Among the innovative -- some might say weird -- products we’re trying out at our Dummerston farmhouse, none is more unusual than the expanded cork insulation we’re currently installing as a layer of ...

What do you do if you’re a builder and your client (that would be me) hands you a material that no one’s ever heard of, let alone installed in this country, and asks you to insulate his house with it?

It's all natural, renewable, healthy and has zero embodied carbon. What's not to love? When speaking recently at a Passivhaus conference in Aveiro, Portugal, I mentioned one of my favourite subjects, ...

There is nothing new about using cork as an insulating material; Fridtjof Nansen lined the Fram with a foot thick layer of the stuff, and almost got to the North Pole in it, while Amundsen used the ...

Whether you are building new, renovating a home or decorating a rental, today's marketplace and today's consumers are focused more than ever on earth-friendly, sustainable products. It has become a ...

Dublin, Jan. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Cork Building Materials Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Product (Cork Flooring, Cork Insulation Materials), End Use (Non-residential, ...