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Sustainable
PRODUCTS Our genuine building products create the most beautiful and sustainable environments and places in Australia.
SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE RESEARCH
As one of Australia’s largest and most diverse building product manufacturers, our product range offers valuable features for energy efficient and sustainable housing. Our clay and concrete products offer thermal mass, a well-established Passive Design Principle. Clay and concrete products have long product life expectancies, making the energy embodied in bricks a once-off investment that pays dividends now, and in the future. Our precast panels are designed for disassembly, making buildings completely demountable. We know our quality products last forever, which is why many of our products come with a 100-year guarantee.
Brickworks works in partnership with industry group Think Brick Australia, and its subsidiaries ARTA and CMAA. Our partnership supports ongoing research programs at the University of Newcastle that contribute significantly to our understanding of the thermal performance of building products. A range of Technical Manuals are available on Think Brick’s website to help the building industry create more energy efficient buildings. In FY20, we will continue to support this research through our ongoing engagement with Think Brick.
PRINCIPLES OF PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN SUMMER
Eaves shade glass from high summer sun
Brick walls absorb heat from internal air
WINTER
Insulated ceiling
Reflective foil sarking
Direct and reflected heat absorbed by brick walls
Open windows allow cross ventilation Low winter sun penetrates under eaves Edge insulation in extreme situations
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Slab-on-ground cooled and warmed by earth temperature
