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Brick By Brick: Silicon Valley and Tallahassee Innovators Lay Foundation for the Future

  • July 8th, 2010

A brick building like no other in the southeast is being constructed in Tallahassee by Culpepper Construction using unique “green,” low-energy bricks made from fly ash by CalStar Products of Silicon Valley.

Reinventing the Clay Building Brick – A report by SmartPlanet.com

  • June 2nd, 2010

CalStar Products’ CEO, Tom Pounds discusses reducing the embodied energy in today’s building materials.

Draft EPA Rules Promote Use of Fly Ash in Building Products, Affirm CalStar Approach: CalStar Products

  • May 5th, 2010

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday two alternative draft rules to increase federal oversight of coal combustion residuals, or CCRs, the by-products of burning coal in power plants to make electricity

CalStar Products Raises Additional Capital: CalStar Products

  • February 25th, 2010

Brick maker CalStar Products closes a $15 million equity investment round confirming the attractive opportunity in green building materials.

SNAP Experts Call Fly Ash Brick and Paver Top 2010 Building Product: McGraw-Hill’s Sweets News and Products

  • February 24th, 2010

The February/March 2010 issue of SNAP, the sister publication to www.sweets.com and a leading resource for architects, celebrates CalStar Fly Ash Brick™ and Fly Ash Paver™ in its Top Products List.