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Material Considerations: A Library of Sustainable Building Materials has been based at The Lighthouse, Glasgow since 2012. This web based resource showcases sustainable, traditional, innovative, recycled and low carbon building materials.

This resource will interest construction professionals, architects, builders, home-owners and students alike and offers the opportunity for visitors to:

Featured material: Larch Cladding

Scotlarch® is the registered trade name for Russwood’s selected heartwood of Scottish-grown European Larch. A hard tough timber which dried quickly. It is about 50

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Featured material: Acoustic Wood Wool Panel

Magnesite bonded wood wool

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Featured material: Recycled Glass Gravel

Glassglo is Translucent Recycled glass aggregate available in three shades and three sizes.

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Featured material: Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)

CLT is produced from dried, quick growing spruce & fir (larch or pine are alternatives) boards, stacked at right angles and glued together under pressure bonding system over their entire surface in generally 3, 5, 7 or more board or panel layers.

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Featured material: Recycled Plastic Panel

Structural construction panel comprising a hardwearing aesthetic skin, and a foamed mixed core. The panel is 46mm in total thickness, and is extremely strong, taking over 400Kg in cantilevered loading (wall hung WC) without concern.

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Featured material: Bamboo Plywood

Architectural grade Bamboo & Palm.

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