Keeping the carbon: Biochar can be added to cement to sequester carbon within concrete. (Courtesy: Sabbie Miller) Replacing conventional building materials with alternatives that sequester carbon ...

A promising alternative lies in the materials we already use extensively: building materials such as concrete, asphalt, wood, and bricks. Civil engineers and earth systems scientists from ...

The breakthrough results offer two extremely promising selling points. Researchers discover remarkable properties of next-gen ...

Instead of logs, Modern Mill—a winner of Fast Company's 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—uses rice hulls to make its wood-alternative building material called Acre. This wood alternative ...

Steel glazing's longevity, recyclability, energy efficiency and adaptability give it a crucial role in UK construction's ...

Not only could this help manufacturers combat high commodity prices, explains Newton, but also security. The supply of faba ...

ACRE by Modern Mill uses discarded rice husks to create a sustainable wood-alternative building material. The company's chief marketing officer, Kim Guimond, outlines its environmental and aesthetic ...

that will turn hard-to-recycle plastics into an alternative building material. On Jan. 15 the Gardena, Calif.-based company broke ground on a 10,000-square-foot facility in Tucson that is expected ...

Natural building using less flammable materials gain interest post-wildfires Officials open to alternative building materials like adobe Challenges include financing and insurance for new ...

In Zambia, a project using local materials to build houses, instead of imported steel and concrete, resulted in benefits for ...