...used again, but when buyers can’t find sellers, otherwise usable materials are being sent to a land fill. There is a growing amount of usedbuildingmaterials t...
...usedbuildingmaterials
Doors: Exterior doors from the past might be best left alone, since they are part of your building envelope and should be well-insulat...
...building products such as hemp flooring are gaining in popularity for those who want healthy homes with sustainable eco-friendly buildingmaterials. Hemp is a v...
...building product, most notably as hemp-batt insulation , and also hemp boards for cabinetry.
Why choose hemp buildingmaterials?
The growing and harvesting ...
...buildingmaterials:
Re-using or repurposing buildingmaterials, where it makes sense.
Use old boards as strapping as long as there are enough, that they a...
...building practices are helping to increase the use of wood. However, the acceptance of engineered structural materials by building codes could also contribute t...
...used for the concrete floors and counters, and untreated silk and hemp fabric was used for the curtains.
The client was equally interested in environmentally ...
...materials for this project were not only local, they came from within 5 feet of the building site.
The whole process of building this backyard studio (which B...
...buildingmaterials
The basis of a low-carbon home design strategy involves sourcing natural buildingmaterials that are as locally-produced as possible to whe...
...buildingmaterials
Where most buildingmaterials have a ‘carbon footprint’, meaning the amount of embodied energy required to extract raw materials and manufa...
...used as feedstock due to a lack of nutritional value. Anytime organic waste materials are converted into useable materials it sequesters carbon (acts as carbon ...
