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Ecologic Brands is a company which aims to create simple and robust green packaging for the world. Inspired by the Canadian milk pouch. The outer shells are made from recycled cardboard and old newspapers, and can be recycled again and again. The inner pouches use minimal plastic and 100% recycled materials.

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Bio-Glass is a stylish surface material made of 100% recycled glass without additives or the use of any new resources in its production. The material is durable, long-lasting and can still be recycled after the end of its life cycle which again enhance its green credentials.

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In an age of environmental desperation and ‘green-washed’ architecture solutions, buildings are suffering the wrath of green ignorance and consumerism. High-tech green solutions and government subsidies for alternative technologies are shifting the construction industries towards a future of inefficiency and wastefulness – an approach which could end up doing more harm to environment than good. Can Minimalist Green Architecture be the antidote?

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TIS&Partners has developed a construction material called CO2 Structure, which hardens quickly and delivers 2.5 times the tensile strength of concrete.

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Durisol is a premium quality construction material that’s recycled, renewable, and energy efficient. If you are looking for an alternative building material which is lightweight, insulated, airtight, fire resistant, structural, and made of 80% recycled wood pallet content, then you need to be using Durisol, simple.

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From Eco-build in London to Earth Day and even Cannes the construction industry seems to be coming around (at least in developed countries) to the idea that green design can make a difference. Here are 5 trends in eco- construction which seem to be the focus of all the talk amongst these green design

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By far the simplest way to be green at home or in the office is by using materials made with recycled content. Today there are a number choices available…you can get everything from reclaimed wood floors to recycled rubber roof tiles… What about some nice recycled glass worktops for your next kitchen design?

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Scientists in Mexico are developing a new type of cement that will reduce carbon-dioxide emission by up to 80 percent while the amount of energy consumed in the production process will be lowered by as much as 50 percent. Scientists at the Research and Advanced Studies Centre – or Cinvestav – have been developing several [...]

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These rubber roof shingles are made from recycled tyres. They are also durable, dependable, and more eco-friendly than ordinary concrete or slate tiles. They are also cheap!

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Supplying more than half the world’s corks, the Portuguese cork forests are one of the most successful examples of sustainable agro-forestry anywhere in the world. Not only is cork itself recyclable, biodegradable and renewable, but the cork forests provide valuable habitat for a variety of animals and contribute to a mixed agrarian economy that has [...]

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Concrete Canvas is a UK company that has been revolutionizing humanitarian, and ecological efforts across the globe. They manufacture a ground breaking material technology called Concrete Cloth. Concrete Cloth was originally developed for the award winning Concrete Canvas Shelters, a building in a bag that requires only water and air for construction.

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There are many ‘green’ construction principles being passed around these days as magic solutions for the impending climate chaos, but very few are actual solutions, more seem like commercially labeled alternatives to the same old products and techniques. Clay Field’s in Suffolk, a recent low-cost housing scheme is a perfect example of what sustainable architecture should be like today.

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Hemp is probably the most sustainable, eco-friendly and versatile material on the planet. So can you use it as a building material?

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Cardboard is potentially the most versatile and green material on the planet, but are we using it to it’s true potential? Here are some creative examples of the ingenious ways architects, designers, artists, and craftspeople have put cardboard to the test and successfully harnessed its amazing qualities. These are taken from the thought-provoking ‘Cardboard Book.’

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Based on real-world evidence and independent research, published by the Royal Institute of British Architects, Sustainable Concrete Architecture provides designers with a tool to help calculate the total embodied CO2 in their building designs. Highly illustrated and detailed in scope, the book combines comprehensive technical analyses of concrete materials together with useful case studies demonstrating the value of the material in low-energy, green buildings.

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‘Geothermal’ is a very adaptable source of energy for heating and cooling buildings that can help reduce the impact the impact of energy hungry buildings. But even if you’ve heard of the term, do you really know what Geothermal is or how it works to heat a building?

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It is no secret that 50% of all resources consumed across the planet are used in construction making it the least sustainable industry in the world. But this also means that it is the industry that can have the biggest impact when it comes to fighting climate change. What if there was a building material that was made entirely from a renewable source, can capture CO2, and can provide incredible thermal properties without the need to use separate insulation?

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Green walls are in, but many living walls these days are mere wire trellises bolted onto the facades of buildings with climbers growing from the ground up superficially. UK-based BioTecture Ltd have an integrated ‘living’ alternative that truly turns a building into a living structure. With their BioWall system, BioTecture uses precise engineering and permaculture principles to deliver a remarkable green wall living cladding solution for buildings and walls

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This is the UK’s first social housing PassivHaus development and it has been certified by the Scottish Passive House Centre. The ‘Tigh-Na-Cladach’ or ‘house by the shore’ development consists of 15 one, two and three bedroom semi-detached houses and one workshop, overlooking the Firth of Clyde in Dunoon.

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The unique design is nearly 3,000 square feet and consists of over 10,000 individual plants representing more than 120 unique species. It includes ground covers, large perennials, shrubs and small trees. It is located in Surrey, BC, Canada, covering the Semiahmoo Public Library and RCMP Facility.

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