Efficient use of resources, energy saving, protection of the environment, cost effectiveness are issues, comprehensive solutions of which the society is trying to find in technologies, such as renewable energy sources, bio-based economy, recycling, carbon dioxide gas recovery and disposal, electromobiles etc. EU research into innovative new building materials also helping the industry reduce its carbon footprint.
In this article, we are going to review the alternative to the most popular constructional building materials: a brick and a claydite building block.