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In the media: The building materials of the future - waiting for climate neutral concrete

Mats Emborg, professor in Building Materials at Luleå University of Technology and head of research at Betongindustri AB.

In the media: Smart material on the agenda

In early December, the first international conference on smart materials for sustainable construction projects was held in Luleå. The conference brought together representatives from both academia and industry to take part in new research in the field.

Unique ice research in laboratory

Researchers within the research groups building materials and geotechnical engineering are currently conducting a completely unique ice research where natural crushed ice from Luleå harbor has been collected for testing in a lab environment. They want to investigate which forces and movements are most effective when ships are to add to quays in our Arctic climate.

Published:4 February 2014
Updated: 25 April 2019
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