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Tag Archives: green concrete

Rice hull concrete for cool room insulation

Natural Building Blog Posted on May 3, 2018 by Kelly HartMay 3, 2018

UC Davis designed a CoolBot cool room (excellent project for homesteaders!) using rice hull concrete for insulation and a CoolBot controller to keep farm produce fresher. The cool room paid for itself the first year and even helped make a … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged biocrete, cool room insulation, green concrete, natural building, rice hull cement, Rice hull concrete, rice hull house, rice hull insulation, rice hull insulation board, sustainable building | 20 Replies

SpaceCrete (Formless Vertical Concrete)

Natural Building Blog Posted on May 2, 2018 by Kelly HartMay 2, 2018

This method allows concrete to be pumped into place to build walls without forms. Redimix concrete is delivered to the jobsite, then thickeners and accelerators as required are injected and intermixed in the pumping line, to give the fluid concrete … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged alternative concrete, concrete without forms, formless concrete, green concrete, natural building concrete, printed concrete house, spacecrete, vertical concrete, zero slump concrete | 25 Replies

Ferrock Concrete

Natural Building Blog Posted on June 5, 2017 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

“David Stone is the brains behind a new patented concrete technology known as Ferrock, based on iron carbonate and incorporating largely recycled materials to produce (around 95%)! It’s showing promising signs as an alternative to concrete and a far greener … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged carbon negative, ecofriendly, ferrock, ferrock concrete, green building, green cement, green concrete, natural building, sustainable cement, sustainable concrete | 8 Replies

Foamed Lightweight Concrete

Natural Building Blog Posted on June 9, 2013 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Natural builders strive to reduce their use of cement due to high cost and adverse environmental impacts. Sustainability conscious natural builders might use ferrocement, cement plaster or micro concrete roofing tiles which use relatively small amounts of cement, and avoid … Continue reading →

Posted in Structural aspects | Tagged foam cement, foam concrete, freeze resistant, green building, green cement, green concrete, insulating, low impact, natural building, sustainable | 85 Replies

Roman seawater concrete holds the secret to cutting carbon emissions

Natural Building Blog Posted on June 7, 2013 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

This discovery shows how to make stronger, longer lasting concrete with far less energy. A green type of concrete like this could replace Portland concrete, which is viewed negatively by many due to its adverse environmental impact.

Continue reading →
Posted in Structural aspects | Tagged earth friendly, eco friendly, green building, green concrete, natural building, pozzolonic, Roman concrete, sustainable concrete | 6 Replies

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