Green Building Materials

From natural building materials to the high-tech, browse through these pages to discover a variety of materials used in green building as alternatives to conventional materials.

Hempcrete wall - what is hempcrete

6 Advantages of Building With Hempcrete

Updated: March 6, 2020 What is hempcrete? Hempcrete is a unique building material, being a composite of a bio-fibre (hemp hurd or shiv) and a mineral binder (lime). These ingredients are blended together with water, and the moistened binder coats […]

Rammed earth wall - rammed earth

Intro to Rammed Earth Construction

Rammed earth, also known as taipa in Portuguese, tapial in Spanish or pisé de terre or simply pisé in French, is a technique used to build walls with earth, chalk, lime and gravel. It’s an ancient building method that has seen a revival in recent years as people seek more sustainable building materials and natural building methods. Rammed earth

Papercrete block - a comparison of straw bale versus papercrete

A comparison of straw bale versus papercrete

In this article we present the outcome of our research into straw bale versus papercrete as alternatives to the most common types of building materials based on criteria such as R-value, cost of production and pollution concerns. The purpose is to see