Grand Designs Live, Kevin McCloud, Sustainable Design
Grand Designs Live 2025: Kevin McCloud reveals his Green Heroes
Kevin McCloud reveals his Green Heroes at Grand Designs Live, sponsored by Daikin, for an eco-friendly home.
Kevin McCloud has announced his Green Heroes in the form of his favourite eco-friendly brands and products for 2025.
All of the products promote sustainable living and will be on display in all their glory at Grand Designs Live, sponsored by Daikin, which is open 2-5 May 2025, at ExCeL London.
Each brand and product has been selected and hand-picked by Kevin, showcasing the very best eco-friendly innovations, for home builders, owners and design enthusiasts.
Here’s this year’s list of brands, carefully curated by Kevin McCloud:
INFAUNA LAMP by Interesting Times Gang
Interesting Times Gang is an award-winning design studio based in Sweden.
The Infuana Lamp is a perfect home decoration, this biophilic ambient light is made from crushed oyster shells and biodegradable polyester.
These biomaterials will have the potential to become viable alternatives to plastics and particleboards.
They can be used in everything from non-load bearing interior walls, cabinet doors and shelves, to lampshades, kitchen organisers, cutlery drawers and more sustainable furniture.
The brand hopes to achieve the vision of a Nordic home designed, built, and filled with objects made from biodegradable multi-purpose materials.
This initiative aims to demonstrate the potential of Ocean Biomass as a viable alternative to traditional materials. Additionally the aim is to help position the Nordic Region at the forefront of the bioindustrial design revolution.
THE ELEMANTAL CUBE™
The Elemental Cube™ is designed by Home Health Expert Limited.
This is a sustainable, naturally insulated product for thermal analysis and air quality control.
A useful design that ensures an accurately controlled home, utilising heating and cooling components.
It is constructed of mostly recycled or natural components, built for precision data collection.
The application of The Elemental Cube™ includes all year round thermal testing of real time data.
This occurs within buildings that would not be possible to obtain accurate ISO approved data without.
It also provides the opportunity for product testing in practical environments to obtain any impact on air quality, for example paints and plasters.
GOMI
Gomi designs unique, lifelong power banks made from recycled plastic and batteries.
These are handmade in Brighton and can charge your phone up to 3 times with their 10,00 mAh capacity.
The 100% waste-plastic case has an aluminium back plate and second life lithium batteries, alongside having more than 50% fewer emissions than similar chargers.
You can also charge two devices at the same time and it weighs less than 250g so is lightweight to boot.
BETTABLOK
Bettablok is an award-winning, sustainable natural earth building block system.
The blocks are made from clay, chalk, lime, sand and straw mixture, and are manufactured with minimum energy input, zero production waste as well as being fully recyclable.
They have been designed and engineered so that they can be installed quickly. Assisting buildings with breathability, aiding with the control of humidity, and reducing the risk of damp and mould.
They have been used in listed cottages, garden walls and garden offices, alongside storage and pizza huts to great success.
Bettablok really is an innovation in construction and building materials.
AGOPRENE
AgoFoam is a soft, squeezable, seaweed-based foam that is already being used across the globe in offices.
It’s a sustainable alternative to using petroleum-based materials like polyurethane, and it’s fully biodegradable and made from renewable ingredients.
AgoFoam still gives you a soft, comfy feel from your chair but with less impact on the planet.
It has a semi open-cell structure with a density of about 140kg, as well as being fire retardant and crib-5 certified.
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SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STUDIO
This Injection Mini, designed to be placed on a desk or table, connects to a compressor and allows you to create wonderful and exciting products from recycled plastic waste.
The company focus on transforming waste into valuable, functional and aesthetically pleasing products. It offers affordable machines and methods to promote accessibility.
Prioritising low environmental impact, repairability and future recyclability in all aspects of work, from materials to machine design. Its durable, upgradeable machines contribute to long-term waste reduction. The studio also provides free guides, tutorials and design tools to help users to learn how to create products from plastic waste.
SELFISH CUSTOMS
Selfish Customs create a variety stunning side tables perfect for home design, made from gypsum and water-based resin.
The colour and pattern can be manipulated in different ways to create different results, making them fully customisable.
Alongside this, the water based resin can also be hand dyed to match most colours, so there are infinite outcomes for just one piece.
The studio’s focus is on materiality to develop sculptural furniture pieces which have relevance to their environment.
The output is often playful, tactile objects with vibrant colour and bold structure to create impact.
SUSTIQUE LIMITED
Sustique presents the Puustelli Miinus kitchen system.
This is a pioneering innovation in sustainable kitchen design, with a patented bioframe made from recyclable bio-composite material that contains recycled content.
The unique frame contributes to a 50% reduction in wood based material use compared with conventional kitchen cabinets.
The Miinus bioframes have been independently assessed to have a life of 75 years or more, and can be recycled but the goal is for the frames to be reused.
The component based construction means that individual cabinet parts can be replaced.
This is much more sustainable than the whole cabinet being disposed of. Over time, this reduces waste and avoids unnecessary material use.
Sustique is proud to be the exclusive UK partner bringing this revolutionary system to homeowners seeking a kitchen built to last, and thinking of the planet, too.
TYRECRETE LIMITED
Tyrecrete offers a solid environmental solution to end-of-life tyres.
Their innovative method will generate new life into the 55 million end-of-life tyres the UK generates annually.
The patented design ensures none of the tyre contents are sent to landfill and are included for the benefit of the final product – a new type of concrete.
In addition to preventing the tyre waste, Tyrecrete additionally improves concrete through flexural, acoustic, thermal, ballistic, crack resistance and reduced weight.
SAPPA PANELS
SAPPA Panels are a sustainable acoustic solution made from industrial hemp residues, offering both performance and purpose.
The panels deliver high quality sound absorption while transforming agricultural waste into refined, natural looking surfaces.
SAPPA Panels are designed with circularity in mind, and help to reduce waste and carbon emissions, alongside being fully recyclable.
With customisable shapes and natural tones, they are a versatile option for anyone combining acoustic functionality with environmental responsibility and aesthetic appeal.
Grand Designs Live 2025 remains an essential destination for individuals seeking insights into interior design, home improvement, custom building and eco-conscious products and materials.
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