Soaring energy prices caused a spike in the overall April PPI reading to 6% compared to last year. Including energy, the ...

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology just invented a building material that could make construction projects stronger and more sustainable—and it’s based on the skeleton of an ...

A new kind of building material is taking shape in a lab at the University of Michigan. The modular, flat black panels panel is the kind of wall-like material that’s used to clad the exterior of ...

Higher energy costs are raising building material prices. Producers use less coal than they once did, but compared to 2022, they have the same exposure to oil and gas. Price increases from the Middle ...

The siding you choose for your home has to look good — that’s a given. But it also has to protect it from the elements, and ...

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Selecting the Right Building Materials for a Culpeper Home Project Means Weighing Climate, Application Type, and Long-Term ...

Researchers from the University of Bath's Department of Mechanical Engineering have shown that agricultural waste from ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Residential building material prices continued to experience elevated growth, according to the latest Producer Price Index release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Price growth ...

MycoTile grows mushroom roots to make affordable, eco-friendly panels. Fungi-based materials could help ease Nairobi’s housing shortage. Mycelium panels cost about one-third less than traditional ...