Cargill Dow LLC has released the “world’s first man made fibre made from 100% annually renewable resources.”
Called Ingeo, the fibres start life as a plant such as corn. Plant sugars are fermented an...
Insulclad® is a lightweight crack resistant cladding system made by Nuplex Construction Products. The system uses prefabricated sheets and architectural mouldings made from expanded polystyrene. These are attached to...
The Construction Industry Institute at Purdue University in the USA has just released a new research paper entitled “Production of Construction Materials Using Advanced Recycling Technologies”.
The paper o...
NBT has introduced two new ranges of self-coloured, high performance, clay-based top-coat plasters. These ecologically sound finishes are highly attractive and don’t require painting as they come in a range of colo...
French company, Isochanvre SARL, has developed a method of crystallising the sap of unstable raw hemp or shiv. The resultant material known as Isochanvre®, is finding numerous uses in thermal and acoustic insulation ...
For businesses and home owners with access to a constant running water source, a recent addition to the product range of Proven Engineering Products could mean big savings in electricity bills.
The Scottish renewable ...
Already popular in mainland Europe and gaining more extensive use in the US is geothermal heat pump (GHP) technology. The geothermal heat pumps provide heating or cooling for homes and other buildings using natural and r...
Natural Building Technologies (NBT) has introduced an ecologically sound paint made from cows milk.
Known as Casein, it is pleasant, easy to use, long lasting and is virtually non-polluting. Natural pigments can be ad...
Formed barely six months ago, the Centre for Knowledge and Innovation in Building Technology (KIBT) already carries a significant quantity of information on its web-site www.kibt.com.
With more companies uploading in...
The New and Emerging Waste Technologies discussion day was held at London City Hall on 17 March 2003 to help to identify barriers to the use of new and emerging waste technologies.
A webcast and copies of the document...
Building products specialist Catnic is about to launch a range of easy to fit, durable, lightweight and attractive roofing profiles. Called the liteTILE Roofing System, this revolutionary system requires just 2 tiles per...
The recently introduced Pure Performance range of paints from Pittsburgh Paints represents a technological breakthrough in the architectural coatings industry.
While most low-VOC (volatile organic compound) paints use...
Victor Innovatex has announced two new environmentally sustainable fabrics. These Eco Intelligent™ Polyesters are the first synthetic textiles designed for full lifecycle sustainability. Created in partnership with...
Eco-Cement is a product developed by Australian company, TecEco, that can bring about dramatic reduction in the release of CO2 into our atmosphere. Portland cement was developed around 200 years ago and is now commonplac...
In late May the highways agency started work on the first motorway scheme in the north-west of the UK to use "glasphalt", a new type of asphalt containing up to 30% crushed glass. Glasphalt replaces conventiona...
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