Cork is a natural, feel-good material, but there is a hippy-ish stigma attached to it, associated with its popularity in the 1970s. However, if you are searching for a material that is authentic, cork is a big box-ticker. Plus, it has natural properties that satisfy both thermal and acoustic performance demands within a building.rnIn addition, cork production is one industry that impacts lightly on the environment. This is a material against which it is hard to find an argument - and it has some surprising additional properties, as we discover overleaf.
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