The building materials industry ranks first in terms of carbon emissions and energy consumption within the industrial sector. To achieve the goal of reducing carbon emissions, the development of the ...

For good reasons, sustainability is becoming more important and prevalent in the building trades. Planning a home build or remodeling project often brings up terms like sustainable, eco-friendly or ...

Covers the broad subject of building materials, assembly details, and their method of construction. Includes codes and classifications, foundations, wood, steel, concrete, masonry, cladding, doors and ...

Low-cost housing is commonly understood as housing that is appropriate in quality and location. At the same time, it does not cost a level that prevents its occupants from meeting other essential ...

Contractors at the Salvaged Materials Market ignored the stack of misshapen supplies, but Carmelo saw the makings of his masterpiece in that pile. The sculptor spent an hour scrounging to gather all ...

Veteran structural engineer Don Davies has a dream. He wants to grow farm-to-building materials. Davies already owns the family farm in his native Idaho, but isn’t quite ready to plant the seeds to ...

This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region. From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to ...

Interest in building with earthen and other natural materials — such as adobe — spiked in the wake of Eaton and Palisades fires. Architects and engineers say that L.A. County’s approval process for ...

Tucked beside a northern Virginia suburb, an experiment is underway to see if one of the oldest building materials on the planet can help Microsoft meet its ambitious climate goals. Microsoft is ...