*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. As you drive through rural areas of St. Clair, Jefferson and Franklin counties, farms, homes and small family-owned businesses ...

Lifting up the paving slabs reveals the potential of the earth beneath (Credit: City of Leuven) From Australia to Ontario, cities are taking up unnecessary stretches of concrete and asphalt, allowing ...

Australian engineers have created a surprising new building material that could dramatically cut the environmental cost of ...

It was used to build the Great Wall of China and Spain's mediaeval Alhambra Palace -- and now earth is back in vogue as a building material. Climate change has spurred renewed interest in the ancient ...

You don’t need to be named Frodo Baggins or live in The Shire to enjoy the benefits of an earth-sheltered home. Earth-sheltered homes, aka underground or subterranean homes, are eco-friendly and ...

Engineers in Australia have developed a new building material with about one quarter of concrete's carbon footprint, while ...

UMD Professor of Civil Engineering Andrea Schokker is researching ways to make concrete more sustainable. She is a structural engineer who focuses on concrete in buildings and bridges. Schokker says ...