Science News: Fancy a house made of beer bricks? A by-product of the process of brewing beer could give red clay bricks an eco-friendly makeover.

Only inside the four corners of the brick walls is wood used to make floors, joists and other interior fixtures that won’t be exposed to the elements. But the new houses going up in Philly and other ...

Researchers in Europe have developed a brick reinforced by wool and seaweed that doesn't need to be fired and is 37% stronger than conventional bricks.

Eco-friendly Bricks Now Made of Beer. by Dr. Enozia Vakil on November 30, 2013 at 6:27 PM. Facebook; ... could be used to make red clay bricks which are environment-friendly and good insulators, ...

These three young entrepreneurs created an NGO called Ecoinclusion and invented a brick made out of plastic. Why? So that they could build eco-friendly houses in the areas of Argentina that need ...

With their groundbreaking approach to creating bricks that are 20 to 30% cheaper, more earthquake-resistant, lightweight, and eco-friendly,  Zerund  is redefining the building blocks of our ...

Steve Moore and Alexandra Geen’s house in Dorset is built with bricks made not from clay but Portland stone As stone suppliers shift to electric machinery, the carbon footprint of stone bricks ...

The eco-bricks have been made by stuffing single-use plastic into plastic bottles. Moreover, using fly-ash in construction reduces the need for clay extraction and minimises soil erosion.

Each of the eco-bricks has to be between 330gm and 700gm in weight, said Bapat. The 6ft-tall Christmas tree that has been installed has been made from 215 ecobricks, which are 1-litre, 500ml and 250ml ...