The role of clay in the building sector cannot be over-emphasised knowing how efficiently it was widely used in the olden days for building purposes. Presently, In some remote or rural areas, clay is ...

The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has launched a new industrywide clay brick Environmental Product Declaration. The EPD contributes toward LEED v.4.0 and v.4.1 materials and resources requirements.

An American architecture professor at a university in the Middle East is developing an energy-saving way to make bricks using bacteria known for its ability to solidify sand. Ginger Krieg Dosier, ...

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Brick Industry Association (BIA) announces that clay brick can now contribute toward fulfillment of Materials and Resources requirements in Leadership in Energy and ...

Scientists have found a way to transform leftover human waste into bricks. Sewer sludge is currently thoroughly treated and dried out, but the remainder of the 'biosolid' remains are unused and sent ...

The traditional production of clay-burned red bricks is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Bangladesh, leading to the annual loss of 1% of the country's agricultural land.

HEBRON, N.D. - Beneath vast pastureland just north of Hebron lies a vein of clay that produces what Hebron is best known for. From spring to fall, large trucks haul upwards of 92,000 yards of the ...

Bangladesh is a severely land-scarce country with per-capita cultivable land of only 12 decimals. Bangladesh loses one percent agricultural land annually mainly because of unplanned rural settlements ...

The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) after getting conducted a research had now advised the brick kiln owners to help them save the environment by using rice husk ash in the production of bricks ...

The Leicestershire-based group said that it will deliver annual 115 million brick capacity at its Ibstock Brick Atlas and Ibstock Brick Aldridge plants The investment in Atlas at Stubbers Green Road ...