Textile materials sustainable buildings

The role, properties and applications of textile materials in sustainable buildings... 

The following examples are only able to give a pointer to forward-looking solutions. They should show the interesting improvements our building technology can make towards achieving sustainability by means of social functionality and by the use of textile materials. 

No matter whether textile materials are applied to new or existing projects, the application needs to be an integral part of the energy concept of a building in order to be sustainable. Biomimicry is a field where holistic approaches can be perceived and can form a platform from which to learn and create new ideas, hopefully securing our life on this planet. 

But those who wished to build an American synthetic organic chemicals industry more rigorously reviewed the history of U.S. dyes firms and their context, finding both concrete reasons for underdevelopment and grounds to hope that the United States could sustain such an industry going forward. Many blamed U.S. tariff policy, while others variously considered U.S. patent policy, the influence of the American textile industry, the state of academic chemistry and the chemical profession, and the supply of raw materials and necessary inorganic chemicals. 

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