Research Strength

Our initiative covers a broad inter-disciplinary research disciplines including decarbonised construction materials and engineering to sustainable structures and cities based on the principles of circular economy and net-zero emission stategy. 

• Integrated sustainability assessment, environmental input-output analysis, and greenhouse gas accounting

• Circular economy, resource recovery and waste utilisation

• Innovative decarbonised hybrid structural systems e.g. insulating sandwich panels, timber, steel, and concrete composites

• Carbon mineralisation and utilisation in concrete 

• Zero- and Low-carbon concrete (geopolymer, foamed concrete, hempcrete)

• Low-carbon asphalt and bitumen

• Scan-to-BIM and Digital Twins of construction and infrastructure

• Sustainable construction techniques (modular and 3D printing)

• Smart sensing for green construction applications

• Sustainable and resilient underground structures and energy resources

• Modelling and optimisation of energy geo-structures, shallow geothermal systems, urban subsurface and urban groundwater

• Short and long-term behaviour and large-scale testing of decarbonised structures

• Multidisciplinary characterisation of decarbonised construction materials

• Environment and water engineering

• Green and smart transportation