Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersLimpopo province — and particularly Thohoyandou in the Vhembe regional municipality — is well known for the quality of its clay and the manufacturing of clay bricks. The Switch team visited the region to collect data,...
Simplify your sustainability reporting!
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersThe brick making sector in South Africa currently emits roughly 2.2 million tCO2e per year (Sector Sustainability Report 2018). Monitoring and reporting must cover all industrial processes, including fugitive and...
Our sustainability journey – Algoa Brick
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersBefore the concept of sustainability took on its current depth of meaning, Algoa Brick was already working towards reducing its resource consumption. MD and SAEEC Board Member Nico Mienie, describes the company’s 15-year...
Makana supplements with solar
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersMakana Brick in the Eastern Cape uses a solar microgrid to supplement and secure their power supply. The farm of photovoltaic (PV) panels is designed to produce 600 000 kW hours per annum — 356kWp DC and 300kWp AC. “The...
Fostering sustainability in brickmaking micro-enterprises
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersThe Clay Brick Association of South Africa (CBA), EcoMetrix Africa (EMA) and Partners for Innovation (PfI) have been commissioned to execute a 3-year project co-sponsored by the European Union (EU) under the SWITCH...
CBA’s LCA is presented at international Energy Efficiency conference
Interest Group: Brick Manufacturers & Members CBA Technical Director Nico Mienie presented that clay brick industry Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) at the 2-day SAEEC in November 2018. The CBA took part in Session 4: Track C - Energy Efficiency Building...
Carbon Tax – the carrot and the stick
Interest Group: Brick Manufacturers & Members Submitted by: Lisa Reynolds Carbon Tax is being implemented in South Africa from 1 June 2019. At the CBA’s annual conference, Lisa Reynolds of Green Building Design Group (GreenBDG) updated CBA members on...