Scottish constructing supplies firm Kenoteq has obtained key approval for its low-carbon brick, the Okay-BRIQ, which may now be use in a variety of building tasks.
Certification has been granted by the British Board of Agrément (BBA), the UK’s main building certification physique.
Kenoteq, primarily based in East Lothian, has now begun industrial manufacturing of as much as two million bricks a yr, which can rise to 4 million as required, from its first facility in East Lothian. It plans different manufacturing crops within the UK and abroad.
The Okay-BRIQ, comprised of almost 100% recycled building and demolition waste, has been licensed with the identical accreditation as commonplace clay bricks, but produces 95% much less embodied carbon resulting from its revolutionary manufacturing course of.
Low carbon bricks will assist cut back the affect of building waste which accounts for greater than a 3rd of the waste in world landfills.
Academic estates, massive scale workplace buildings and main city regeneration tasks are more likely to be amongst early adopters of the Okay-BRIQ.
A wall that includes 7,000 Okay-BRIQs was constructed for local weather change summit COP28 in Dubai, saving greater than three tonnes of carbon emissions in comparison with utilizing a conventional brick.
The wall attracted vital world curiosity throughout the present, and was visited by Scotland’s First Minister and the Minister for Transport, Internet Zero and Simply Transition, whereas King Charles visited the corporate’s showcase wall at Heriot-Watt College Dubai’s new campus, which created a characteristic throughout the ClimateHub going down there throughout COP28.
The wall was deconstructed post-event and rebuilt within the entrance to the Headquarters of Dubai Holding serving as a completely sustainable legacy to the occasion and imposing Dubai Holding’s dedication to sustainability.
This BBA milestone follows certification to be used in the USA, and with European certification underway the corporate is already fielding enquiries from world wide.
Sam Chapman, co-founder and govt director of Kenoteq, mentioned: “This certification marks the arrival of a really transformative constructing materials for the development and inside design industries.
“Securing BBA certification permits our product to be specified with confidence on industrial tasks throughout the UK.
“We’ve already seen vital curiosity from main property builders, architectural corporations and public sector our bodies dedicated to decreasing the carbon footprint of their building tasks.”
