Buro Happold has announced a partnership with ORIS Materials Intelligence to expand carbon measurement and support low-carbon design across its global infrastructure portfolio. According to Buro Happold, the partnership with ORIS willstrengthen its ability to embed carbon intelligence into design processes, building on its PAS 2080 foundations, … [Read more...] about Buro Happold partners with ORIS to scale carbon measurement across infrastructure projects
Research begins on a sustainable wind turbine tower design made with UK steel
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is leading a research and development team to transform the design and manufacture of steel onshore wind turbine towers in order to make them more efficient and sustainable. The consortium, largely based in Wales, includes Tata Steel UK, RWE, Bute Energy, Hutchinson Engineering and Ledwood. The project has won £174,000 SMART … [Read more...] about Research begins on a sustainable wind turbine tower design made with UK steel