"Successful technical validation." Brothers' startup aims to completely change the construction industry from the inside out: '[A] superior alternative' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Hempcrete is made from hemp hurd, which does not contain CBD or THC, and is from the inside wood-like core of the “fiber ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have made recycled plastic into floor trusses for housing, arguing the waste stream could provide an ...

Researchers are transforming recycled cardboard into a strong, low-carbon building material that could reshape future construction practices.

One might say that Zachary Mannheimer is a bit of a riverboat gambler — a calculated one, though.  As founder and chairman of Greeley-based Alquist 3D, Mannheimer didn’t follow the most conventional ...

François Leite reimagines an old stone house in the French countryside.

Portland cement, the key component of concrete, is responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. That’s because it’s made by heating limestone to high temperatures, a process that burns ...

Building Materials Manufacturing, LLC will shut its Minneapolis facility and lay off 120 employees effective April 4, according to a notice filed with the state this week. The roofing materials ...

A new building material developed by engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute could change how the world builds. Made using an enzyme that turns carbon dioxide into solid minerals, the material ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. Rendering of a Lewisboro, N.Y. disaster-resilient home by ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Residential building material prices continued to experience elevated growth, according to the latest Producer Price Index release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Price growth ...

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