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.
Popular Press
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.
Putting Green Technology Into Bricks: Wall Street Journal
- November 4th, 2009
Amid buzz about algae biofuel and electric cars, some start-ups hope to use “green” technology to reinvent more mundane products like bricks…
Trade Press
Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Masonry Construction: American School & Hospital Facility
- November 10th, 2009
Producing fly ash brick consumes less energy and emits less CO2 because it does not require firing to harden the masonry units. FAB also contains a high percentage of recycled material content – up to 40%. Its principal ingredient is fly ash, a pre-consumer byproduct of coal-fired power generation.
Beyond LEED: New Fly-Ash Bricks Reduce Energy and CO2 Emissions: Architectural Products
- October 1st, 2009
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.
Letter to the Editor “The brick pickle: Clay versus fly ash”: The Construction Specifier
- August 1st, 2009
The article, “The Building Brick of Sustainability,” by Michael Chusid, RA, FCSI, CCS, Steven H. Miller, CDT, CSI, and Julie Rapoport, PHD, PE, LEED AP, in the May issue of The Construction Specifier, cites a previous article of mine as a source. However, this recent piece is riddled with faulty assumptions and inaccurate information.