On June 1st we held a round table entitled “Lowering CO2 emissions in the construction industry – what should / could we do?” in which international experts, representatives of academia and industry participated as panelists, and the topic of discussion was the exchange of opinions on strategies in the field of construction materials and the […]
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Why is traditional concrete bad for the environment and what’s the alternative? – DuRSAAM video
Besides being the most man-made material in the world, concrete is also responsible for the 8% of total CO2 emissions. Why is traditional concrete so harmful and what are the alternatives? Find all the information in the video below. Video was made within our project “The PhD Training Network on Durable, Reliable and Sustainable Structures […]
Importance of Alkali-Activated Materials – VIDEO demonstration
All of our projects aim to decrece the effect of cement industry on environment due to cement being the second most produced man-made material, and is responsible for 8% of global CO2 emissions. This can be done by replacing cement with industry’s by-products, and to make them into an effective binder, we also need to […]
Project ECO₂Flex presented in media
With a new generation of products, Calucem continues to raise environmental production standards The objectives of the project are to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the Calucem plant through the development of a new generation of products, research and development of an efficient technological solution minimizing environmental impact, increase and further intensify Calucem’s research […]
New edition to our team – Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry
We are proud to announce that we will be using a new machine, Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry, for defining different measurable aspects of porosive nature of materials. With this addition, the range of the analysis and equipment used by our laboratory for advanced testing of materials is further expanded. Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry has been used for […]
New website – LATOM’s official web
Launching new website for the LATOM group This website will be the main source of information about the LATOM research group, it’s projects and team members. The purpose of this web page is to promote activities of the work and research group as well as the results that they find. Here you will be able […]