Mycelium is “part of the solution” to carbon-negative buildings

Mycelium is fast-growing and cheap to produce in custom-made bioreactors where sclerotia can be grown in moulds to create usable products

Mycelium could soon be used to insulate and fire-proof buildings while sequestering carbon, according to sustainability expert David Cheshire. The biomaterial, which forms…

Full text: https://www.dezeen.com/2021/06/25/carbon-negative-buildings-mycelium-insulation-fire-proofing/

Author

Marcus Fairs

Source

Dezeen.com, 2021-06-25.

Supplier

AECOM
Biohm
Sebastian Cox Furniture
Stella McCartney

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