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Giving roads a stiff upper surface offers fuel efficiency and emissions benefits
Changes in road resurfacing practices could improve gas mileage for heavy vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
How the Well Building Standard can keep occupants healthy and happy
Building design plays a key role in occupant well-being, and some strategies can reduce communicable disease transmission.
Automated Logic automates VAV unit commissioning
ACxelerate speeds the process and improves performance.
Oxygen8 is a fresh take on HVAC
Dedicated outdoor air systems address the current priorities of building operators and occupants.
Carrier's Healthy Buildings Program addresses 'new normal'
The program offers a wide range of tools and solutions to improve indoor air quality, increase outside air ventilation and enable touchless interactions.
Study algorithm finds HVAC sensor faults in smart buildings
Smart buildings rely on technology to improve the energy efficiency of costly HVAC systems. However, faults occur often with these systems and are difficult to diagnose.
Carbon-injected concrete can help reduce carbon emissions
A new type a carbon-injected concrete has the potential to reduce the carbon footprint of both buildings and roadways.
Building system screens people for health status when they enter a building
Siemens Smart Infrastructure announced the launch of Siveillance Thermal Shield.
Material could potentially prevent building collapse following earthquakes
Researchers from the University of Missouri College of Engineering have developed a flexible, structured lattice material that can withstand the waves of energy associated with earthquakes.
Polymer stops concrete from crumbling in freezing temperatures
Researchers in Colorado have found polymer molecules with anti-freezing abilities that can stop concrete from crumbling in freezing temperatures.
Intelligent concrete could repair itself
The technology uses sensors to tell governments what concrete is at risk of cracking and uses materials to self-heal.
Study: Current technologies could reduce construction carbon emissions by half
Researchers from the Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg studied a stretch of Sweedish highway construction and found that the construction industry could cut its carbon emissions by using sustainable technology already at hand.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers joins COVID-19 response
A branch of the Army that normally works without much media attention, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has become a notable participant in the coronavirus response.
UK companies jointly develop social distancing tool for transportation industry
Two U.K. tech companies have jointly developed a device that will enable those in the transportation industry to maintain social distancing guidelines, developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, while continuing to build, repair and maintain critical transportation infrastructure such as roadways.
Is water-mist fire suppression the successor to traditional sprinklers?
With the emergence of a relatively new water mist fire fighting technology, building owners have more options for protecting their property.
Studying fluid dynamics could lead to better HVAC protection from airborne viruses
Current policies and solutions are based on outdated flow dynamics information, according to a Johns Hopkins team.
New compactor provides consistent smoothness and high productivity
The new DD128C compactor from Volvo delivers fast rolling speeds while maintaining proper impact spacing. There is no trade-off smoothness of productivity with this machine.
Watch: Tandem drum roller's timing belt can be replaced in two hours
Dynapac’s new CO5200 VI tandem roller features vibration on the front drum and oscillation on the rear. It is the company’s largest roller, at 11.7 tons and a 77-inch compaction width, to offer oscillation.
Video: IMI develops germ-free door opener, donates 100% of profits to local food pantries
The hands-free door opener allows people to open latch-less doors without using their fingers, arms or clothing.
Purdue is investigating the feasibility of 3D printing concrete for wind turbine architecture
Researchers from Purdue University in collaboration with additive manufacturing startup RCAM Technologies are exploring methods for 3D printing concrete components for building offshore wind turbine structures.