towards carbon negative facades – bioreceptive recycled glass tiles

Towardscarbonnega.vefacades–biorecep.verecycledglass.les

DrVeronicaFerrandiz-MasLecturerinInnova.veConstruc.onMaterialsUniversityofBath

Biorecep.verecycledglass.les

Absorbentgranulesfromrecycledglass

§  40% total energy consumption §  25% carbon emissions

Towardsenergyefficientbuildings

Materialsforenergyefficiencyandthermalcomfortinbuildings

Sustainableconstruc.onmaterialsreusingby-

products

Biotechnologyforimprovingmaterial

durabilityandreducingcarbonfootprint

BRECentreforInnova.veConstruc.onMaterials

•  Concreteandcements•  Energyperformance•  Lowcarbonmaterials

•  Polymercomposites•  Timbermaterialsandengineering

BRECentreforInnova.veConstruc.onMaterials

Anopen-to-the-elementsfacilityofferingaplaIormforresearchintoconstruc.onmaterialsandsystems

Develop and testing of innovative building materials and constructive systems by:

•  TheHIVE(testcellsthatsupportresearchinareassuchashygrothermalperformance,floodandconstruc.onloadresearch)

•  TestplaIorms(tofacilitatefull-scaletrialsandnoveldemonstra.ons)

•  Consultancy

Towardscarbonnega.vefacades–biorecep.verecycledglass.les

DrVeronicaFerrandiz-MasLecturerinInnova.veConstruc.onMaterialsUniversityofBath