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Mariana Lamont - Executive Director Clay Brick Association of SA

Welcome to the CBA's new Executive Director!

After a long and extensive search, it is a great pleasure to introduce our new Executive Director, Mariana Lamont.

Mariana Lamont brings a wealth of experience in the industry. As an...view more

President's year end message

As we approach the end of 2017, it is with a sense of satisfaction that we can look back on a year that has in many respects been challenging, but positive.

We know that too many of our...view more

Sustainability Leaflet - Informal brickmakers

The Clay Brick Association has produced a user-friendly A4 leaflet for distribution to small-scale and informal sector clay brick production facil

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Sustainable Practice leaflet - informal settlement

The newly built kitchen at the Matroosberweg Primary School has been built from bricks donated by Corobrik. Constantia Travertine clay face bricks have been used to construct the kitchen that feeds one thousand primary school children every day.

Corobrik donates face bricks for construction of school kitchen

More than 1 000 primary school pupils in Belhar, Western Cape, are receiving regular meals from the newly-built onsite kitchen constructed using 12 000 Constantia Travertine variation face bricks...view more

Technical Note #26 Carbon Budget & Pollution Prevention Plan

Summary Updated: August 2017.

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TN#26 SA Pollution and carbon budgets (updated August 2017)

National Pollution Plan Regulations - 21 July 2017

Declaration of Greenhouse Gases - 21 July 2017

Technical Note #35 Energy Efficient Technologies - VSD Fan

The EECB facilitated a targeted Energy Systems Optimisation (ESO) Assessment at Algoa Brick as part of the National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC

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TN#35 Energy Efficient Technologies – Variable Speed Fan

Real sustainability is standing the test of time

UK Construction Online’s Matt Brown speaks with Keith Aldis, Chief Executive of the Brick Development Association (BDA), on the brick manufacturing industry meeting sustainability targets and the...view more

Technical Note #34 Energy Efficient Technologies – Lignosuphate Conditioning

Lignosulphonate clay conditioners have been shown to provide benefits such as improved clay workability and increased extrusion rates which result

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TN#34 Energy Efficient Technologies – Lignosuphate Conditioning

Technical Note #33 Energy Efficiency Technologies - Flue Heat Recovery

This study focuses on the feasibility and energy efficiency benefits of using “waste” flue gas energy to heat Heavy Furnace Oil (HFO) instead of el

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TN#33 Energy Efficiency Technologies - Flue Heat Recovery

EECB Project Objectives

The Energy Efficient Clay Brick (EECB) Project follows a holistic, systematic approach to improving energy efficiency and reducing CO₂ emissions in the South African clay brick sector.

Technical Note #32 Energy Efficient Technologies - Dematerialisation

Dematerialisation is the reduction of total material and energy throughput of any product, thus limiting its environmental impact.

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TN#32 Energy Efficient Technologies - Dematerialisation

CBA Mailing List

We need Member's help in expanding the CBA mailing list to architects, construction and the public sector!

With the upcoming LCA roadshow we want to make sure we gather the names and email addresses of all stakeholders who might be able to influence the purchase of brick for developments, homeowners and the public sector. We will also include these names on our quarterly Architect's email that showcases Member's projects and product news.

We request that each member put forward a minimum of 10 names of architects, buyers, QS's, contractors and public sector contacts, to add to our list.

If your company already has a mailing list in Excel, please email it to web@claybrick.org or use this Excel template.

Add a contact to the CBA Mailing List

Competition Commission Tribunal Referral

6th July 2017.

Corobrik is one of six firms mentioned by the Competition Commission in a referral to the Competition Tribunal on the 4th of July 2017. In a media statement issued by the...view more

Technical Note #31 Energy Efficient Technologies – Burner Replacement

This Technical Note reviews the implementation, annual energy savings, payback period and estimated annual greenhouse gas reduction of the installa

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TN#31 Energy Efficient Technologies – Burner Replacement

Sales Training Manual - Specification & Benefits

Sales Training (2008)

This Sales Training Manual which has been designed as a practical resource tool for ClayBrick members to train their sales personnel and other repr

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Sales Training Manual - Specification & Benefits