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.

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