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Sustainable Shells enables buildings to be created with natural resources
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Polli-bricks is a carbon-neutral cladding system
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The two will now pitch to top CEOs at an Innovators Summit in London, alongside the other finalists, to secure funding to bring their concepts to market – and highlight the influence of construction in driving positive change.
Polli-bricks is a scalable, carbon-neutral, architectural cladding system re-engineered from used PET bottles. It is integrated with solar powered LED lighting, using renewable energy and recycled materials to clad and light a room.
Sustainable Shells enables buildings to be created with natural resources by local people, in the world’s poorest and most remote areas. It is the first time that ancient tile-vaulting has been fused with earth to create a building which can be replicated across the developing world, removing the need to import skills or materials.
Click here for further information on The Earth Awards 2010.
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