Among the innovative -- some might say weird -- products we’re trying out at our Dummerston farmhouse, none is more unusual than the expanded cork insulation we’re currently installing as a layer of ...

Expanded cork insulation is one of the eco materials of the moment, with proponents ranging from RIBA to NASA. You might be wondering if cork insulation could suit your self build project or ...

It's all natural, renewable, healthy and has zero embodied carbon. What's not to love? When speaking recently at a Passivhaus conference in Aveiro, Portugal, I mentioned one of my favourite subjects, ...

Natural, sustainable, and breathable, cork is a natural insulator … and a Yorkshire firm has developed a way to use it to keep your home warmer from the inside out. From gorgeous Georgian town houses ...

They have that ''certain something'' and yet unrenovated historic buildings are not energy efficient. Researchers in the European project EFFESUS (Energy Efficiency for EU Historic Districts ...