• The Environment

    The Cleanest Walls

    By Posted on 11.20.2008 6 Comments

    Drywall, plasterboard, wallboard—whatever you call it, the substance that covers billions of square feet of American homes hasn’t changed since its invention in 1917. Dry-
wall factories still roast ground-up gypsum rock in 500°F kilns, spewing out 20 billion pounds of greenhouse gases a year. So Serious Materials created EcoRock: a drywall that congeals without heat, uses recycled materials that don’t require mining, and holds up even better.

    11.20.2008 at 11:42pm - Comment by briggs

    Only 20 percent the energy, and made from industrial waste....and it sells for 5 times the retail price of regular drywall. Why?



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