A new building material uses cardboard, water, and soil to create a sustainable alternative to concrete. It has about one-quarter of concrete’s carbon footprint and helps reduce landfill waste.

Higher costs from tariffs, some say, may slow down the pick up of these techniques of residential and commercial construction, and make such buildings more expensive and less attractive to build, ...

Every year, researchers create new and more exciting sustainable materials that can help save our planet. In pursuit of plastic alternatives, what are these materials made of? Here are some of the ...

Months ago we heard news of the “nation’s first carbon-positive hotel”—a 13-floor, 130-000-sf cement tower with a triangular layout and eye-shaped windows. Populus, designed by Studio Gang and ...

Mobile, prefabricated, or modular homes are having a moment right now, and it looks as if the trend will continue. A variety of factors is behind the desire for alternative housing solutions, from ...

Prometheus Materials Uses Microalgae to Produce a Sustainable, Zero-Carbon Alternative to Traditional Portland Cement BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prometheus Materials, a leader in zero-carbon ...

Interest in building with earthen and other natural materials — such as adobe — spiked in the wake of Eaton and Palisades fires. Architects and engineers say that L.A. County’s approval process for ...

insights from industryMatthew GlasscottResearch Chemist, Environmental LaboratoryU.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center In this interview conducted at Pittcon 2023 in Philadelphia, ...

This 3,475-square-foot, Sonoma, California, home built with rammed earth construction was recently sold for almost $4 million. Global supply chain delays are continuing to plague the U.S.

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — If you’re walking on Southwest 1 st Avenue and Southwest Pine Street in downtown Portland, then you might notice a regular beige five-story building staring back at you — and ...

BRUSSELS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: TITAN (Brussels:TITC) will build and operate a state-of-the-art processing and beneficiating facility for ponded fly ash, following an agreement with PEEL ...