Pakistan Builds Earthquake-Proof Solar Homes
The housing designs are the output of collaborative discussions between the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, the Earthquake...
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Structural Breakthrough Absorbs All Sound
The breakthrough, which has been put through its paces under laboratory test conditions, may allow for new solutions to reduce noise pollution, particularly that caused by roads, railways and airplanes...
View ArticleRetractable Roof Boosts Australian Tennis
With Australia’s latest teen tennis sensation Nick Kyrgios truly announcing himself at Wimbledon with some epic performances, thoughts are already turning to next year’s Australian Open. The...
View ArticleHow Fire Safe Are Skyscrapers?
A report from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) into the collapse of the Twin Towers in September 2001, which were just over 400 metres tall, found that “the towers withstood...
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Smart Ways to Reduce Water Consumption
With cooling towers accounting for as much as half of a building’s total water usage, AIRAH, the acknowledged voice of the Australian HVAC&R industry, has released a video exploring water...
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Measuring Tall Building Performance
The need to learn more from successes (and failures) is the main reason behind the new Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Performance Award. The CTBUH wants to help the tall building...
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‘Skin’ Senses Damage to Concrete
The solution is an electrically conductive coat of paint which can easily be applied to new or existing structures. As the paint can incorporate any number of conductive materials, such as copper, this...
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Porous Glass Solves Indoor Humidity Woes
Paint manufacturer Keimfarben GmbH teamed up with Bayreuth University and the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC to develop additives for paints and plasters which are capable of altering...
View ArticleBIM Reduces Underground Engineering Risks
New software developed by Bentley will enable integrated engineering management of underground utility networks for water, storm water, gas, and electricity services. Building on BIM technology for...
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Celebrating the Best in Structural Engineering
The Institution of Structural Engineers is the world’s largest membership organisation dedicated to the art and science of structural engineering, with 27,000 members in 105 countries around the world....
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When Art, Architecture and Engineering Collide
The Engineers Australia Freefall Experience Design Ideas Competition invited engineers, designers and other creative professionals from around the country to design a major sculptural installation for...
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Computational Design: Buildings Designed and Built By Robots
Leading the charge is the Institute for Computational Design (ICD) at The University of Stuttgart, Germany. The ICD has delivered two research buildings which demonstrate the power of computational...
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Six Innovative Bridges Named Engineering Heritage Icons
Although they don’t look much today, these Monier arch bridges were built using reinforced concrete; both the design and material were novel at the time. Bendigo bridge, Victoria The Monier system of...
View ArticleSingapore’s New Green Building Masterplan
“The 3rd Green Building Masterplan maps out a holistic strategy for the next five to 10 years to accelerate the ‘greening’ of existing buildings and bring us closer to achieving our target of 80 per...
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New Innovations and Trends in Glass
The combination of new technologies and hybrid components – including hot and cold-bent glass, advanced laminating and adhesive technology – has led to an enormous increase in the efficiency of glass...
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Engineered Bamboo: The Green Evolution
In collaboration with architects and wood processors from England and Canada, the research team has been investigating the idea of slicing the stalk, or culm, into smaller pieces and then bonding them...
View ArticleHow The NHL Is Tackling Sustainability
According to the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, an average sized hockey arena (34,000 square feet) consumes anywhere from 800,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) per...
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World’s Highest Bridge an ‘Engineering Marvel’
Built over the Chenab River in northern India, the structure’s height will surpass that of the current railway bridge record held by China. That bridge, straddling the Beipanjiang River, is 275 metres...
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New Green Building Guide to Combat Thermal Bridging
Research and monitoring of buildings is increasingly showing the importance of reducing thermal bridging in new construction and mitigating the impact in existing buildings Thermal bridges are...
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Brisbane Smart Energy Project an Australian First
Brisbane City Council has signed an agreement for the design and planning phase for the flagship energy efficiency infrastructure project to the consortium of Cofely Australia and Thiess Services. It...
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