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Stone Demonstrator installation showing structural stone construction at Empress Space, London

Manufacturer Spotlights Apr 30

Hutton Stone and the Stone Demonstrator: Building the Case for Structural Stone

Hutton Stone contributes to the Stone Demonstrator, showcasing how structural stone can reduce embodied carbon while rethinking modern construction systems.

Curated collection of bricks with Environmental Product Declarations on the 2050 Materials platform

Data & Research Apr 29

The Most Interesting Brick Products with EPDs on the 2050 Materials Platform

This collection brings together a range of bricks with EPDs listed on the 2050 Materials Platform. They include earth-based bricks, handcrafted bricks, clay bricks, reclaimed bricks, reused clinker bricks, and other specialty brick products.

Climate tech map for construction products showing low-carbon materials and emerging technologies across categories

Data & Research Apr 27

A Climate Tech Map for Construction Products

118 technologies · 16 categories · One verified database. Where the innovation is, who is delivering it, and how close it is to your next specification.

Manufacturer Spotlights Apr 22

The 2026 Surface Revolution: A Global Briefing

Bans, tariffs, and billion-dollar verdicts are reshaping the surfacing industry. Here's what designers and fabricators need to know about the 2026 shift away from high-silica engineered stone.

Digital Product Passport (DPP) infographic showing how building material passports become standardized, traceable, and data-driven across the lifecycle

Data & Research Apr 06

How the Digital Product Passports Bring (Building) Material Passports Into Reality

The EU's Digital Product Passport regulation provides all three simultaneously. A legal mandate across 27 member states. Standardised, machine-readable data requirements defined in law. And a market consequence with real teeth: no compliant passport, no EU market access. The tool hasn't changed. The conditions around it have.

Senso Floors luxury vinyl flooring installation in modern interior

Manufacturer Spotlights Mar 29

The Senso Six: Seamless Surfaces, Circular by Design

Through a portfolio of seamless flooring systems based on biobased resins and mineral aggregates, Senso UK enables architects and contractors to deliver continuous surfaces that support both design freedom and responsible material sourcing.

Data center building under construction using sustainable materials and low-carbon design methods

Data & Research Mar 24

The Data Center Boom: Why Sustainable Construction Must Keep Pace with Digital Demand

The global data center boom is accelerating fast and the construction industry needs to keep up sustainably. As companies invest nearly $7 trillion in digital infrastructure through 2030, embodied carbon in concrete, steel, and MEP systems is becoming one of the most critical and overlooked levers for emissions reduction. Here's what the numbers say, what industry leaders are doing, and why EPD-verified material data is essential for building responsibly at scale.

Turner & Townsend partnership with 2050 Materials platform supporting low-carbon construction material selection

Case studies Mar 10

Turner & Townsend partners with 2050 Materials to strengthen cost & carbon intelligence

Turner & Townsend has partnered with 2050 Materials to integrate verified embodied carbon data directly into its Embodied Carbon Calculator (ECC), enhancing how cost and carbon are assessed together as the dual currencies of construction across project lifecycles.

e4E carbon negative bricks designed to absorb CO₂ from the air and support low-carbon construction

Manufacturer Spotlights Mar 04

UK’s First Project Using e4E Bricks That Absorb CO₂

In the UK, the first completed project using a new range of carbon negative bricks that absorb CO₂ directly from the air has now been delivered, demonstrating how building materials themselves can actively contribute to decarbonisation.