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New Centre for Sustainable Construction

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? By replacing clinker with low-temperature calcined clays. Its new mission: the creation of a Centre for Worldwide Sustainable Construction (CWSC) in Fribourg, on the decentralized […]

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