Both the Construction Products Regulation and European and national standards impose requirements on brick manufacturers with regard to their production and quality assurance processes. The...
Large-scale construction projects generate millions of tonnes of mineral residues every year. These materials offer considerable potential as secondary raw materials for the brick industry. In...
The term ‘valuable’ describes, on the one hand, the material value in terms of price. On the other hand, it refers to the usefulness of the raw material in terms of its usability. In the brick...
The brick industry needs to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions. However, transferring results from laboratory kilns to industrial tunnel kilns on an industrial scale poses a problem. The IAB...
The presentation will outline current developments in environmental and energy policy for the brick industry. It will focus in particular on developments in the context of EU emissions trading, the...
For many years, the process air system in brick production was considered a ‘secondary process’ that received significantly less attention than the kiln or dryer system itself.Rising energy costs and...
The bogie hearth kiln (test kilns) at IZF is being retrofitted with electric heating elements (230 kW) on both sides, in addition to the six natural gas burners, each with an output of 180 kW. The...
Brick manufacturer Vandersanden is celebrating its 100 year anniversary. Vandersanden‘s story grew from a modest field kiln in Kleine-Spouwen, Belgium, to a large family business and one of the...
The church garden Löbnitz project – ‘Ave von Schönfeldt’ public garden – is now considered a particularly successful revitalisation of existing town centres. It was funded by the Saxon State Ministry...
On 1 October 2025, Wienerberger presented the shortlist for the international BRICK AWARD 26.Presented once every two years, since 2004 the BRICK AWARD has been giving architects a platform for their...
