Sustainable construction

Clean dirt

Ellina Bernard from Empa’s Concrete & Asphalt laboratory in Dübendorf and the Chair of Sustainable Construction at ETH Zurich is currently investigating the potential of clay as a sustainable building material.

Environmentally friendly, ubiquitously available and recyclable: Clay is a clean alternative among building materials. Empa researcher Ellina Bernard is trying to find out how the coveted material can actually be used to build in a sustainable and stable way. Her research project is being funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) with an Ambizione grant.

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Alternative building material clay: Ellina Bernhard with a lab sample. Image: Empa
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