10 Eco-Friendly Building Materials | Sustainable Design

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Which is your favourite material?

[@lordplanet8413]

My favourite building materials would be cob,strawbale as they beautiful , natural and nontoxic and with strawbale it's loadbearing and a great insulator. People have been building with earth for thousands of years one the oldest earth building is over 10,000 years old.

[@kurdishcaptionsteam5377]

Algae! It's very interesting that it can be used to build and produce energy. I am really willing to learn about it now. Thanks for the video!

[@imiy]

@@lordplanet8413 true that. Why to even bother with something else. There's no more sustainable way.

[@GL.cats123]

Cod

[@GL.cats123]

Cob

[@tomkelly8827]

I live in Canada and have built 2 straw bale homes with clay/lime plasters on the walls, one with recycled newspaper for insulation all around, recycled tire and plastic bottle roofs, 2 log homes, and a number of other alternatives. Now I find that my favourite materials to work with are reused ones. Taking down an old structure and saving the tin from the roof, refurbishing old doors and windows, reusing lumber, bricks and concrete blocks, etc. The alternatives in here are likely very very expensive or very very labour intensive. They will not catch on because of that. They will always be niche products unless they can be made as easy to install and for very low prices. Homes are already very expensive. Making them more expensive is not sustainable unfortunately. Massive scaling needs to happen to a product to ensure wide spread use. That being said, nothing will change without innovation so please people keep innovating, you may just make the breakthrough needed to save the world and reintroduce harmony between humans and the environment

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Well said 👏

[@AndreaDingbatt]

I'm in the UK and have been looking forward to building with Straw bales. Except the land being Extortionate price wise!! I'm wanting to build and make organic gardening for people who can't afford home's otherwise!! Wish me luck 🍀 please!!

[@RingoWild]

Hi Tom, I’d be curious to know the processes for building those structures. I’ve been experimenting with lots of different materials - and unfortunately hanging on to a lot of trash in hopes to build with it. Where can I find more specific info on the actual processes for the buildings you mentioned?

[@nothinginteresting1662]

So many ways to build. So many materials discarded as waste can actually be used again. I never knew so many options existed.

[@randyero103]

These ideas will save the present and future Earth♻️🌱🌎

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Yes!

[@oluwatenioladisu]

I think the real lesson here is to focus on using locally available materials as building solutions. The reason many products are not sustainable is because of how much we use which causes an imbalance in the ecosystem. If we say cork is the new global material, over harvesting will occur and it will no longer sustainable. Same goes with seaweed, and all the other materials listed in this video.

[@coolioso808]

This was interesting to watch and learn. I think one other sustainable material that needs more attention is hemp! It is an extremely versatile crop, can be grown pretty much anywhere in the world and not just useable for building materials but food, medicine, eco-plastic and clothing!

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Yes definitely!

[@positivechristianidentity5647]

Unfortunately hemp will never be the answer, politics ruined that future.

[@vipulagarwal8394]

Ya, just hope PPL don't abuse hemp and make u know... Outta it,

[@panduii3140]

These are all amazing materials that are new to me, apart from cob. The energy producing algae seems to have a lot of possibilities.

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Yes! We love the algae project

[@christophehorn9642]

I still don’t understand this one but maybe someone will produce a video about algae in laymen’s terms

[@myriamkaye3418]

Cork really? Cork only grows in one tiny portion of the world. The wine industry is moving away from cork because it was becoming scarce and expensive.

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

www.elledecoration.co.uk/houses/a31467747/cork-architecture-sustainable-architecture/

[@nuwanda923]

@@GoingGreenOfficial in the article there is no word about production for industrial usage. They are projects. For a material to be sostainable it has to be "easy" to produce locally without distrupting the ecosystem it lives on.

[@yeyosilver7067]

Wrong, they grow on trees, the only problem is the age of the tree that should be used, but everyone is capable of having They really "moving", mostly to plastic and silicone options and then back to traditional because it's literally the best option

[@yeyosilver7067]

@@nuwanda923 Their definition is totally wrong, no sustainable solution is easy to produce and that is exactly why they are not preferred by the vast majority of the world. And in a way, they also harm the ecosystem, the biggest example of which are the energies

[@AndreaDingbatt]

@Myriam Kaye. There's no Magic Bullet way of looking forward to ecological Human Problems!! And,Thus we are looking at Every way that Each problem can be overcome,in incremental ways!! Unless you have a better idea?! Namaste 🙏🌟✨⭐

[@monkpool]

This is giving me hope for humanity again

[@christinaandersen2204]

This is so amazing! My favorite at the moment would be the polyurethane plant based foam. Absolutely NOT plastic! It must be a material that can "breath" and not make damage to your health while living in it. Thanx a lot for this informative video. All the best to you.

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thank you for such a lovely comment!

[@asiandesignstudio4592]

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[@irw4350]

polyurethane is extremely dangerous - by definition, its made from a polyol + isocyanate (deadly) and is the opposite of breathable - this guy does not know what he's talking about

[@clareuche]

Thank You for this. I was just about to say the same thing. Plus it's not heat resistant and a poor insulated material.

[@JuteBagTrainingClassசணல்பை]

This is exactly what we need.. Thanks people

[@LiAlcie]

This is so amazing, I'm excited to learn about more sustainable materials and make my projects with them.

[@willcalderhead7844]

Where can I do this

[@LiAlcie]

@@willcalderhead7844 do what exactly sorry

[@lordplanet8413]

Building materials include earthbag,strawbale, Adobe ,rammed earth and you can use mushrooms for insulation.

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Brilliant suggestion ^

[@phsyc3d968]

The mushroom one... It's insane....

[@大疯狼]

ahaha PH5YC3D says it all ... Of course, PH5YCH3D31C mushrooms 4 you!! xD

[@manghudart1329]

Thanks for the effort to research, edit and share this to us all! Stay safe!

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thank you for watching!

[@Elevendyeleven]

Its interesting how as soon as a "cheap" eco material is discovered it is turned into a luxury product as companies capitalize on consumers desire to be more ecofriendly.

[@tomcrennan5158]

This video is great guys. I’m surprised you don’t have more subscribers. Huge fan of your channel

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thanks Tom, really appreciate all the support!

[@rmt3589]

Make a part 2 and I'll subscribe. This was amazing! Will be such a huge help with designing the game I'm working on. Especially love the cork, plastic bricks, polyurethane, and seaweed ones! Gives me answers to designing types of starting housing in all terrains! Plus a way for ppl to reuse plastics in the future.

[@chensamujakorn]

Great content👏👏 hope this video may reach more people.

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thank you very much!

[@briancarter9927]

I'm actually so interested in all of these, especially mushroom, bamboo potential, hempcrete, cob and green algae

[@APLES244]

This video very useful for me because I can learn various sustainable metarials! Thank you for videos like this🥰🥰 When I learned that coffe husk is one of the sustainable metarials, I was so surprised😳 I have never thought that it could be a metarial for architecture🤔

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thank you for supporting our work 💚

[@LandonBurke-k7u]

Very cool video!!! I did an eco-friendly renovation before and looking forward to my next project being an 100% eco-friendly built home

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thank you! That’s great 🙌

[@Yippeedee]

I'm working on a sustainable architecture unit with my 10th graders and this video provides purposeful suggestions.

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

That’s great! Thank you :)

[@UnitedChristians.Academy]

1° Cork 2°Coffee Husk 3° Newspaper Wood 4° Mycellium 5° Algae 6° Recycle Diappers 7° Cob 8° Plastic Bricks 9° Polyurethane 10° Seaweed

[@LyndaBell-bt3fc]

This was so eye-opening! I learned so much about eco-friendly alternatives to traditional building materials.

[@lorilange8654]

WOW that's AWESOME !! So practical and self sustaining ....

[@sevdenurcalskan2598]

It's great to see such innovations, however, materials are not sufficient for a wholly sustainable world. As mentioned in the video, Colombia is suffering although it is one of the top coffee-producing countries in the world. Saying that this new coffee bean-based architectıral material would be a solution at least for the housing problem there is simply underestimation. There is no way to create a sustainable world by inventing new fancy materials without solving the social inequality, including the influence of Global North on Global South.

[@naturelover369]

Excellent! Good info, nice presentation, lot of efforts taken! Please consider Bamboo. East Asian countries have houses completely built by Bamboo. Also there is Wheat Straw Plywood/board being made in India.

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thank you!

[@christophehorn9642]

I like going green but I don’t like the part about using recycled plastic with coffee husks. It’s partially going green but not enough. Hay bail houses are close but they still use plastic to cover the hay bails to prevent rodent infestation. Cob or sod is best choice. Or sod has even less carbon imprint since you can just use your lawn to build your next house, roots and all.

[@untruegamer8079]

Really cool!

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thank you!

[@vitormachado5417]

THIS SOUNDS JUST LIKE HOW THE FUTURE SHOULD LOOK... !!!

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Yes!

[@samkatts5457]

Is the goal, of the materials being used, to make these homes and furnishings, as flammable as possible?!

[@kennethm.tungpalan9171]

nice nice👏 I've learned alot

[@FBA-Renaissance]

Very cool video!!! I did an eco-friendly renovation before and looking forward to my next project being an 100% eco-friendly built home ❤❤❤❤

[@southkoreavideo]

I loved your programme, lookingb so forward to the next one.

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thank you!

[@ghulamimtiyaz3591]

Nice lecture. Gave me an insight into eco friendly building materials which were unknown to me before. Thanks again

[@imiy]

But really, all your need is cob in places with not so cold winters, and straw bales for more cold climates.

[@ryancarlohidalgo1796]

Where can i watch the full info about the diaper thing?

[@kurdishcaptionsteam5377]

Great content! Very useful for me ❤️

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thank you!

[@boomieboo]

I just saw a video about a company called '' Just BioFiber '' that manufactures hemp building blocks that are structural and insulated besides being environmentally friendly, mold and mildew resistant, fire-resistant, air cleaning, and many other great things you have to see. Please do a search for them on KZbin and check them out so you can possibly do a piece on them as well. I have no affiliation with them whatsoever by the way. I just like seeing companies doing good for the environment and others get their much deserved praise and attention. Thanks for what you do and keep up the great work!

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

We are releasing a video on hemp next week!

[@boomieboo]

@@GoingGreenOfficial Great! I'll keep my eyes open for it! I hope 'Just BioFiber ' will be included because it looks like a great product.

[@whale4670]

Carbon tiles as well

[@dragonmaster9817]

I had no clue cork, coffee husks, and mushrooms could be used for building! the only part I'm conflicted with is the algae power, I would prefer would be is to start implementing molten salt reactors using thorium(233)-uranium(233) cycles and implement more resources into fusion energy, as both produce obscene amounts of power and are a much more sustainable source than fossil fuel plants and produce less waste than traditional Uranium reactors, there's even reactors being made that can recycle spent nuclear waste from other reactors

[@1xm_mx1]

I would like to see more videos on plastic bricks. It is relatively low-tech and it could kill 2 birds with one stone, provided that it has sufficient fire resistance.

[@PLAEX]

Check us out!

[@veronicaruiz4950]

Love love love!!!❤

[@NatalySoldatovaUA]

I think people used too much of cork trees, so shouldn't be a good idea to use it even more as material

[@sheilamccurley7084]

Funny, the wood and newspaper remark reminded me of my grandfather redoing his wall in his very old house. It had newspaper between the walls. He told me that newspaper was once used as insulation material for homes. This was in the 1960's his home was 80 years old.

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Amazing!

[@simonabenedetti4580]

Thanks for share

[@indirect213]

sekam kopi dengan plastik yg di daur ulang. lebih kuat dan lebih kering dibanding sekam lainnya. tahan hama dan kelembaban sekam kopi itu diambil dari kulit biji kopi yg mengering dan rontok selama proses pemanggangan sebelom diperosesan terakhir. jadi dibuang

[@gauriviji84]

hiii love your videos but any idea on how the cork will react with fire or an earthquake???

[@RafaelPutraAriandi]

material favoritku: seaweed! because it is edible 😋

[@2cheat1heart]

I think the green algae building would be practical.

[@lindakleckner215]

Does anyone know if there is a fire resistant Paper or cloth that a person could use to create pouch or cover for a loose-fill insulation? Is hemp fire resistant or is there a material with a cardboard type thickness?

[@AndreaDingbatt]

Natural Wool is Fire Resistant to a degree, but I'm sorry I don't know that exactly... There is a lot of information about this now, `~ that I am certain you will be able to find out plenty of resources to help you!! Best Wishes and Kindest Regards,🌱 Andréa and Critters. ...XxX....

[@PLAEX]

Add us to plastic bricks! 90% plastic waste, 10% construction waste and stronger than concrete. ♻

[@RammedEarthInfomati]

Nice informative video, well done. Cork was my favorite material.

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thank you!

[@jhedting265]

but is it load bearing?

[@lunaselene6755]

Wow

[@Maus_Haus927]

Cool

[@Maus_Haus927]

Watery is da best

[@gehadsaeed6294]

Thanks for your great content 🙏 keep going 👏✨

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thank you so much!

[@dagobertojoseborretejeda4647]

Sadly poberty in Colombia is now up to 52% and we are second to none when it comes to corruption. Great video by the way.

[@ИгорьДьяченко-м5б]

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[@大疯狼]

I like the way ya think, but mushrooms and even coffee?? I guess ya learn something everyday on YT

[@samratkadiyam4071]

Volume is too low. Up it please.

[@Sunwoodmacedonia]

Wow, keep up the good work 🙏❤️

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thank you!

[@lerneninverschiedenenforme7513]

No bamboo?

[@AbundanceBuild]

Discover affordable, eco-friendly DIY building techniques that can transform the way you build. Check out our class for more - link in the bio!

[@Thob3]

do you have any pros and cons for all of these alternatives? they all sound pretty good but normaly there is always a bad side about it :D and by the way I just read an article about solarcarports and solar bicyle paths which might be worth looking at for you :) Sadly those pages are in german but if you want I can send them to you anyways

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thank you Thomas! Ciara is German so could read them please send a link. Yes each of these have pros and cons. We may look into doing a separate video for this in the future with more materials to determine which is the best sustainable and practical solution

[@Thob3]

@@GoingGreenOfficial ah perfect. enorm-magazin.de/umwelt/erneuerbare-energien/solarenergie/rheinland-pfalz-will-parkplaetze-fuer-solarstrom-nutzen www.solmove.com/der-erste-solar-radweg-ist-in-erftstadt-eroeffnet/ Here are the two links I read today :) Sounds perfect I'm looking forward to it.

[@lordplanet8413]

cob is really labour intensive and needs a good overhang to protect from rain .Strawbale is another one that has to be kept dry.But the beautiful thing about cob and strawbale is it that's all natural and non toxic and very cheap to self build with and you can let your imagination run wild.

[@jasbly1736]

NO HEMPCRETE?

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

That is a great material which if we were to do the video again would be included

[@anisdossanidossani4076]

Could you please increase the Volume. Plus, this video is devoid of any translation. Please add, English translation.

[@carinalavin420]

These all seem they would take a long time to source. And all though mycelium buildings sound amazing they are still not as accessible. We need solutions that are tangible like cob, repurposed wood, tires, plastic bottles. People are doing that now not like these materials that seem to talk about in the future!

[@rexstickley8440]

can the diapers be turned into building bricks

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Currently just roof tiles I think

[@rexstickley8440]

@@GoingGreenOfficial ok very interesting

[@walaazain229]

Thank you for this informative video , I was wondering if recycling plastic is conceders as sustainable material or a new plastic product is more eco friendly ? And same question for the glass

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Thank you. Recycled is always best

[@ДмитроЧех]

4:24 Did "Nova Pochna" pay you for commercial? ))

[@evalinswain5366]

I think India ,mud house is best .cork everywhere not found .

[@chopstix4883]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rexstickley8440]

diapers, diapers, diapers, diapers

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Haha 😂

[@rexstickley8440]

@@GoingGreenOfficial thank you

[@rikkarokassa]

No mention of wood?

[@TheSimpleFarmLife]

Thanks for the effort to research

[@DamienPerez-z2x]

my teacher is making me write 5 facts about every eco material.😔

[@CostacheNiculescu]

These ideas

[@shoshinsamurai7901]

So, which of those materials can replace cement and steel adequately as alternates in a high-rise building? That's the problem. Steel and cement are here to stay, even after the world ends because of them.

[@irw4350]

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. The sprayed foam shown here is isocyanate - its extremely dangerous, highly toxic (note the hazmat suit & oxygen) non-biodegradable and generally very bad for the planet. 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.

[@derripgta8643]

Reply if u got sent here for homework

[@Shadow_a123]

Yup

[@-69fpsspaghettidays57]

Sup dudes,

[@leahfrenkel3548]

This is where our tax dollars should be going instead of into bombs make our country green again

[@alphonsele7594]

Cork based on this video would require 9 years between harvesting with older cork trees yielding better quality cork? How many trees would be needed for one home? Sustainable is questionable. Coffee husk mix with plastic means it won’t break down naturally once its life cycle is over: hardly eco friendly. Newspaper panels using newspaper sheets sounds great at first for reusing materials treated as waste until it mentioned adhesive is the means for sheeting them together. Depending on the adhesive, this could be great or completely opposite of that. Would hardly call them eco friendly....

[@soda5121]

Hippies

[@International-English-School]

The narrator states that over 6.3 Trillion tons of paper is thrown away each year. However, our research has shown that total paper usage in the UK is 12.5 Million tons. There seems to be an error in your interesting video.

[@mej.2008]

Tree bark doesn’t grow back I read

[@GoingGreenOfficial]

Cork does :)

[@mutterdrachen33]

Unfortunately I don’t think America will ever go This route with capitalism. Because corporations will keep killing any new idea that doesn’t benefit them

[@Sanecrist]

That's the beauty of capitalism. With the right marketing, people will pay 3x more for a house built with these materials. In 10 years years, they will have household recognition. Another 10 years, and they will be more affordable through investments in innovation from high demand. It's all about creating supply and demand. The question is, are these materials actually better or should we focus more on efficienct architectural concepts?

[@earthmotherdragon4572]

Cork is not sustainable, one, the trees are attacked by bugs and are not harvested that often, if you get demand surpassing this then that is a no go and idiotic and a strain on the environment. Clay and straw is dead easy, and something that can be produced almost for free. At least there are ideas but possibly some needs to be rethinked. x

[@sharonthecatswhiskers1127]

they are nappies not diapers

[@xo12b86]

work on your sound production,cant even hear anything.

[@MattyDove]

Most of these are not sustainable building materials.

[@CAPTAINBUCKETS99]

This sounds like a college/high-school project. No one is going to use Cob or Cork. Just stop buying the newest electronics. And don't buy EVs. Stop buying products with single use plastics, stop buying cosmetics. Stop buying a new car and fix the one you have. Alot of things start with the individual.

[@MalcomGraham-e9j]

These are all amazing materials that are new to me, apart from cob. The energy producing algae seems to have a lot of possibilities.

[@JohnDwyer123]

Cool