Ecosystem

Materials · the documented reference for your low-carbon projects

Each entry states what the material is, how it is installed, what its measured performance is and what becomes of it at end of life. The data comes from the producers' technical data sheets and from our database; none of it is estimated.

The library

Twenty materials, arranged by building layer: what carries the load, what separates inside from outside, what divides up the space, what you see and touch. Filter by layer to see only what applies to your work package.

Float glass sheets stacked on edge, green edges

Low-carbon glazing

Float glass with a high recycled glass content. AGC · Louvain-la-Neuve.

Three boards of BamWood densified bamboo flooring in a caramel shade

Bamboo flooring

Moso bamboo, strips compressed under high pressure. Ootouch · Braine-l'Alleud.

Face and edge of a spruce CLT BOX element during lifting

CLT Box floor slab

Cross-laminated spruce, glued box element. Best Wood SCHNEIDER · Eberhardzell.

Claystone stone-effect finish in a sand shade, in raking light, project in Matonge, Brussels

Decorative clay plaster

Clay, dolomite and polymer binder, applied wet-on-wet. ClayLime · Brussels.

Clayton block on a worktop, recycled demolition aggregates visible

Loadbearing recycled-aggregate block

Recycled demolition aggregates and low-carbon binder, masonry block. Roosens Bétons · Familleureux.

Stacks of lifted office carpet tiles on a pallet

Reclaimed carpet tiles

Office carpet tiles, refurbished. Composil · Wavre.

Whole ISOschelp shells in the chute of a blowing machine

Whole marine shells, washed and graded. Ecoverbo (Ecoschelp) · Antwerp.

Recycled PVC frames

100% recycled PVC, extruded profiles. Deceuninck · Hooglede-Gits.

Dry lime and hemp mix held in two hands

Loose-fill hemp-lime

Hemp shiv and lime, dry mix poured into formwork. Exie · Herzele.

Close-up of Gramitherm grass fibre, golden strands

Grass insulation

Grass and recycled jute, flexible board. Gramitherm · Auvelais.

Two Honext boards leaning against each other on a white background

Paper fibre board

Paper mill sludge and recycled cardboard, resin-free. Honext · Barcelona.

Two hemp blocks laid at a corner, edge and grain of the block visible, housing scheme in Annezin

Hemp shiv and lime, moulded and air-dried. IsoHemp · Fernelmont.

Leko Labs sample of timber with notched lamellas, resting on a window sill

Prefab loadbearing timber wall

Timber lattice, robotic fabrication. Leko Labs · Foetz (Luxembourg).

Close-up section through the floor build-up, gravel sub-base, insulation board, then the Lithotherm panel with its tongue-and-groove joint · the grain of the lava concrete in close-up

Dry mineral screed

Mineral aggregates and cement, prefabricated panels laid dry. Lithotherm · Bad Kreuznach.

Platowood platonised spruce board, knot and wood grain visible

Platonised wood cladding

Frake, poplar or spruce, modified with water and heat. Platowood · Arnhem.

Recoma PackWall Design board, speckled face and laminated edge

Recycled packaging board

Recycled composite food packaging, remelted with no added binder. Recoma · Hässleholm.

Close-up of Recuperazzo terrazzo, recycled aggregates in a light binder

Recycled terrazzo

Recycled concrete and brick aggregates. L'alchimie des Matières · Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher (BE).

Vitra EA119 office chair in black leather, chrome base

Reused office furniture

Second-hand office furniture, inspected and put back into service. Relieve Furniture · Brussels.

Off-white Unilit lime finishing render on a brick wall, private house in Wingene

Natural hydraulic lime and aggregates, pre-mixed mortar. Arte Constructo · Schelle.

Facade insulated with compressed straw boards, joints and fixings visible

Straw facade insulation

Straw and cellulose fibres, DefibraTech process. VestaEco · Wielki Łęck.

Stacked Wood Tube studs seen end-on, cellular structure of the recycled paper

Paper partition stud

Post-consumer recycled paper, glued into a tubular profile. Wood Tube · Säffle.