5 Eco-Friendly Building Materials #1

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[tomkelly]

Great video! They all look good to me!
I have built a couple straw bale homes here in Canada, one even had hemp bales. The hemp bales were hell to work with, the stringyness did not allow us to use our chainsaws to shape them for windows and such. wheat and barley bales were really nice to work with though. It was a slow process and I think this pre-fab idea would be a better use of time and materials. Less commuting necessary. We always had timber frames and roofs with large overhangs. When building with natural materials it is always good to have a good hat and a good pair of boots for your building! (large overhangs on the roof and up out of the mud!)

[PeteCollingsArchitect]

I reckon hempcrete will be THE building material of the future. I've already designed a few hempcrete houses here in Australia.

[zaarkhananal]

I really like the interlocking brick and the bamboo.

[bobby_digital]

I’m so glad someone finally came up with the biblock plastic recycling idea. I’ve always thought of that since I saw people using bottles and rubber tires. Such a better alternative to just dumping in landfills and oceans. It could also be used for public spaces, walkways, statues I don’t see why we shouldn’t since it’s so unbiodegradable.

[gortab]

Straw panels make great building material so long as you don't have to worry about big wolves or high winds.

[matthill]

That it's astounding! I love the last one, melting down plastic

[dailyrider]

1930s-2018 Only took 90 years to RE-allow growing of one of oldest and most useful plants in HISTORY of mankind. Limited growth as well. Think of all the trees that didn't need to be cut down for paper. Trillion dollar industry derailed by corporate greed.

[sanjuansteve]

Since hemp blocks are so light, I'm surprised they don't make them in much larger sizes to save installation time.

[illusions]

All these companies invested in such projects should be tax free IMO; they are one amount few such groups putting out the cash for R&D and actual innovation in the real green sense.

[mdt]

I'm a bit skeptical about the last one. Plastic is quite flammable and can burn quite rapidly. Unless there is some sort of anti-flammatory mix into it, I am a skeptic

[johnwest]

Drove down to northern California and saw endless fields of hemp. What a sight for the eyes! Yes it's not marijuana but finally we can grow it again as a do all product.

[willm]

Hempcrete and Straw look REALLY promising!

[dlg]

Hempcrete looks to be the most promising to me, if they can figure out how to make it strong enough to be load bearing.

[PeaceChanel]

Peace… Shalom… Salam... Namaste and Thank You for making Eco-Friendly videos and All that you are doing to heal our Mother Earth 🙏🏻 😊 🌈 ✌ 🌷 ☮️❤️

[thomasblue]

These are all very promising materials. My question, will these materials be cost effective in the building industry. Will the average builder, home owner be able to afford these materials, or will this be for custom builds. Thanks

[elizabethburns]

I think building out of recycled plastic is genius.

[-gi]

Excellent future, transformation and evolution

[sandralewis]

I'm rebuilding after the Camp Fire that burned down Paradise CA with a composite interlocking block called Faswall. It's 85% recycled pallet wood and 15% cement. You dry stack it inserting rebar then fill with concrete. Like the hempcrete, it's lightweight, insulating, soundproofing, and you can work it with hand tools. Gives about an R35 wall. I'd love to use hempcrete but don't want to wait for the laws to catch up.

[deva_]

1.hempcrete
2.straw panel
3.interlocking brics
4. bamboo

[badbrain]

I like hempcrete, but straw can be used as well. I made something with straw and hydrated lime. I also like my discovery of mixing just a little bit of roofing cement tar with clay mud. it actually mixes together and is hard when dry. I paint it with linseed oil.