Materials such as concrete containing carbonate-based aggregates, bio-based plastics and biochar could sequester more than 16 ...

As California rebuilds from the wildfires, homeowners appear to be looking at alternative ways to build a home, and they are ...

Drywall is a common material used in home construction, but what about hemp? Sativa Building Systems, a business in ...

Researchers have developed a recyclable alternative to a durable class of plastics used for items like car tires, replacement hip joints and bowling balls.

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The timing also would mean higher costs for rebuilding efforts in L.A. County communities destroyed by wildfires.

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research—Building and Road Research Institute ... Chemical and Material engineers in CSIR-BRRI have over many years researched extensively on alternative ...

A promising alternative lies in the materials we already use extensively: building materials such as concrete, asphalt, wood, and bricks. Civil engineers and earth systems scientists from ...

“We have plenty of adobe structures that have been built in LA County up in some of these fire areas,” Pestrella said. LA has a process for accepting alternative building materials. “It’s just a ...