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Interior wall cladding made of corn cobs

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Dutch sustainable construction materials company StoneCycling in collaboration with Belgium studio Circular Matters developed an interior wall cladding material made of waste corn cobs. Maize is one of the most common crops on the planet ...

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A distillery’s bar interior made of discarded distillery barrels

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Shanghai-based interior design studio RooMoo used around 6,000 pieces of discarded wooden whiskey barrels to create the out- and indoor area of the whiskey bar Lai Zhou Bar. The bar is an offshoot of Lai ...

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Thermal insulating paint

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Researchers at Stanford University in the US developed insulating paint in multiple colours that can keep buildings cooled in summer and warmer in winter, reducing energy use, costs and greenhouse emissions. The heating and cooling ...

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A bridge made of glass-based concrete

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Canadian architectural form Provencher Roy used concrete with incorporated locally sourced recycled glass to reduce the carbon footprint of two bridges. The new bridges replace the Darwin Bridges on Nuns’ Island in Montreal, which had ...

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A phone case that sprouts plants after use

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Called the iGreen cover, the iPhone case by retail iGreen Gadgets is made of a compostable material that contains seeds, and can be planted after use. The vast majority of phone cases is made from ...

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‘3D printing’ with wool

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Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma designed a robot especially made to create three dimensional structures with wool. In the Netherlands alone, 1.5 million kg of wool is thrown away annually, as Dutch sheep are bred for ...

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