Property Owners & Developers
Passive Solar Design aims at realising thermal comfort in a building through correct design and operating it with nature in mind.
An energy efficient home achieves comfortable temperatures without mechanical heating and cooling.
Green building in South Africa is growing at an unprecedented rate and has now overtaken that of established sustainability building regions such as Europe, Australia, United States, United Arab...view more
Entering the bustling coastal town of Ballito on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, pedestrians are welcomed by the recently completed walkways of practical clay pavers that add rich colour and...view more
Schooling for thousands of Free State pupils is being drastically improved through the construction and rebuilding of school facilities by the Kagiso Shanduka Trust in partnership with the Free...view more
A firewall constructed of clay face bricks protected a warehouse from being consumed by a devastating industrial fire.In the early hours of 26 March, a fire broke out at the Sun Oil warehouse in...view more
The solid all round performance and investment value that clay brick brings to residential housing remains unparalleled. Local and international comparative research continues to compound...view more
Archaeologists have unearthed bricks dating back 5,000 to 7,000 years in northwest Chinas Shaanxi Province, adding between 1,000 to 2,000 years onto Chinese brick-making history. The five calcined...view more
A green building is energy efficient, resource efficient and environmentally responsible. But starting the process of change need not be an overly complex or expensive endeavour and you can start...view more
Clay Brick is confirmed as intrinsically ‘perfect’ for defining a sustainable and more energy efficient future.
The ante towards building greater sustainability into the built environments...view more
Research undertaken by Adrian Bown from Leeds Metropolitan University of 860 homes found that brick structures can have a lifespan of 500 years or more. This research focussed on traditional low-...view more
Brick may not be the first thing that springs to mind when we talk about green building. But there are qualities that bricks possess that make them one of the greenest walling materials around....view more