11 Green Building Materials Way Better Than Concrete

Concrete is everywhere—from our roads to our buildings—but did you know it has a major environmental impact? 🌍 The production of cement, a key ingredient in concrete, is responsible for 5% of global CO2 emissions, making it one of the biggest contributors to climate change. But what if we could build sustainably without sacrificing strength and durability?

In this video, we’ll explore 11 innovative green building materials that are revolutionizing the construction industry, offering eco-friendly alternatives to traditional concrete. These materials reduce carbon footprints and offer sustainable building solutions for the future. 💚

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Sustainable Building Materials:
🌾 Straw Bales – A natural, biodegradable option for insulation and wall construction.
🌱 Grasscrete – A permeable paving alternative that supports sustainable drainage systems.
🌍 Rammed Earth – Durable and energy-efficient, perfect for walls that naturally regulate temperature.
🌿 HempCrete – A lightweight, insulating alternative made from hemp and lime, highly sustainable.
🎋 Bamboo – Known for its rapid growth, bamboo is a strong and sustainable construction material.
♻️ Recycled Plastic – Repurposing waste plastic into durable building materials.
🌳 Wood – A renewable material that’s been used for centuries in sustainable construction.
🍄 Mycelium – The root structure of mushrooms used for creating biodegradable, strong materials.
🔨 Ferrock – Made from recycled steel dust and carbon, Ferrock absorbs CO2 as it hardens.
🌱 AshCrete – A concrete alternative made from waste ash that reduces carbon emissions.
🪵 Timbercrete – A concrete-like material made from wood waste, combining strength and sustainability.

Why Choose Sustainable Materials?
🌍 Lower Carbon Footprint: Many of these materials actively absorb CO2 or are made from waste products, making them carbon neutral or even carbon negative.
💡 Energy Efficiency: Materials like rammed earth and hempcrete help maintain a natural temperature balance, reducing energy consumption in buildings.
🌱 Eco-Friendly: These materials support a greener future, protecting natural resources and reducing environmental harm.

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[ericn]

Another green building material is the solar activated facade SAF. It is a passive solar system made of wood and glass that can capture passive solar energy and transfer into the interior thereby reducing the heat loss during the winter period.

[neetashrivastava]

Geopolymer concrete should also come in this video

[Skoda]

@Archworld.

Allthough most materials themselves look very good an promising, the big question ofcourse is "Can the manufacturing of the plant based materials scale up to meet modern demands?"..
Does photosynthesis efficiency meet the sheer quantity of materials needed in contemporary society, without exhausting the soil it's harvested from?

[robertpulice]

Great things....very industrious indeed.

[Brian_ggg]

Gracias a esto pase Harvard en inglés me salvaste

[abdulhameedyakubu]

What about their fire resisting property?

[tthinker]

No information here; wanted comparisons and R values. Interesting video, but no benefit to someone researching and comparing materials to use for a new build.

[cerebrumexcrement]

so which of these can i buy from home depot?

[tarekhossain]

I want to make my shoes factory with LEED v4.1 Green Building System, need suggestion .

[henikachandra]

Bamboo is gold, in the hand of the wise.

[raymondpeters]

You left out the vary best building material pumice crete

[niyazisevilen]

Hi
İndustries are not responsible for implementing sustainable practies.

Embodied energy of a material/object is a fundamental index of impact on the sustainability.

Are these T or F?

[shalomchristie]

using wood may be better to alternative but I think we have to reduce the sole purpose of it for building materials as many trees are already cut for many purposes... saving trees is actually being environment friendly and what is regarded as green.

[Glidescube]

Why is concrete not considered green?.

[irw]

a lot of these ideas are just concept-stage and barely scrape the surface. They are being promoted by people who dont really understand the science involved. Some real-world highly useful options include solvent-free paints eg Lakeland Paints - which are solvent-free, VOC-free, Non-toxic and actually edible ! Surely, paint solvent is a tiny concern you might think ?? Not at all - paint emitted 24 MILLION tons of greenhouse-gas solvents into the atmosphere last year and every year (WHO 180 et al) - and these solvents are on average 20-50x worse than CO2. So - if you really want to do something to help counter global warming you could do a lot worse than switch to one of the VOC-Free paints out there.

[kotlatulasi]

By cutting trees & using it In green building .how it is a sustainable building.means here we effecting the environment by cutting trees

[eduardochavacano]

And does Home Depot have a green building material section. Oh yes they do, it on that Concrete building that used to be a Forrest area.

[nativecharleston]

The music was obnoxious and Beyond painful!

[SegoMan]

Thumbs down for a crappy music video, guess I need to go to a music video site to get building information with no music..