NEW DELHI: Thermocol could be the material of the future for construction of earthquake-resistant buildings even in the most seismic zone with thermal insulation and could also save the energy ...

Thermocol could be the material of the future for construction of earthquake-resistant buildings, according to Indian scientists. It does so by reducing the mass of the building. It could also save ...

Buildings in the future could be built using an unconventional material to help them face seismic activities better. This material could be thermocol, as per researchers at IIT Roorkee. Using ...

Inspired by the government-led mission of making the country Open Defecation Free (ODF), a Pune resident, Ramdas Mane, built thousands of toilets using thermocol. Image Source: SME Story (L); India ...

The Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation (TNPHC) built a two-floor home in 40 days using reinforced thermocol panels instead of bricks. The building cost ₹15 lakh, which is 30% less than what is ...

During last August’s torrential rains, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) identified the new culprit that was clogging drains and flooding the city. It was thermocol – the packaging ...

Will the ban on plastic end up spurring the usage of the equally dangerous thermocol or styrofoam? That is what activists fear. Though thermocol products today constitute a small portion of the ...

A total of 300 people were present in the building at the time of the incident, but there are no casualties Fire broke out in a thermocol factory near Udyog Vihar extension in Greater Noida on Tuesday ...

Anxiety plagues idol makers at Kolkata’s Kumartuli ahead of Durga Puja amid a police campaign to discourage the use of thermocol, a cost-effective and common idol-making material that was banned in ...

The researchers said that the force being applied on a building during an earthquake arises due to the inertia effect and hence depends on the mass of the building. Thermocol resists earthquakes by ...