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Karen Scrivener… in person?
At the recent LC3 Days in Türkiye, our discussions on the future of sustainable cement were complemented by a holographic presentation that demonstrated our commitment to constant innovation in sustainability. Over the past weeks, two major LC3 days took place in Türkiye: 16 October – Türkçimento Cement Industry Meeting (Ankara) Prof. Scrivener engaged deeply with (…)
JK Cement deploy LC3 at Noida International Airport
Many Congratulations to Noida Airport team and JK cement Ltd. for the first infrastructure use of LC3 in India. IIT Delhi has been the key developer of LC3 in India for the last 13 years and our team is actively contributing to its production and use. Credits to SDC for supporting the LC3 project from (…)
Registrations are open for the Doctoral School
The yearly LC3-Doctoral School on LC3 will take place for the 13th time in Lausanne from the 26th to the 29th January, 2026. The Doctoral School gives an overview of the most recent advances on hydration of cementitious materials and especially blended cements. It includes detailed presentations, discussions and experiments of the most relevant and (…)
Secretary of State congratulates Karen Scrivener on Special Award from SUPSI
Prof. Scrivener received a Special Award for the development of sustainable cementitious materials from the Faculty Members of SUPSI, at the Rilem Annual Spring Convention in Mendrisio. Prof. Martina Hirayama, Secretary of State for Research, Education and Innovation, and an expert on polymer technology in her own right, gave a dedicatory speech, which was warmly (…)
Lionel Sofia awarded EPFL prize for teaching
During the Magistrale graduation ceremony, Lionel Sofia was awarded the School of Engineering Polysphere. These awards are voted for by the students, and handed out by the AGEPoly association. One of the students made a comment thanking Sofia, “without whom the materials course would have been dull, and the practicals would have seemed to (…)
Engineering a more sustainable skyscraper
Construction is underway on the 85-meter Tilia Tower near Lausanne: the first large-scale building in Switzerland to be built with a low-carbon cement developed in EPFL’s Lab of Construction Materials. Construction consortium Induni-Maulini broke ground on the Tilia Tower this spring, and the project is expected to finish in 2026. The building will span 27 (…)
Rolex will use LC3 in their new multi-building factory in Switzerland
According to the Swiss media outlet La Liberté, Rolex’s new factory in Bulle, Switzerland, which is slated for completion in 2029, will be constructed using LC3 cement. This multi-building complex (project currently under public consultation) will span 300 meters in length, and cover an area of 10,000 square meters. Remarkably, 98% of its heating will (…)
New documentary about green concrete
Prof. Karen Scrivener featured in a documentary by NZZ Format, broadcast by Swiss media outlet SRF1. The following documentary (30min) is in German, with subtitles that can be automatically translated (see below). Green concrete – will the climate killer become a climate saver? Concrete – a modern building material: houses, towers, bridges, tunnels, dams, nothing (…)
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 one or more people from (…)
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 is designed to harness multi-stakeholder (…)