Archive for the ‘ceramics’ Category

Novec 1230

Novec 1230
3M’s Novec 1230 fire-protection fluid is a next-generation halon replacement that balances concerns for human safety, performance, and the environment. Novec 1230 has a zero ozone-depletion potential, an atmospheric lifetime of just five days, and a global warming potential of one. The fluid can be...
June 15th, 2006 | feature, mineral | Read More

Ecobrique

Ecobrique
French ceramics manufacturer vbc3000 offers bricks that incorporate waste treatment plant residue in the clay matrix. According to the company, Ecobriques perform just as well as conventional ones. The vbc3000 process can produce solid bricks and lightened, low density, granules for use in building construction...
June 4th, 2006 | mineral | Read More

Power Glass

Power Glass
XsunX has developed very thin translucent coatings and films that create large area monolithic solar cell structures. This semi-transparency makes their so-called Power Glass glazing desirable for placing over glass, plastics, and other see-through structures. Using patented processes, such as reel-to-reel...
May 18th, 2006 | feature, glass | Read More

Litracon

Litracon
Litracon, a light-transmitting concrete developed by Hungarian architect Áron Losonczi, evoked a tremendous response within the international design community at the time of its unveiling. A combination of optical fibers and fine concrete, Litracon may be produced in panel form as well as prefabricated...
April 12th, 2006 | concrete, feature | Read More

Porocom

Porocom
Porocom – short for ‘porous construction material’ – is an environmentally friendly product that reduces noise pollution. It consists of granules of recycled materials (sintered coal ashes, clay, glass shards, eco grid and so forth) heated to about 200°C before being brought...
March 24th, 2006 | mineral | Read More

IQ Glass

IQ Glass
Spaces clad primarily in glass are often poorly insulated and uncomfortably cold during winter months. Condensation is also a problem when single-pane glass encounters a large temperature differential. Although glass technology has improved considerably, the low surface temperature of traditional glass...
March 1st, 2006 | glass | Read More

BubbleDeck

BubbleDeck
BubbleDeck is a method of virtually eliminating all concrete from the middle of a floor slab not performing any structural function, thereby dramatically reducing structural dead weight. BubbleDeck is based on a new patented technique which involves the direct way of linking air and steel. Void formers...
February 27th, 2006 | concrete | Read More

Chronos Chromos Concrete

Chronos Chromos Concrete
Chris Glaister, Afshin Mehin, and Tomas Rosen developed Chronos Chromos Concrete in order to animate a ubiquitous material. Intrigued by the fact that concrete structures tend to age, discolor, and degrade over a period of decades, the designers came up with the idea of integrating thermochromatic pigment...
February 15th, 2006 | concrete, feature | Read More

Vacuum Insulation Panels

Vacuum Insulation Panels
Cars and homes have at least one thing in common: they consume energy in the form of oil or gas. Energy-efficient vehicles typically make use of lightweight materials and improved engine technologies, and soon home builders will also need to pay greater attention to environmental concerns in their designs....
February 13th, 2006 | feature, mineral | Read More

Bendable Concrete

Bendable Concrete
University of Michigan has developed a new type of fiber-reinforced bendable concrete which looks like regular concrete, but is 500 times more resistant to cracking and 40 percent lighter in weight. Tiny fibers that comprise about 2 percent of the mixture’s volume partly account for its performance....
February 7th, 2006 | concrete, feature | Read More
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