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7 Green Building Products That Turned Heads in 2016

January 4, 2017 Shane Hedmond
Solar Roadways

Solar Roadways

Green building is no longer something that can be ignored. According to the USGBC, green building will account for ⅓ of all construction projects by the year 2018, which is now only 1 short year away.  Construction is one of the leading industries in regards to the production of greenhouse gases, most notably due to the production of cement, which produces an estimated 5% of all carbon dioxide emissions alone.  There are many companies throughout developing new techniques and building products to help reduce the industry’s impact, so here’s a list of 6 products that caught our eye in 2016.

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In Green Building Tags best of, best of 2016, construction, construction junkie best of 2016, new green building products, new green building concepts 2016, living scaffold wall, recycled plastic roads, reversible concrete, recycled plastic building blocks, bamboo rebar, bricks that grow like plants, bio mason, solar roadways, solar roadway testing
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“Reversible Concrete” Demolishes Structure With the Pull of a String

March 14, 2016 Shane Hedmond
Rock Print

Rock Print

Concrete, the world’s most widely used construction material, has a giant target on its back and plenty of people want to take a piece of its pie.  It’s cheap and strong, which has, so far held off many would-be competitors from getting popular. One of concrete’s major drawbacks and one of its most vulnerable areas is the fact that it’s extremely time consuming and difficult to demolish.

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In Green Building, Technology Tags construction, concrete, reversible concrete, rock print, the jamming phenomenon, concrete held together by a string, 3D printed structures, easily demolished concrete
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