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Mushrooms New Source for Green Buildings

by erin on Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Two young designers have come up with a new sustainable insulation for building new homes — mushrooms! Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate Eben Bayer has patented “Greensulate” formula, an organic, fire-retardant board made of water, flour, oyster mushroom spores and perlite, a mineral blend found in potting soil.

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“I think it has a lot of potential, and it could make a big difference in people’s lives,” said RPI Professor Burt Swersy, whose Inventor’s Studio course inspired the product’s creation. “It’s sustainable, and enviro-friendly, it’s not based on petrochemicals and doesn’t require much energy or cost to make it.”

Fox Utah writes:

After looking through about 800 patents, though, Bayer and McIntyre realized they’d hit upon a relatively original idea. Unlike many green building products, Greensulate isn’t made from pre-existing materials. It requires little energy or expense to produce because it’s grown from organic material.


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