Innovative materials are teeing up to reshape residential construction, boosting performance, sustainability, and design ...

Polyvinyl chloride, better known as PVC, is a versatile material that’s used in a wide variety of piping applications. It can be as thin and flexible as a wall covering or as rigid as an industrial ...

Report warns plastics in construction harm health and climate. Minnesota tribe promote alternatives. McKnight Foundation eliminates vinyl in new LEED Gold HQ. Minnesota entities are at the forefront ...

Top Decorative Materials Manufacturers Shaping Modern Interior And Exterior Construction. EINPresswire/ -- In recent years, the building decoration materials industry has continued to develop, and the ...

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Every time an office building or an old home is demolished, all of the broken-down materials have to go somewhere. The US Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 230 million to 530 million tons ...

When you consider the practical properties of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) - durability, versatility and low price - it is easy to understand how it has become such a common construction material, with ...

“Plastic is not created equally,” says Heidi Kujawa, CEO of ByFusion. “It’s super complex, which is why this problem is really broken.” The very short version of the problem goes like this: Despite ...

A building boom in China and India is exacerbating the crisis, and further squeezing the profits of contractors and developers, including those in Indianapolis. The situation could become worse when ...

Are plastic building materials safe? Jay Peters asks a provocative and much-needed question. As a manufacturer of both metal and plastic piping products, we at Charlotte Pipe think about this all the ...