by Ina_Neubert | May 28, 2024 | renewable building materials, Materials, Bark
In the timber industry, tree bark has tended to be regarded as an inferior waste product. Although it contains various useful chemicals, it is used to a lesser extent for mulching in the garden and is sometimes burned to generate energy, but is not used in as many...
by Ina_Neubert | May 28, 2024 | Materials, Raw wool, renewable building materials
Domestic sheep’s wool is too coarse and rough for the textile industry. The infrastructure for washing, combing and spinning wool has disappeared from Europe. The wool we wear is made from Australian, New Zealand or South African sheep’s wool, processed in...
by Ina_Neubert | May 28, 2024 | renewable building materials, Materials, Mushrooms
Biological systems are adaptable, live, breathe and regenerate themselves Building materials such as insulation foam are harmful to the environment and do not rot for hundreds of years Mushrooms can be used for this very function The mushroom bricks are made from the...
by Ina_Neubert | May 23, 2024 | renewable building materials, Materials, Hemp
For sustainability, a coordinated production chain is required that is created in a single location, e.g. a factory: From the cultivation of this climate-friendly plant → harvesting technology → hemp processing, separation of the raw material into shives and fibers →...
