HEADLINES ARCHIVE
A Raincoat for Houses
Nylon and fiberglass are being mixed with traditional fibers to control thermal and acoustic insulation in walls, facades, and roofs.
LVD Introduces Uprated Adaptive Bending Technology
New system maintains consistency when bending large parts.
Tool Calculates Benefits of Hazard Resistant Structures
Hazard-induced maintenance costs can be significant over the lifetime of a building.
Butterfly Valve for HVAC Applications
The company says the valve saves energy with up to 80% less power consumption than currently available products.
Hydraulic Control Valve for Fire Suppression
The company says the valve will fill the need for constant, controlled pressure in fire suppression systems.
POINTER: Enhancing Safety for First Responders
The tracking system works reliably inside buildings and may help to pinpoint a first responder’s location, increasing safety for firefighters and other emergency personnel.
Cooling Ceiling Panels Provide Alternative to Air Conditioning
A key to the technology is that the heat-conducting polymer film operates well below the dew point and so avoids the problem of condensation.
Sodium Bicarbonate Is an Environmentally Friendly Blasting Abrasive
Soda blasting offers a gentle yet effective way to clean, remove paint, and degrease a wide variety of substrates, including steel, lead, aluminum, alloys, plastics, rubbers, composites, and masonry materials.
Measuring the Stresses in Advanced Composite Structures
Advanced composites behave differently from traditional construction materials such as steel and concrete.
The Education of a Smart Building
Control and power a smart building with Power over Ethernet.
Sand Absorbs Ballistic Impact Better than Steel: NUS Study
The finding suggests that sand can potentially be used as an alternative to enhance protection of critical infrastructure as well as armor systems.
Shanghai's Supertall Sustainable Building
Shanghai boasts one of the world's newest, and tallest, skyscrapers. It is also one of the world's greenest.
Airport Lands Upgraded HVAC System
The system will allow airport operators to control the climate inside all 360,000 square feet of the terminal. The system also will save the city 22% to 25% in utility costs.
HVAC Design Changes May Enhance Energy Efficiency
Samsung says it is working toward enhancing efficiency in heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems through design.
Sensors Detect Damage in Bridge Structures
Researchers use sensors to “listen” to a collection of signals from bridges and other mechanical structures that may help diagnose structural changes or damage.
Cement Materials: An Overlooked Carbon Sink?
The natural carbonation process of cement materials represents a large and growing sink of CO2.
Rock Star: LEDs Electrify Energy Management Efforts
LED technology can beat almost every other lighting technology and opens the door to new levels of energy use and control that can have grid-scale impacts.
Biocomposite Bridge Opens in the Netherlands
To develop the biocomposite, fibers were stuck to a biological polylactic acid foam core, after which a bioresin was sucked into the fiber layers using a vacuum to produce a strong girder.
Mood Ring Materials Could Detect Cracks in Bridges and Aircraft
Mixing fluorescent nanoparticles and clear polymer resin yields a novel sensor that changes optical properties under stress.
Remote Sensing Spots Infrastructure Cracks After Disasters
The technology includes the camera hardware, mounted to a plane or unmanned aerial vehicle, and the software, which analyzes the pictures taken.