Innovation — software application

A software application to ease the reuse of construction materials by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Jan Brütting’s original contributions on reuse are very well received by practitioners and researchers. Credit: 2020 Alain Herzog New software developed at EPFL can help architects to design building structures that incorporate both new and reused components, thereby lowering their environmental impact. The construction industry is among the world's most polluting sectors: in developed countries it accounts for some 40% of CO2 emissions. It consumes up to half of all resources and generates about a third of all waste. As a result, in order...