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Sustainability at the core of FIFA Stadium 974

By Press release on December 4, 2022

Qatar’s World Cup Stadium 974 made history even before its first match by setting new standards in the building and usage of sustainable venues. This year’s FIFA’s tournament will have the most compact footprint in history thanks to the first fully demountable stadium in its history and all stadiums within a 50-kilometre radius of central Doha. According […]

TerraCO2 is a scalable, low-carbon alternative for cement replacement

By Press release on August 15, 2022

For every ton of Portland cement displaced by a Terra product, a 70% reduction in CO2 emissions is achieved. Today, cement production accounts for 8% of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. TerraCO2 replace cement with a climate-friendly, cost-competitive supplementary and alternative cementitious materials that achieve performance parity in their respective categories. Their 'Opus' products, made with […]

EGA plans shift to nuclear and solar for aluminium production as demand soars

By Third party content on April 13, 2022

A massive move to sustainability is driving the UAE's industrial sector focus, says chief executive of Dubal Holding, which owns 50 per cent of EGA Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the UAE’s biggest industrial company outside the oil and gas sector, will soon make a complete shift to nuclear and solar energy to produce aluminium, as demand […]

Abu Dhabi provides sustainable solutions to reduce construction waste

By Press release on February 18, 2022

The Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, EAD, in collaboration with The Center of Waste Management, Abu Dhabi, TADWEER, has published a guide entitled, "Sustainable Construction and Demolition Waste Management in Abu Dhabi". The guide provides guidance on steps that should be taken by companies in the construction sector to reduce the amount of waste they produce […]

Scottish startup Kenoteq launches sustainable brick made almost entirely of construction waste

By Press release on July 14, 2020

Scottish startup Kenoteq has launched the K-Briq – a more sustainable building brick that is unfired and made of 90 per cent construction waste. Invented by engineering professor Gabriela Medero at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University, the K-Briq generates less than a tenth of the carbon emissions in its manufacture than a regular brick. Medero spent over 10 years developing the product […]

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