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Renewable Building Materials

From the National Non-Food Crops Centre, this factsheet provides an introduction to the properties and advantages of renewable building materials. Renewable materials based on plants offer a sustainable alternative to conventional products in many applications. The factsheets give information on:

  • introduction to renewable building materials
  • insulation from natural fibres
  • materials for walls and panels
  • paints, primers and varnishes containing plant-based constituents.

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