Despite its huge environmental benefits, cob is an extremely niche construction material. As part of our Building with Cob series, architecture editor Lizzie Crook explores what it would take to ...

IRVINE, Calif., December 03, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With more than 50 years of innovation and linear lighting leadership, Tivoli Lighting introduces Trace Mini COB – delivering advanced COB technology ...

Cob (an old English word for lump) is old-fashioned concrete, made out of a mixture of clay, sand and straw. Becky Bee’s The Cob Builders Handbook (Chelsea Green Publishing, 1998) is a friendly guide ...

Dezeen's latest series investigates one of the world's oldest building materials – cob. Building with Cob will explore how this ancient, earth-based material is being reinvented for the modern age.

The LED industry is ever moving towards more lumens/watt, lumens/$, lumens/area, better brightness, and improved color rendering index (CRI), sometimes called color rendition index. CRI is a ...

Earth, the plants, and their matted roots provide some insulation on a sod roof. It’s probably a good idea to supplement it with some other type of insulation and/or reflective material, because when ...