Archinect - News2024-05-04T04:07:20-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150099037/france-is-cooling-their-streets-with-pavers-made-with-shellfish-waste
France is cooling their streets with pavers made with shellfish waste mateoarquitectura2018-12-05T17:27:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ec/ec3af203c55f39f60b4526da287eff58.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In the main axis of the new multimodal hub in the French city of Nice, for the first time in Europe, a large expanse of urban cooling paving is being installed.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4b/4b99de172d2cf2800da02f73c736d7ad.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4b/4b99de172d2cf2800da02f73c736d7ad.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/95/959755e51001e3327fc733b7f64ea775.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/95/959755e51001e3327fc733b7f64ea775.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p></figure><p>It corresponds to the areas of most intense pedestrian presence (bus stops, pavements, etc.) and represents an attempt to improve the thermal conditions of the urban space in a hot climate such as that of Nice.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/10/10856bebad64e501feb8089fe7b6574f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/10/10856bebad64e501feb8089fe7b6574f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p></figure><p>It consists of an underground irrigation system controlled by exterior sensors that cool special breathable pavers, manufactured experimentally using<strong> mollusc shells</strong>.</p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.mateo-arquitectura.com/beneath-the-paving-stones-lies-the-sea/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Via</a></em></p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/131579411/rotterdam-considers-paving-its-roads-with-recycled-plastic
Rotterdam considers paving its roads with recycled plastic Amelia Taylor-Hochberg2015-07-10T18:39:00-04:00>2015-07-17T22:39:14-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ap/apa75wz0mivmibe6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The construction firm VolkerWessels unveiled plans on Friday for a surface made entirely from recycled plastic, which it said required less maintenance than asphalt and could withstand greater extremes of temperature– between -40C and 80C. Roads could be laid in a matter of weeks rather than months and last about three times as long, it claimed.
The company said the environmental argument was also strong as asphalt is responsible for 1.6m tons of CO2 emissions a year globally</p></em><br /><br /><p>Related: </p><ul><li><a title="Taiwan tests recycling's limits with bus stops out of bottles" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/68576882/taiwan-tests-recycling-s-limits-with-bus-stops-out-of-bottles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Taiwan tests recycling's limits with bus stops out of bottles</a></li><li><a title="Africa's First Plastic Bottle House Rises in Nigeria" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/26648463/africa-s-first-plastic-bottle-house-rises-in-nigeria" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Africa's First Plastic Bottle House Rises in Nigeria</a></li></ul>