Alternative Materials

↬ What are alternative materials? ↫

Alternative materials are materials that don't need much energy in its use. They are also called low-impact materials because they don't need much for their manufacturation or transportation so the environment is less affected. 

Some examples of low impact materials or alternative materials that we can use in construction or im anything else actually are: 

1. Bamboo: 

It sounds weird, but actully you can use bamboo for a lot of things, for example, to make bed frames, phone cases, window frames, bamboo matting, and a lot of house items, bamboo is a natural material, is easy to get and if we adminstrate well this material it can be use instead of wood, or plastic. 

2. Clay:

Probably clay is the easiest material to get, because you only need to dig a little bit and you get some clay. Clay can be use to make roof tiles, decorations, the surface of a house, and it can be used instead of plastic and concrete. 

3. Cellular lightweight concrete uses: 

This sounds like a non common material, also known as CLC and it is, but if we start use it more, everyone is going to realize that is a better material that the actual concrete. Lightweight concrete is produced as normal concrte but under ecological conditions. And you can use it as same as you use normal concrete. I hope this new technology spreads around the construction world. 

So thats all the examples I am giving but here is a link that have a lot of examples if you want to know more: http://inhabitat.com/11-green-building-materials-that-are-way-better-than-concrete/