Green building materials

by ecobuildnetwork.org

General ecological ("green") building and design

Fiber-based building materials

Bamboo

Straw bales, straw panels, general fiber-based construction

Sustainably harvested and reclaimed lumber

Hybrids and materials from reclaimed waste

Building materials from reclaimed waste

Cement-fiber blocks

Cement-polystyrene blocks

Crushed concrete as aggregate

Insulating concrete forms (ICF's)

Plastic lumber

Structural insulated panels (SIP's)

Pozzolans, Lime & alternative cements

alternative binders for concrete & plaster

Fly ash

Ground, granulated blast furnace slag

Silica Fume

Rice hull (or husk) ash

Calcined clays and metakaolins

Natural pozzolans

Stabilized earth construction

Adobe

Rammed earth

Earthbags

Tire houses

Cob

Pneumatically-applied earth (Pis¨¦, or gunearth)