{"id":93341,"date":"2021-05-13T10:37:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T09:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=93341"},"modified":"2021-05-13T10:37:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T09:37:06","slug":"construction-waste-brick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-waste-brick\/93341\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a31m funding to commercialise construction waste bricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/kenoteq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenoteq<\/a>, a clean-tech spin-out from Heriot-Watt\u00a0University, has secured\u00a0\u00a31m in funding by Zero Waste Scotland to commercialise\u00a0production of its revolutionary brick, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/k-briq-recycled-brick\/69821\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the\u00a0K-Briq<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The brick is made from over 90% recycled demolition and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/recycling-in-construction\/81538\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">construction waste<\/a> materials. It produces a tenth of the CO2 emissions of a traditional fired brick and requires less than a tenth of the energy in its manufacture.<\/p>\n<p>By re-using valuable recycled materials from construction and demolition waste in the brick, Kenoteq has achieved a circular-economy exemplar and will lead the delivery of a circular economy revolution for the construction sector.<\/p>\n<p>The funding will allow the company to\u00a0create 15 new jobs\u00a0over the next\u00a05 years in manufacturing,\u00a0production, quality assurance, marketing and sales\u00a0roles. By scaling\u00a0production, Kenoteq will enable the construction industry to deliver the\u00a0equivalent of 924 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/future-homes-standard\/92995\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">low carbon homes<\/a> over a\u00a0five-year period.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Create a more sustainable and ecologically viable\u00a0built\u00a0environment\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Sam Chapman, managing director of\u00a0Kenoteq,\u00a0said: \u201cThe construction\u00a0industry\u00a0faces a tremendous challenge\u00a0when\u00a0meeting\u00a0decarbonisation\u00a0goals. The\u00a0industry sends over <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?title=Waste_statistics#Total_waste_generation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">800 million tonnes of waste to\u00a0landfill in Europe every year<\/a>,\u00a0at a huge cost to itself and the\u00a0environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the UK,\u00a0construction\u00a0and the built environment accounts for approximately 50% of\u00a0all waste generated in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe K-Briq\u00a0presents an opportunity for the construction sector to\u00a0reduce\u00a0landfill, limit\u00a0reliance on finite resources\u00a0and take advantage of\u00a0waste\u00a0materials to\u00a0create a more sustainable and ecologically viable\u00a0built\u00a0environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe K-Briq\u00a0slashes energy use, both in its manufacturing process and\u00a0also once in\u00a0use\u00a0as it has\u00a0double\u00a0the insulation properties of existing bricks and blocks. By using recycled pigments, it can be made in a range of\u00a0colours\u00a0providing flexibility to\u00a0architects and design\u00a0planners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this funding, we will\u00a0scale the manufacturing capacity from a pilot plant to industrial-scale\u00a0production through development of a new\u00a0manufacturing line in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will\u00a0then create a template for the provision of production systems to selected waste\u00a0handling partners across\u00a0Scotland and the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iain\u00a0Gulland, chief executive at Zero Waste Scotland, added: \u201cKenoteq\u2019s\u00a0innovation\u00a0aligns perfectly with our goal of\u00a0supporting\u00a0Scotland\u2019s circular\u00a0economy by\u00a0using\u00a0products and\u00a0resources responsibly. The current \u2018take, make, dispose\u2019 approach is\u00a0unsustainable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConstruction relies heavily on finite\u00a0resources and presents huge potential for circular economy interventions to\u00a0reduce demand for, and waste of,\u00a0virgin materials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnovations like the K-Briq\u00a0can help to tackle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/carbon-emissions\/76540\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">climate change<\/a>, deliver a more competitive Scottish economy,\u00a0mitigating resource\u00a0security and addressing the subject of corporate social\u00a0responsibility within the sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs nations around the world\u00a0commit to\u00a0building\u00a0a greener future, the K-Briq presents an\u00a0achievable\u00a0solution for one of the construction industry\u2019s\u00a0greatest challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKenoteq is\u00a0an excellent\u00a0example of the abundant\u00a0pioneering innovation in\u00a0Scotland which can help to\u00a0place us at the forefront of\u00a0the global circular economy\u00a0frontier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Circular\u00a0Economy Investment Fund is part of Zero Waste Scotland\u2019s Resource Efficient\u00a0Circular Economy Accelerator Programme, which will\u00a0invest \u00a373m in circular\u00a0economy and resource efficiency projects, thanks to support from the European\u00a0Regional Development Fund (ERDF).<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenoteq, a spin-out from Heriot-Watt\u00a0University, has secured\u00a0\u00a31m in funding to commercialise\u00a0production of its revolutionary brick, the\u00a0K-Briq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[29676,277,693,676,583,856,618,279,273,465],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-93341","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-bricks","8":"tag-built-environment","9":"tag-climate-change","10":"tag-construction","11":"tag-construction-products","12":"tag-construction-technology","13":"tag-construction-waste","14":"tag-environment","15":"tag-research-innovation","16":"tag-sustainable-construction"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00a31m funding to commercialise construction waste bricks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kenoteq, a spin-out from Heriot-Watt\u00a0University, has secured\u00a0\u00a31m in funding to commercialise\u00a0production of its revolutionary brick, the\u00a0K-Briq\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-waste-brick\/93341\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00a31m funding to commercialise \u2018revolutionary\u2019 waste brick\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kenoteq, a spin-out from Heriot-Watt\u00a0University, has secured\u00a0\u00a31m in funding to commercialise\u00a0production of its revolutionary brick, the\u00a0K-Briq\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-waste-brick\/93341\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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