In recent years, energy conservation became a strategic goal to preserve the environment,
foster sustainability, and preserve valuable natural resources. The building sector is …

Building construction accounts for a significant proportion of global greenhouse gas
emissions, raw material extraction, and waste production. Applying circular economy (CE) …

Graphite composite insulation boards (GCIBs) are green and innovative insulation materials
with the potential to significantly reduce building energy consumption, mitigate …

Aerogel is widely recognized as a superinsulating material with great potential for
enhancing the thermal insulation performance of building walls. It can be applied in various …

Houses in the operational stage consume around 40% of the world's energy, and most of it
is consumed by air conditioning. This generates several problems, especially in cities …

Improving the energy efficiency of buildings is an important element of the effort to address
global warming. The thermal performance of building envelopes is the most important …

Recently, a novel lightweight cork with enhanced thermal stability has been prepared using
a respiratory impregnation method. In this paper, the thermal stability and decomposition of …

In order to enhance the practical application of carbon-fiber-reinforced concrete (CFRC) in
engineering, it is necessary to study the damage mechanism of CFRC. Experimental …

In the building renovation industry, a growing volume of discarded insulation materials, such
as stone wool insulation, prematurely finds its way to landfills or incinerators after building …

In this study, we report highly crosslinked hybrid aerogels with an organic backbone based
on vinylmethyldimethoxysilane (VMDMS) with tuneable properties. For an improved and …