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Eco-friendly materials used in construction

Eco-friendly

“products or services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose”.

A material by itself can be eco-friendly, e.g. Bamboo.

Materials can be eco-friendly also if they can assist in reduction of the energy used in the building during operation, and maintenance.

It is difficult to get a material that has all these properties, and it thus becomes a comparative assessment to identify eco-friendly materials.

Following are the eco – friendly materials