A new brick made from domestic plastic waste has been proven to provide 10 times better insulation than traditional bricks made from clay. Dr Karthikeyan Kandan, senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU), has created a novel brick made entirely from upcycled plastic waste. Believed to be
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The Rookery – new Build eco-let in Lancashire
A professional carpenter and artist husband-and-wife team in Lancashire have generated a profitable business after transforming a derelict lean-to into a sophisticated urban eco-retreat in an area of outstanding natural beauty in Roughlee, East Lancashire. The Rookery, a detached stone property with grass roof, has plenty of unusual features, as
Kingspan TEK delivers forward-thinking flexibility in luxury housing
The Lower Mill Estate, a development of sustainable holiday homes in the Cotswolds, is offering holiday homemakers the best in bespoke, energy-efficient properties with the help of the Kingspan TEK Building System. The diverse selection of residential properties have benefited from the Kingspan TEK Building System’s scope for individual design
Kingspan TEK Villas are ready for the summer sun
One Planet Living – a global beacon of sustainability
Ben Gill, One Planet Living Manager at Bioregional looks at the success of White Gum Valley (WGV), a highly sustainable mixed-use development in Western Australia, and considers how the lessons learned here can be applied to housing development in the UK and elsewhere. WGV led by LandCorp is a diverse, highly
