Cement industry going sour
I agree that there's nothing glamorous about a bag of lime plaster (pictured), but consider this: Global carbon dioxide emissions from the cement industry are greater than the entire aviation industry.* Lime mortar and plaster are the environmentally alternative to cement and their use is growing in ecological new builds. Calch Ty-Mawr Lime in Brecon, Wales is the Welsh Centre for Traditional and Ecological Building - basically they're experts in the use of lime as a building material. So if you are planning a green build, why not do our planet a favour and consider lime. [Ella]
*Source: Ordinary Portland Cement by Rob Scot McLeod from Building For a Future, Green Building Press. Volume 15, No. 2 Autumn 2005.
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