ast spring, we explored the fascinating work of Ecovative Design, an upstate New York company that was expanding from using fungi as the basis for greener-than-plastics shipping materials into the building insulation realm.
That’s right, insulation made from mushrooms.
At the time, the company was “growing” a tiny house using what it calls Mushroom Insulation. Now, not only has that tiny house been completed, but it’s been shown off in New York City – and Ecovative is offering mushroom material that you can use to insulate walls, as well as kits for an acoustically insulated meeting space or a tiny house itself, both of which would take advantage of the sustainable insulating material.
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The Mushroom Tiny House (image from Ecovative video)
Check out the video from the company on how they make their products, and how the Mushroom Tiny House become a reality:
For more on Ecovative’s Mushroom Insulation, see our earlier story by Daniel Mathews, in which he discusses the company’s path to the tiny house project. Also, check out a story from Surfer magazine on another recent development from Ecovative. You guessed it: the Mushroom Surfboard.