November 2009

Brick has top environmental rating

Forget ‘brick is beautiful’. Ignore its popularity with house buyers, designers and planners. Brick as a modern building material now stands firmly on its environmental credentials. In the BRE Green guide to specification the material has been given the highest possible accreditation – A+ - for every external wall rated containing brickwork.

And, says the BDA, a square metre of brickwork produces 28 kg of carbon dioxide by the time it is delivered to site – or just 0.0001867 tonnes per square metre a year, on an 150 year service life.

Further information or access to any photographs contact Brian James at Brian.James@mineralproducts.org or call 020 7963 8000.

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