OVERVIEW
The Challenge Over 60% of all waste globally is of construction origin, with huge quantities of this waste ending in landfill. Additionally, traditional bricks and blocks are made from precious, finite raw materials which involve high energy for extraction as well as manufacture into finished fired products. It is key for the architecture, design and construction sectors to reduce their waste, become more circular and to find more sustainable low carbon means to development and a net zero society.
The Technology This unfired construction unit has excellent sustainability credentials - having over 90% recycled content from construction waste, low energy input in its production when compared to traditional clay-fired bricks and no cement use when compared with concrete blocks. The product has an aesthetic finish in 12 certified colours (developed from recycled pigments); it does not require painting or surface treatment. The strong technical performance characteristics of the unit and its “build-ability” make it suitable for most of the applications usually reserved for traditional brick/cement products and historically unsuitable for air-dried products.
Key Features
• Excellent sustainability credentials – low embodied carbon, recycled materials, unfired and containing no cement
• One of the largest recycled contents of any building product on the market (95%), with over 90% recycled demolition and construction waste content
• Provides a market for recycled aggregates (gravel and sand) from construction and demolition sector
• Creates a new product from waste that would otherwise be landfilled
• Sustainable construction product suitable for internal and external load-bearing and “facing” applications
