HeidelbergCement invites researchers, students and citizens to submit biodiversity projects in its quarries around the world.
The aim of this scientific and educational contest is to raise awareness of the organic value of mining sites and share new best practices with the scientific community, NGOs, authorities and our operating units.
Over 110 projects worldwide have been selected to compete in the 4th edition 2018 and win up to 30.000 Euro.
19 Feb 2018
Over the next couple of weeks, all projects competing in the fourth edition of the Quarry Life Award will be introduced individually on the QLA social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).
17 Jan 2018
The research phase of the fourth QLA edition has started with nature enthusiasts undertaking over 110 projects at quarries across 25 participating countries. Many participants visited "their" quarry for the first time and will update you with their blogs about the research.
11 Dec 2017
Let's celebrate! On the occasion of the sixth year anniversary, HeidelbergCement and BirdLife International have published a brochure highlighting the successes of their partnership.
Microbats use echolocation to feed and to navigate. This is accomplished through contractions of laryngeal muscles, which emit high frequency sound. The vocalizations then hit a target and return to the bats outer ear in order to reveal the item’s location. Echolocation frequency ranges are species-specific; thus, different bat species emit different echolocation frequencies. MYLU and MYSE emit vocalizations of ~40 kHz and ~80-120 kHz, respectively.
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Breaking News from the NAIT Mechanical Engineering lab: PCM roost out performs all other traditional houses in our 24 hour test cycle. BTECH students present preliminary data at Capstone Showcase 2018. Team members quoted saying "My stoic personality prevents me from displaying excitement, but this data is exciting and it's only the beginning!"
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In order to put our prototypes to the test, we needed to construct three traditional bat houses we could test against in the environmental chamber. The traditional designs built included a single chamber, multi chamber and rocket box. As we have employed the concept of adaptive management and thermoregulation into our prototypes, we wanted to observe the variance between each of the three traditional designs against our prototype in a controlled setting.
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