Brewing benefits?: Alcohol, hangovers and better bricks

• Autores: Sam Wotipka
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2945, 2013, pág. 23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • There's more to brewing than beer. A by-product of the process could be about to give an upgrade to a workhorse building material--red clay bricks. By blending in the grains left over from making beer, the bricks can be more environmentally friendly and better insulators. Bricks are often impregnated with polystyrene as a way to enhance their heat-trapping abilities. This is appealing, because the bricks remain strong, and they can be built into energy-efficient buildings, says Eduardo Ferraz of the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar in Portugal.