construção sustentável

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How recycled plastic houses are changing the housing landscape in Brazil

Alisson Ficher 17/06/2026 at 18:38

Construction

Man builds a 100 m² house with 11,000 PET bottles in Minas Gerais and moves people by revealing that his father collected almost all the material around the city before it became common trash.

Noel Budeguer 13/06/2026 at 19:08

Construction

Bottle caps and pine sawdust replace discarded wood in concrete molds, reduce waste, reuse household residues, and create sustainable solutions in Brazilian construction projects.

Flavia Marinho 01/06/2026 at 20:32

Construction

While tons of grape pomace are discarded in Brazilian wineries, researchers are transforming grape residues into bricks and adobe that reduce waste, improve thermal insulation, and pave the way for large-scale sustainable construction.

Flavia Marinho 30/05/2026 at 15:17

Construction

Fish sludge becomes sustainable building material in China and reveals technology that could change the future of architecture

Caio Aviz 20/05/2026 at 16:28

Interesting facts

Houses with unrecyclable plastic become an option for families: they use RESIN8 blocks, solar panels, efficient stoves, and have international certification while transforming difficult waste into social housing.

Alisson Ficher 16/05/2026 at 22:13

Interesting facts

While conventional projects can take months longer, in Canada, an 18-story university building had its wooden structure assembled in less than 70 days, houses more than 400 students, and has become a symbol of sustainable construction.

Flavia Marinho 16/05/2026 at 18:05

Construction

Brick is a thing of the past: they created a ‘PET House’ made with 612,000 recycled plastic bottles, capable of withstanding winds of up to 524 km/h, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and quick assembly in a few days.

Alisson Ficher 15/05/2026 at 14:30

Construction

Refugee becomes ‘desert bricklayer’ and builds houses with 6,000 bottles filled with sand; UN-supported project has houses resistant to extreme heat, storms, and rain in the Sahara.

Alisson Ficher 15/05/2026 at 14:20

Economy

Brazil copies the USA and Canada to create completely silent houses with filled panels that reduce construction time by up to 60%, eliminate thermal bridges, and allow for the construction of complete properties in a few weeks.

Alisson Ficher 14/05/2026 at 13:54

Construction

A robot printed the walls of an airport building in 7 days with a material that does what no concrete does: absorb carbon from the air during curing, and the entire construction was completed in just 19 days at Bergamo Airport in Italy.

Débora Araújo 13/05/2026 at 13:06

Construction

Small on the outside and surprising on the inside, the Emerald prefabricated house draws attention by featuring a full kitchen, luxury bathroom, dishwasher, smart climate control, thermal and acoustic insulation, and mobility for less than 8,000 euros.

Caio Aviz 12/05/2026 at 22:55

How recycled plastic houses are changing the housing landscape in Brazil

Man builds a 100 m² house with 11,000 PET bottles in Minas Gerais and moves people by revealing that his father collected almost all the material around the city before it became common trash.

Bottle caps and pine sawdust replace discarded wood in concrete molds, reduce waste, reuse household residues, and create sustainable solutions in Brazilian construction projects.

While tons of grape pomace are discarded in Brazilian wineries, researchers are transforming grape residues into bricks and adobe that reduce waste, improve thermal insulation, and pave the way for large-scale sustainable construction.

Fish sludge becomes sustainable building material in China and reveals technology that could change the future of architecture

Houses with unrecyclable plastic become an option for families: they use RESIN8 blocks, solar panels, efficient stoves, and have international certification while transforming difficult waste into social housing.

While conventional projects can take months longer, in Canada, an 18-story university building had its wooden structure assembled in less than 70 days, houses more than 400 students, and has become a symbol of sustainable construction.

Brick is a thing of the past: they created a ‘PET House’ made with 612,000 recycled plastic bottles, capable of withstanding winds of up to 524 km/h, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and quick assembly in a few days.

Refugee becomes ‘desert bricklayer’ and builds houses with 6,000 bottles filled with sand; UN-supported project has houses resistant to extreme heat, storms, and rain in the Sahara.

Brazil copies the USA and Canada to create completely silent houses with filled panels that reduce construction time by up to 60%, eliminate thermal bridges, and allow for the construction of complete properties in a few weeks.

A robot printed the walls of an airport building in 7 days with a material that does what no concrete does: absorb carbon from the air during curing, and the entire construction was completed in just 19 days at Bergamo Airport in Italy.

Small on the outside and surprising on the inside, the Emerald prefabricated house draws attention by featuring a full kitchen, luxury bathroom, dishwasher, smart climate control, thermal and acoustic insulation, and mobility for less than 8,000 euros.

Libya built over 4,000 kilometers of underground pipelines to bring water from the Sahara to coastal cities in a project that the government itself called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

Described by astronauts as one of the most unlikely natural phenomena on Earth, the Okavango Delta spreads over up to 15,000 square kilometers in the middle of the desert and transforms Botswana into a living labyrinth of channels, islands, and flooded areas.

Scientists have created a material six times lighter than air, 75 times lighter than styrofoam, and that becomes stronger the more it is compressed: aerographite seems impossible, but it can reinforce structures, batteries, and satellites.