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Research and Development Directions for Design Support Tools for Circular Building
Buildings, 2020 To support the construction sector in its transition to a circular economy, many design instruments and decision support tools have been and are still being developed.
Charlotte Cambier +2 more
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Lightweight Solid Wood Panels Made of Paulownia Plantation Wood
Applied Sciences, 2023 Light Paulownia seamless-edged glued solid wood panels (SWPs), single-layered and three-layered, were analyzed in this study. Both panel types were calibrated at a thickness of 19 mm, a dimension very often in demand on the SWP market, but produced with ...
Marius Cătălin Barbu +4 more
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Earth, 2022 Gelidium corneum (Giant Gelidium or Atlantic agar) is a well-known red seaweed harvested for its high-quality agar content. Agar is a mixture of the polysaccharides used in the food industry as a gelling, thickener, clarifying, and stabilizer agent.
Teresa Mouga, Isabel Barreto Fernandes
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Removal of Reactive Black Dye in Water by Magnetic Mesoporous Carbon from Macadamia Nutshell
Adsorption Science & Technology, 2022 The novel and intriguing role of Fe(NO3)3 as a chemical activator in carbonization of macadamia nutshell is introduced in this work. Magnetic mesoporous carbon was achieved by chemical activation of macadamia nutshell with Fe(NO3)3 under nitrogen ...
Sakonsupa Damdib +6 more
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Proceedings, 2021 This research aims to identify the legislative gap that lies within textiles, electronics and nanomaterials for the safe disposal and recovery of e-textiles. [...]
Jessica Saunders
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Design-driven innovation of bio-based circular materials. Design strategies and skills
Agathón, 2022 In recent years, design has turned its attention towards the Circular Economy where material issues are central. More and more companies and designers are turning their research towards ‘circular materials’ from the recycling of ‘technical materials’ or
Marinella Ferrara, Alessandro Squatrito
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Land, 2021 In 2004, in response to France’s 1960s and 1970s urban regeneration program proposing the demolition and redevelopment of large scale social housing developments, Frédérik Druot, Anne Lacaton, and Jean-Philippe Vassal created their PLUS theory (PLUS—Les ...
Milena Trzcińska
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Comparing Circular Kitchens: A Study of the Dutch Housing Sector
Buildings, 2023 The built environment can become more sustainable by gradually replacing building components with circular ones. Kitchens are a logical component to be made circular, given their relatively short lifespan, product-based nature, and affordable prototypes.
Bas Wouterszoon Jansen +3 more
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Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2022 The application of the Circular Economy model, supported by the European Commission, can be the driver of an industrial and architectural conversion and, also, an opportunity to innovate production processes through the elimination of the concept of ...
Silvia Tedesco +2 more
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Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, 2023 Buildings and the construction industry at large are significant contributors to the catastrophic climate breakdown. The built environment is responsible for 37% of the total global carbon emission, of which about a third arises from the energy used to ...
Ivar Bergmans +2 more
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