Resilient and Sustainable Brick: Another Look at a Time-Honored Material

Learning Objectives

• Examine the broader aspects of sustainability that go beyond energy efficiency and have gained traction in recent years, including resilient design, reducing raw material and construction waste, and occupant comfort.
• Evaluate the long lifecycle of brick due to its durability and how this lowers the embodied carbon of the material and contributes to resilient design.
• Understand the brick manufacturing process and how the material contributes to a circular economy and prevents excessive construction and demolition waste.
• Explore how buildings constructed of brick provide thermal and acoustic comfort and do not emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs), all leading to a healthier indoor environment for building occupants.

Presented by

Debbie Olson | Glen-Gery

Josh Jordan | Tri-County Block & Brick