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Lightweight concrete

This page provides information on lightweight concrete

No-fines concrete

The benefits of no-fines concrete

Healthy, resilient homes and buildings

Insulating concrete formwork

Insulating concrete formwork (ICF) is a simple construction system using purpose made insulating panels or blocks as the permanent formwork for in-situ concrete. The block and panel ICF systems use either expanded polystyrene insulation (EPS) or extruded polystyrene (XPS).

Net zero needs a design aesthetic

Would a modern twist on the Bauhaus vision help to inspire and transform, asks Elaine Toogood. The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen recently said that the climate transition needs its own ‘distinctive aesthetic’. She has vowed to set up a new Bauhaus movement to inspire architects and designers.

Eco Drive, Birmingham

Midland Heart explores how to build tomorrow’s low-carbon homes with today’s skills. 

Howgate Close, Nottinghamshire

Super-insulated blockwork walls help to cut a rural community’s’ energy needs to almost zero.

One Coleman Street, London

Located in the heart of the City of London, this prestigious office development has set a new benchmark for the use of recycled secondary aggregates and secondary cementitious materials.

Ash Court, Girton College, Cambridge

Ash Court is a new student accommodation wing at Girton College in Cambridge designed to Passivhaus standard with a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating and a 100-year design life. 

Speakers: Max Kettenacker, Allies and Morrison

Greenwatt Way, Slough

Greenwatt Way is a development of 10 homes constructed to Code Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes and is part of a two-year monitoring research project to understand the real life, day to day experiences of low carbon living.