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

textedit — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:34:45 +0000

CalStar Products’ CEO, Tom Pounds discusses reducing the embodied energy in today’s building materials
View the video: http://www.smartplanet.com/people/video/reinventing-the-clay-building-brick/429582/

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

textedit — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:04:38 +0000

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.

Mouse over cover article: Top Building Products. CalStar product report on p. 41.

Putting Green Technology Into Bricks: Wall Street Journal

CalStar Products — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:54:37 +0000

Amid buzz about algae biofuel and electric cars, some start-ups hope to use “green” technology to reinvent more mundane products like bricks and cement.

CalStar Products Inc. plans to open a factory next month to make bricks from fly ash, a byproduct of coal burning. It claims to use roughly 85% less energy than traditional clay brick manufacturing, with an equivalent reduction in carbon-dioxide emissions.

Read the rest of “Putting Green Technology Into Bricks” on WSJ.com

Green Bricks a Natural in Silicon Valley: peHUB

CalStar Products — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:50:44 +0000

Silicon Valley has been the center of a lot of tech innovation. And at first glance, it seems an unlikely place to redo the common brick.

But earlier this week I spent time at the Newark, Calif.-based R&D facility of CalStar Products, a VC-backed startup that uses a chemical process to make a “green brick” that the company says requires about 90% less energy and generates 90% less CO2 during production than traditional clay bricks.

Read the rest of “Green Bricks a Natural in Silicon Valley” on pehub.com

CalStar gives sneak peek of low-carbon brick factory: Cleantech

CalStar Products — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:48:52 +0000

CalStar Products started production on its pilot line last week, clearing the path to open its first factory for low-carbon bricks in Caledonia, Wis., in December.

The startup, which recently emerged from stealth, makes bricks using fly ash, a byproduct of coal-fired power plants. The company also developed a proprietary mix of standard industrial chemicals that reduces the energy intensity of the entire brick-making process.

Read the rest of “CalStar gives sneak peek of low-carbon brick factory” on cleantech.com