Question

Human populations use renewable and norenewable resources to power communities and support life. These resources must be used carefully to ensure their availability in the future.Name one renewable and one non renewable resource that can be used for building housing. Describe how each resource is obtained.

Answer 1

In traditional constructions a lot of energy is required, especially when obtaining certain materials or producing them.

Generally the sources or energy used in these proceses are non-renewable, such as gas, oil or coal.

One of the traditional materials used in construction is concrete, which is a mixture of sand, cement and other aggregates that use a lot of energy during their extraction and manufacturing.

Instead of concret, we can choose other more environmentaly friendly materials such as Ferrock, which is a carbon-neutral alternative.

Ferrock is made with waste steel dust and silica from ground up glass.