Strong, easy to build with, eco friendly, cool and affordable would be the best way to describe the compressed stabilized earth bricks (CSEB) manufactured by youth being trained by Projects For Youth ...

An international team of researchers has found the optimum blend of lime and recycled waste glass to make more sustainable building materials. Testing was undertaken on compressed earth blocks ...

In an ever-warming climate, compressed earth blocks technology is helping communities stay cooler in hot highland regions of ...

The market demand for construction materials is tremendous in developing countries due to a growing population. To tackle the disadvantages of hollow concrete blocks and burnt bricks Oskam , LEVS and ...

Glass isn't as easy to recycle as we might think, so we need as many ways to turn it into new products as we can devise. Researchers at the University of Portsmouth have developed a way to use ...

Recycled glass powder could offer a greener alternative to cement in compressed earth blocks (CEBs), a recent study led by the University of Portsmouth has found. Published in the peer-reviewed ...

To achieve replication at scale, Nicolas Coeckelberghs of Brussels-based BC Materials favours compressed earth blocks over rammed earth ‘Our goal is to bring earthen construction from a niche to a ...

Beneficiaries of the 6.5-hectare relocation area in Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City yesterday agreed to adopt a common design for their houses to be financed under a soft loan program by the Social ...

When Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, came to Senegal last February for an economic summit, he took a break from conference rooms in the capital city of Dakar to get his hands dirty, ...

To build the walls of this house in Mexico City, architecture firm ASP Arquitectura Sergio Portillo took soil excavated from the site and turned it into blocks. ASP Arquitectura Sergio Portillo ...

Earth-based building materials have long offered a sustainable alternative to conventional construction, drawing on locally available resources such as clay, sand, and natural fibres. Contemporary ...