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> Perhaps North Americans will start building more brick homes. Why build anything out of brick when you have concrete? Aerated concrete blocks are almost perf
by orthoxerox 5y ago
> Perhaps North Americans will start building more brick homes.
Why build anything out of brick when you have concrete? Aerated concrete blocks are almost perfect for low and even some medium density housing. Additional insulation is a bit annoying, but for many states it won't even be needed if the wall is one full block thick.
- gmueckl 5y agoConcrete production has a terrible CO2 footprint. This is is a pretty big source of industrial CO2 emissions (some sources say 8% of worldwide CO2 emissions). Burned bricks seems to be a bit better in this regard, but I don't have an good source.
- wongarsu 5y agoI think GP meant "brick" as "rectangular block used in building". Most buildings in most of Europe are made from these. Bricks made from clay are indeed not common in new constructions today. Clay bricks might look nice, but in buildings we rarely expose the brick so that doesn't matter