On a global scale, the construction and building sectors are responsible for about 10% to 28% of greenhouse gas emissions, and about 5% to 30% of final energy consumption. The construction footprint is mainly attributed to concrete, which heavily uses carbonates and releases the residual CO2 into the atmosphere. That of buildings is mainly due to their phase of use.
Building materials are therefore another area in which we can play a major role in reducing resource consumption and the climate footprint of human activity. It is a question of making buildings more efficient in their management, but also in their production, of heat on the one hand, and energy on the other.
It is throughout the life cycle of a built system (building, infrastructure, etc.) that materials can help reduce its environmental impact: use of natural resources, construction proper (material, processes), use, maintenance and end of life. To do this, we need to optimize the performance and lifespan of these materials, produce them locally, in a biosourced way. Reuse or recycling, or responsible management of end-of-life waste, is also essential.
In this area, the three major challenges that the DIM aims to address are:
Important: for this latest call for proposals, a letter of intent must be submitted by 7 September 2026. Would you like support in putting together your proposal [...]
Deadline extended: you have until 26 May to register for this workshop organised by DIM MaTerRE on 9 June 2026 (09:00-18:00) at ENS Paris-Saclay. Bio-based and geo-based [...]
The link to submit your projects is as follows: https://materre-expo.sciencescall.org As part of the development of a scientific dissemination project in collaboration with Musée des Arts et [...]
IMPORTANT: the link to submit your projects is: https://materre-2026-1.sciencescall.org You have until january 2026 to apply to the DIM MaTerRE’s Allowances 2026 call for projects! Co-financing is [...]
The 3rd SPRINT Summer Camp is being organised this year by Sorbonne University‘s Physics UFR for 40 students in Year 10, from 16 to 27 June 2025 [...]
Dense colloidal suspensions are complex systems that are ubiquitous in nature and in many industrial applications, particularly in the field of construction materials (cements, concretes, clays, soils). [...]
You have until May 10 to submit your poster abstracts and until May 26 to register! Bridging innovative material design with advancements in building science Energy consumption [...]
The Region supports scientific employment linked to the needs of businesses by co-funding PhD grants involving an academic laboratory and a socio-economic partner. For what type of [...]
IMPORTANT: the link to submit your projects is: https://materre-2025-1.sciencescall.org Please note: If your project involves a structure from the socio-economic world and includes a digital dimension on [...]
DIM MaTerRE will be present at the Science Festival 2024, taking place from October 4 to 13 with a booth at Versailles Saint Quentin University on October [...]
The MaTerRE DIM is supporting the “ Should new materials still be invented?” tribunal for future generations, an event organized by Lola Lilensten and Mathilde Laurent-Brocq and [...]
The Île de France Region launches the call for proposals “Research Platforms – SESAME FEDER”! This call aims to support, develop and create structuring equipment, such as [...]
The call for proposals will close before the start of the new academic year: Submit your project proposal by the end of July at the latest! The [...]
new sustainable source of rubbers and plastics from bacterial fermentation or microalgae-based photosynthetic bioproduction.
Instrumentation device for the identification and characterization of heat transfer modes in bio-based and recycled-based insulating materials
Molecular structure of polymers revealed by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) coupled to benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for the valorisation of biobased polymers and polymers in wastes
