Salty, Sustainable Construction w/ Daniel Mandler

Daniel Mandler is a Professor of Chemistry in the Institute of Chemistry at the Hebrew University and the incumbent of Archie and Marjorie Sherman Chair in Chemistry. He holds also an adjunct Professorship at the Nanyang Technical University in Singapore. His research interests span from analytical to physical electrochemistry sol-gel technology, thin films and polymers, coatings of medical devices, forensic science and nanotechnology. He has numerous patents and is very active in commercialization of various applications in numerous fields such as solar thermal coatings and medical coatings.Today, we're here to talk about a new kind of technology he is developing: sustainable bricks made from salt! These salt bricks replace typical CMU blocks, but don't have nearly as big of a carbon footprint - not to mention they are made from excess, unneeded salt that builds up in the dead sea. Find Professor Daniel Mandler online: Professor Mandler's page at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Salt blocks at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem homepage Article on Professor Mandler's salt blocksFind me online: This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature Podcast: ⁠https://anchor.fm/solvefornature⁠ Blog: ⁠https://verdantgrowth.blog/⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/verdantgrowth⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/VerdantGrowth⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/realverdantgrowth⁠ Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/verdant.growth ⁠or ⁠http://instagram.com/verdantgrowthofficial--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/solvefornature/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.