New materials for green buildings

The role of chemistry in projecting new buildings is imporatant, because new materials with better thermal properties for example have to be used. One of the problems of an efficient house is its capacity to be insulated to avoid dispersion of energy in the external environment and to minimize the use of energy. We need to use less energy and to use it in a more efficient way. New materials that are able to do a thermal insulation and that are made by recycled materials are a good options to build up green houses. In the last years, in the market there are materials made with around 85% of cellulose fibers from recycled newspapers, around 15% of boric acid, used as flame retardant. These materials are used for insulations of walls. There is a big work to do in finding new materials, may be with better thermal properties. You can find several informations about this concept by visiting this website on cellulose materials for building or this italian website about ecomaterials.