Tags Archives : Agricultural Waste

Researchers Turn Agricultural Waste Into Ecofriendly Bricks To Solve Rural Housing Crisis Bio-Brick

India’s first bio-brick based building made out of agro waste has been recently inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderaba...

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Natural Sciences and Design

Natural Sciences and Design Combine to Form Mycelium Chair | MYCOsella - Growing the Mycelium Chair

A research-driven dissertation project by Natalia Piorecka takes a closer look at mycelium as a living organism that is able to digest agricultur...

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Could Hop be the Next Eco-friendly Construction Material? SR New Building Material Update

Could Hop be the Next Eco-friendly Construction Material? SR New Building Material Update

The material is eco-friendly and made from agricultural waste. The fibrous nature of the hop plant imparts tensile strength to the material, maki...

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furniture, home decor and even building facades

Bioplastic Made of Forest and Farm Waste Locks in Carbon for Centuries | Made of Air

Germany-based Made of Air has developed a bioplastic that is derived from brunt plants and forestry and farm waste that possesses multiple uses s...

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Meet This Professor Who Makes Carbon-Negative Houses Using Cow Dung Plaster and Gaucrete | Haryana

Meet This Professor Who Makes Carbon-Negative Houses Using Cow Dung Plaster and Gaucrete | Haryana | SR Exclusive

Sustainable design has emerged in response to the growing challenges of environmental degradation, global warming, and resource depletion. To rev...

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Fungal biomaterials

Mycelium Can Be Part of the Solution to Carbon-Negative Buildings| SR Material Update

Fungal biomaterials are not only becoming popular but also in demand in the field of architecture and design on account of their sustainable prop...

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Waste Rice Husks

Hiroshima University Researchers Create World’s First LED from Waste Rice Husks

A team of researchers from the Natural Science Centre for Basic Research and Development, Hiroshima University recently published their findings ...

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Researchers Engineer Eco-Friendly Insulation from Rice Husks and Recycled Newspaper

Researchers in Panama have successfully engineered an insulation material based on rice husks and assessed its thermal and mechanical characteris...

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