"Kenoteq is driving real environmental impact by turning construction waste into one of the world's most sustainable building materials, says Patrick Woodcock, project manager at the Royal Academy of Engineering."
"Unlike traditional clay bricks, our K-BRIQs reduce carbon emissions by 95% while performing exactly the same, said Sam Chapman, co-founder of Kenoteq."
"For a standard UK two-bedroom house using 12,000 bricks, switching to K-BRIQs would reduce emissions from 5.46 tonnes to just 0.2 tonnes of CO₂ the equivalent of taking a petrol-powered car off the road for a year."
Kenoteq, based in East Lothian, has developed the K-BRIQ, a brick manufactured from nearly 100% recycled construction waste that performs like traditional clay bricks. The K-BRIQ reduces carbon emissions by around 95%, significantly lowering embodied CO2 in masonry. For a standard UK two-bedroom house built with 12,000 bricks, emissions fall from 5.46 tonnes to 0.2 tonnes of CO2. Kenoteq's facility currently produces two million bricks per year with plans to double output. The company has been nominated for the £1 million Earthshot Prize 2025 with backing from Arup and the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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