Category Archives: Trade Press
CalStar Fly Ash Brick Plant Building Steam for Next Year, The Racine Journal Times
New Architectural Masonry Units Lower CO2, Energy Consumption, Masonry Edge-The Storypole
CalStar introduces GREEN BRICK on Culpepper project, Tallahassee Democrat
Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Masonry Construction: American School & Hospital Facility
For reasons both aesthetic and pragmatic, masonry has long been a popular material choice for school and hospital construction. It is adaptable to either traditional or contemporary design, comes in a range of attractive colors, and its discrete units communicate a comfortable, human scale. Masonry is also strong enough to resist hard use, offers good sound-control properties, and can serve as both structure and finish.
Read the rest of “Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Masonry Construction” on facilitymanagement.com
Beyond LEED: New Fly-Ash Bricks Reduce Energy and CO2 Emissions: Architectural Products
A new masonry material, fly-ash brick (FAB), has been developed to provide the traditional benefits of brick masonry while significantly reducing the energy consumed and CO2 emitted in brick production.
Read the rest of “Beyond LEED: New Fly-Ash Bricks Reduce Energy and CO2 Emissions” on arch-products.com
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Letter to the Editor “The brick pickle: Clay versus fly ash”: The Construction Specifier
Following the publication in June of “The Building Brick of Sustainability,” Michael Chusid, Julie Rapoport and Steven Miller exchanged public letters with Chip Clark of the BIA about the energy intensity of fired clay brick and the green virtues of fly ash brick.
Fly-ash Brick: Next Big Thing?: Building Design and Construction
CalStar Products, Inc. was mentioned in this recent issue of Building Design & Construction magazine regarding the innovative fly ash brick.
Sidebar: Fly-ash Brick: Next Big Thing?: Building Design & Construction
The Building Brick of Sustainability: Construction Specifications Institute Magazine
Brick masonry has been a primary technique of the built environment for at least seven millennia, making it one of the oldest construction technologies in common use. Its legacy and enduring beauty in existing architecture makes it a desirable, and sometimes even required, architectural choice in many locations.