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US government announces $6 billion initiative

Biden-Harris administration announces $6 billion to transform America’s industrial sector, strengthen domestic manufacturing, and slash planet-warming emissions The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced 33 projects across more than 20 states to decarbonize energy-intensive industries. For #cement and #concrete that’s: Out of the 6 projects, 3 are to develop #LC3 in California, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia and Texas, […]

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Karen Scrivener receives honorary doctorate from TU/e

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has announced that Karen Scrivener, head of the Laboratory of Construction Materials in the School of Engineering, will receive an honorary doctorate from the Dutch institution for her scientific contributions to the field of building materials. According to a TU/e press release, the institution honors […]

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Karen Scrivener appointed to United Nations SDG group

Karen Scrivener has been selected by the United Nations Secretary-General for the Group of Ten High-level Representatives of Civil Society, Private Sector and Scientific Community to Promote Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (10-Member Group). The 10-Member Group forms part of the Technology Facilitation Mechanism (TFM), which […]

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A global durability centre in Fribourg

Originally published in French, in PME magazine Karen Scrivener is a world leader in her field. Director of the Laboratory of the EPFL’s Construction Materials Laboratory, she invented the celebrated LC3 cement in 2008. LC3 cement, which reduces CO emissions by 40% compared to conventional cement. How does it work? […]

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Concrete – a game changer in climate technology

Tough stuff – that suits her. Karen Scrivener is a renowned expert on the world’s most widely used building materials: concrete and cement. But cement as a binding agent has fallen into disrepute as a “climate killer”. The professor disagrees. The head of the Laboratory for Building Materials at EPFL’s […]

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Warum grauer Beton so schillernd ist

Karen Scrivener, Leiterin des Labors für Baumaterialien an der EPFL in Lausanne, forscht über Baustoffe, die unser Leben prägen und es bald nachhaltig verbessern sollen – was noch nicht der Fall ist. Ursprünglich veröffentlicht in der NZZ Knallharte Materie – das liegt ihr. Karen Scrivener ist eine renommierte Exper­ tin […]

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