2024-11-15T09:32:40-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/5508666/the-new-alternatives-to-wood Nam Henderson 2011-05-07T10:59:07-04:00 >2011-05-13T13:10:05-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6m/6m9hlqoocwslxgxb.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Could one of the world's most ubiquitous staples hold the key to saving tropical hardwood trees?</p></em><br /><br /><p> Fiona Graham a technology of business reporter, explores a range of new "sustainable" and renewable building materials that are being developed. The first Resysta, may look like wood, and be used like wood, but the main ingredient is rice husks. There is also Kirei board, which is made from sorghum stalks and other renewable agricultural by-products. Finally, there is Accoya which is a soft pine which has been transformed by acetylation into a hardwood.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p>