Promotion needed for more balanced EU legislation

The signing of a landmark agreement between the Clay Brick Association of South Africa (ClayBrick.org) and the University of Pretoria’s Department of Architecture is to set in motion the first and...

Ziegelwerke Leipfinger-Bader (Lower Bavaria) is, according to the manufacturer, the first German brickworks to guarantee recycling for its solid masonry clay bricks and blocks. For many years now, the...

1 Introduction It is no secret that Australia has a very strong and efficient economy that benefits significantly from its natural and mineral resources. At the heart of the economy – perhaps...

1 Life Cycle Assessment An LCA quantifies the resources consumed and emissions produced over the product’s entire life cycle and then assesses the impact of this on specific environmental aspects...

1 Introduction Over the past few months, the European institutions have published a spate of documents concerning this topic, most notably “The Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe”, in which it...